Safety continued to be a message being promoted in district schools this fall as students in kindergarten to Grade 8 learned from the “Risk Watch” program first established here five years ago. “This year is pretty much the same,” said program co-ordinator Greg Allan, who also is a firefighter with […]
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While the public will have to wait and see if the new line-ups are approved at council this coming Monday night (Dec. 20), here are the mayor’s proposed appointments to the town’s four executive committees: •Administration and Finance—Couns. Rick Wiedenhoeft, Neil Kabel, and Todd Hamilton; •Planning and Development—Couns. Struchan Gilson, […]
Over the course of the first semester at Fort High, many students have enrolled in co-op placements. Co-op is an opportunity for students to get experience in a career they are interested in. Businesses from Fort Frances to Emo offer these placements. “The community is very receptive to the co-op […]
The Town of Fort Frances was denied a request to be released from a long-standing agreement whereby it pays La Verendrye Hospital money annually for capital projects. But from now on, town administration wants to know exactly how Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. is spending the money. Fort Frances CAO […]
Alberton has joined the battle to get some of the gasoline tax revenues from the provincial government. At its regular meeting last Wednesday night, council formally endorsed a resolution from the Township of Emo to the provincial government to provide a portion of the gasoline tax to all municipalities—regardless of […]
Council voted Monday night against a report stating the town should stop providing crossing guards for area schools. The Planning and Development executive committee had reviewed the issue of renewing an agreement with Lakeland Personnel beyond Dec. 31 and decided the town not only should not renew the agreement, but […]
While Monday night’s meeting ended with councillors wondering whether they were being appointed to different executive committees or not, a decision definitely will be made by next Monday, Mayor Dan Onichuk said. The mayor said he contacted the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing on Tuesday and got some input […]
The motion brought up by Coun. Struchan Gilson on Monday night to appoint new representatives to the Rainycrest board of management is “a divisive issue” and must be resolved promptly, Mayor Dan Onichuk said. The mayor said he was involved in a conference call yesterday with the Ministry of Municipal […]
With the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau’s annual community Christmas dinner now less than two weeks away, organizers are seeing more and more donations coming in for the popular event. “The support’s been great. It’s really picked up in the past week,” Karen Haney, assistant co-ordinator of the Fort Frances Volunteer […]
Community groups now will be able to use more school facilities in Northwestern Ontario at no charge, thanks to a special agreement signed by the Northwest Catholic District School Board and the Ontario government. “Our schools should be community hubs where people can gather to learn, participate in community-based activities, […]
The Town of Fort Frances will be applying to the Canada-Ontario Rural Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF) for money to repair the Portage Avenue underpass next spring. Council directed this Monday night after receiving a report from Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown, who noted the project will consist of replacing 180 […]
Last Wednesday’s decisions by Rainycrest’s board of management to pursue negotiations towards an amalgamation with Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., and to seek help from the province on running the home, have been greeted with positive remarks from local citizens. “I think it’s the right decision. I think they need […]
