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Town council on Monday night defeated a bylaw to build a sidewalk from Daniel Avenue to Wal-Mart as a “local improvement project,” meaning land owners whose property the sidewalk will be built over will not have to pay a portion of the cost of it. However, council will meet again […]
Town council will wait until its July 11 meeting to vote on a bylaw to set new sewer and water rates after agreeing Monday night to further discuss the proposed fee schedule. The decision came after it became clear at Monday night’s council meeting that both local businesses, and several […]
Town council will vote on a bylaw Monday night to decide whether local ratepayers will see a hike in their sewer and water rates effective July 1. But this won’t happen until at least two presenters get to make their case regarding the proposed increases. Christine Denby, first vice-president of […]
What happens when you schedule a power outage and nothing happens? Well, for some local businesses, it was a bit hectic. “It was quite inconvenient,” said Dave McBride, manager of the Canada Safeway store here. When Hydro One announced plans to cut power to the town for four hours between […]
Five-year-old Carly Ann McKinnon brought smiles to the faces of many, including organizer Gloria Wood, en route to being crowned the 2005 Fun in the Sun mini-queen at the annual pageant, which was held Saturday in conjunction with Scott Street’s 100th birthday celebrations. McKinnon, who stole the show with a […]
Fort High principal Gord McCabe handed Sierra Woolsey her diploma last night during the 2005 Fort Frances High School graduation ceremony. Family and friends alike packed into the Ice for Kids Arena to see around 200 students get their diplomas. —Melanie Béchard photo
District residents, including those in Fort Frances, will see a power interruption this Sunday so Hydro One can perform maintenance and upgrades to its system. While the entire district will be affected, there will, in fact, be two power outages at different times. Fort Frances, and the area east of […]
It’s a bird, it’s a plane . . . well, actually it was a plane—and a very large one at that. A C-130 Hercules from the 17 Wing Canadian Forces Base in Winnipeg patrolled the area Thursday afternoon in search of an Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) that was thought to […]
The CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. is applauding an announcement Tuesday that the province will be delivering $1.75 billion in new funding for Ontario hospitals—the first-ever multi-year deal aimed to provide hospitals with the financial stability they’ve been looking for. “This basically covers inflation costs,” Wayne Woods said […]
Chanelle Matthews, from John Cousineau’s Grade 4/5 French Immersion class at St Francis School, introduced the class play “Greece: The story of the Trojan Horse” yesterday. Students dressed as various gods, goddesses, and heroes to re-enact the Trojan War. —Melanie Béchard photo
