Dear editor: As a former resident of Fort Frances, I returned to my birthplace this past June for a family reunion. Some of the older residents might remember the Gillmor & Noden hardware store on Scott Street which my father, Ralph Gillmor, operated in partnership with William Noden from 1926 […]
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Bryce Forbes Traffic flow along the Noden Causeway will be down to one lane until about October as work resumed last week on the five-year project to rehabilitate the structure.
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru The coleus plant has been available to gardeners for decades in a large variety of colours. In the past, they were a favourite for planters and shade gardens because they are durable and easy to grow, and are best known for their bright colours […]
Dear editor: For many years now, officially since 1873 but new relations date even further back in friendly barter and trade, the Ojibway Nation has co-existed with its immigrants in a manner exemplary of responsible nations. If we take the time sincerely to understand, or at least consider, that the […]
Staff With Couchiching First Nation having been assured by senior government that their concerns over contaminated soil will be dealt with, and there will be negotiations regarding the Highway 11 corridor running through its territory, the band on Monday night took down the controversial toll booth it had erected on […]
Staff Band assured issues will be dealt with FORT FRANCES—The controversial toll booth Couchiching First Nation had erected on Highway 11, just west of the Noden Causeway, was taken down Monday night after the band received assurances that contaminated soil will be dealt with and the affected home owners relocated. […]
Staff The toll booth Couchiching First Nation erected on Highway 11 just west of the Noden Causeway remained in place as of press time today, but a new development may be in the works. A media liaison for the band said this morning that chief and council currently were waiting […]
Peggy Revell Talks between government and Couchiching First Nation continue as the one-week mark arrives since the band first erected a toll booth on Highway 11 just west of the Noden Causeway. “Ministry staff met with Chief McPherson [Thursday] to discuss a variety of issues,” Aboriginal Affairs spokesman Greg Flood […]
Peggy Revell Couchiching First Nation has received everything from praise to threats after following through on its controversial plan to set up a toll booth on Highway #11 at the west end of the Noden Causeway late Friday afternoon. “We’ve had a number of well-wishers. Some people said that we […]
Peggy Revell With the Couchiching toll booth now in place, many people are facing the experience of a daily commute through the site—and a decision as to whether or not they will pay the $1 toll. Those working at the toll booth have been courteous, noted one Reef Point resident, […]
Peggy Revell Local trucker Scott Stafford stopped to speak with Holly Cogger, who was among the first to work at the Couchiching toll booth once it was set up late Friday afternoon on Highway #11 just west of the Noden Causeway. Some motorists, like Stafford, have been refusing to pay […]
Fortunately, it has remained peaceful so far at the toll booth Couchiching First Nation put up on Highway #11 just west of the Noden Causeway late Friday afternoon. It’s obvious, however, that the longer it stays up, the more likely that calm will deteriorate—and quickly. Already those who may have […]
