Lake of the Woods High School seniors were to meet yesterday morning to decide if they would continue plans for a class trip after a 18-year-old classmate died Tuesday in a car accident. Bobbie Sue Larson of Baudette died from injuries sustained in the 9:52 p.m. accident in western Koochiching […]
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Police activity numbers for the first quarter of 2004 reflect the OPP’s focus on traffic safety and enforcement, OPP S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis said during a report to town council here Monday night. S/Sgt. Dennis told council 167 charges under the Highway Traffic Act had been laid as of March 31—well […]
The days of cheap fees for non-residents to use the Emo municipal landfill are numbered, council there revealed last week. At its regular meeting April 22, Emo council decided it no longer will waive the tipping fees for non-residents and out-of-township businesses as it has for the past few years. […]
One of the problems many forest-products industries in the district have to deal with is the matter of waste disposal. What do you do with the tons and tons of chips, scraps, and ends left over after cutting and finishing logs? If your business is hardwood, you can sell your […]
A “gateway” project at the international bridge here welcoming visitors to the region is getting off the ground, with co-ordinators hoping to have it in place this summer. “We’ve got all our ducks in row locally,” said economic development officer Geoff Gillon of the Rainy River Future Development Corp., who’s […]
Simone Desjardins has kept alive her OFSAA streak, qualifying for the all-Ontarios in badminton for the third-straight year. Desjardins will be heading to Ajax on May 6-8 after capturing gold in the senior girls’ singles event at the NWOSSAA playoffs here last Wednesday, finishing in top spot with 10 points. […]
In an effort to give town residents a chance to do a little spring cleaning, council has agreed to suspend the collection of tipping fees at the landfill next Saturday (May 8) for yard and garden waste only. Coun. Roy Avis brought the matter up at Monday night’s council meeting, […]
Got old batteries, cleaning fluids, aerosol containers, or paint cans lying around but don’t know how to get rid of them? If so, the Rainy River First Nations Watershed Program, in co-operation with the Town of Fort Frances, Township of Chapple, and Fort Frances Times, has a solution when Household […]
St. Francis students celebrated Law Day last Thursday in an original way: they held two mock trials in their classroom—complete with a judge, Crown attorney, witnesses, and jury. “It’s to get them to have a little fun with it and have a little familiarity with it,” said Trudy McCormick, executive […]
At the same time Mayor Dan Onichuk made a plea for the public to clean up after their dogs two weeks ago, the issue was raised as to whether the town was supposed to collect pet waste as part of the weekly garbage pick-up. Council found out Monday night in […]
Town council passed the 2004 budget in principle Monday night, opting for tax hike of 14.67 percent for residential, multi-residential, pipeline, and farmland properties, along with an increase of 1.9 percent for commercial and 7.33 for industrial. Mayor Dan Onichuk and Couns. Tannis Drysdale, Todd Hamilton, and Struchan Gilson voted […]
With an information brochure distributed to Fort Frances residents with Monday’s Daily Bulletin, and the town aiming to have the system up and running by May 31, most people likely have some thoughts on “bag tags” by now. But Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown stressed Monday that the new […]
