While Mayor Dan Onichuk’s suggestion to start council meetings at a standard time for the benefit of the public was approved back on Jan. 12, council held off on passing a bylaw to put that policy into place Monday night after Coun. Roy Avis voiced a concern over the in-camera […]
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As Fort Frances struggles with its 2004 budget, the Northwestern Health Unit is asking the town to foot a 36 percent hike in its per capita levy this year. Council received notice at its regular meeting Monday night that at the Jan. 15 meeting of the health unit’s board, it […]
Local MP Robert Nault said he’s pleased with the direction in which Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC) is moving despite the new minister’s announcement to scrap the controversial First Nations Governance Act that was introduced when Nault held that portfolio. “I think that the announcement was a very positive […]
Town council agreed Monday night to extend the existing garbage collection contract with Asselin Transportation and Storage Ltd. for an additional nine-month period. This contract is at a rate of $14,025.36 (plus GST) per month. The previous rate was $12,800/month. Council also agreed to a recommendation by Operations and Facilities […]
Ten adventurous students from Rainy River District will be heading out to Costa Rica in March—but this trip down south is no holiday. With the assistance of Canada World Youth, an organization that helps organize informal educational trips for young people around the world, the students will spend 13 days […]
A five-year project to improve Northwestern Ontario’s access to the latest technology in telecommunications was completed last month—and the region already has begun reaping the benefits, said project manager Jim Green. “Our project started out by recognizing there was no competitive broadband in the region,” he explained. “The objective was […]
What do the new Wal-Mart store (which opens tomorrow), Canadian Tire, and other Fort Frances businesses along King’s Highway west of McIrvine Road all have in common? They’re all located on land that once belonged to the Biddeson family—one of the town’s founding families. Bruce Biddeson, now in his 90th […]
The Wildcats and Diehards are tied atop the 11-team women’s volleyball league with 22 points after weekly action last Thursday night. Gillons’, the longtime defending champs, are right behind in third with 21 points, followed by Scared Hitless (15), Del’s Angels (12), G.I. Janes (11), and Crush (10). Rounding out […]
The Borderland Thunder will be gunning for revenge here this weekend when the Fort William First Nations North Stars invade the Ice for Kids Arena for another two-game series. Last weekend, the visiting North Stars swept a pair of games from the Thunder, winning 6-3 on Friday night and then […]
With the holiday season now out of the way and practice having been a way of life over the past few weeks, both local swim teams are ready to start swimming with a purpose again. Both the Fort Frances Aquanauts and Cyclones are primed and ready for the regional championship […]
The Gavel snowmobile racing team did well at an NWRA competition in Vermilion Bay last weekend, bringing home several top three finishes in various classes. John Gavel finished third in the final of the Sport Fan division after coming fourth in the heat. And he wound up fourth in the […]
Marie-Josée Potvin isn’t mincing words when it comes to pre-competition predictions. “They have been working really, really hard and they’re going to kick butt,” said the local figure skating coach who will be overseeing 15 of the several dozen competitors from the Emo and Border clubs who will look to […]
