After weeks of waiting, the town has received word back from LM Architects of Winnipeg stating it could not construct a new double-rink ice facility here within the $4.9-million budget.
CAO Bill Naturkach informed the committee of the whole of council at Monday’s meeting after speaking with the company by telephone.
An investigation into Saturday’s airplane mishap on Lakeland Bay (Rainy Lake) is still continuing but the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has pretty much ruled out mechanical failure for causing the plane to tip over.
Despite a hearty effort by its pit crew, the Fort High super mileage vehicle (SMV) failed to make the grade during a two-day competition at the raceway in Brainerd, Mn. last week.
“We had a major amount of problem-solving to do,” said teacher Gord Witherspoon, who accompanied six students from his transportation technology class to the annual competition.
It could be the biggest “fun”-draiser the town has ever seen, with the emphasis definitely on fun.
That is how Keith Milne, “Big Bike” co-ordinator for Northwestern Ontario, described the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s fundraiser that’s rolling into town for the first time June 22.
Ask a museum curator what was significant about May 18 and the answer may come as a surprise.
May 18 wasn’t just Victoria Day here in Canada, it also happened to be International Museum’s Day—set aside in recognition of the important role museums play in the collection and preservation of history.
It wasn’t a stampede crowd at the Royal Canadian Legion here Friday night but it was enough to raise the last bit of money needed to bring 11 children to Rainy River District from Belarus
Susan Affleck, local team leader for the Canadian Relief Fund for Chernobyl Victims in Belarus, said about 80 people attended the benefit dinner/dance.
Patrons at the Red Dog Inn coffee shop got the surprise of their lives Friday night when hail smashed through the skylight overhead as they were dining.
Fort Frances property owners won’t see their second tax bill until later this summer after town council agreed to delay the final billing date two months to Aug. 31.
CAO Bill Naturkach said with the assessment roll not expected from the province until the end of this month, there was no way the town would be able to meet its original June 30 deadline.
Graham McTavish wants to be a millwright.
The grade 12 student at Fort Frances High School has spent three hours a day this term welding at Abitibi-Consolidated as a co-op student. And yesterday, during “Co-op Display Day,” he displayed the fruits of his labour.
“I figured if I learned [welding], it would be an asset to the job,” McTavish said.
