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When it comes to doing more to attract and retain youth and young families, Fort Frances is paralyzed by contradictions in local civic...

This column was published in Postmedia's Kenora Miner & News on April 28, 2022. It is available on the newspaper's website. As humanity...

At last night's meeting of Council, the Treasurer presented a report outlining the compensation paid to members of Council and local...

This column was published in Postmedia's Kenora Miner & News on April 21, 2022. It is available on the newspaper's website. Nominations...

This column was published in Postmedia's Kenora Miner & News on April 13, 2022. It is available on the newspaper's website. A post-mortem...

At tonight’s meeting, Council officially received my March 30 resignation from 3 executive committees. I am no longer available to attend...

This column was published in Postmedia's Kenora Miner & News on March 31, 2022. It is available on the newspaper's website. Recent edicts...

An editorial which appeared in the March 23, 2022 edition of the Fort Frances Times made a number of statements about efforts to improve...

On March 25, 2022 I sat down with Caitlin Hartlen to talk about the upcoming municipal election and why change and renewal on Council is...

At tonight’s meeting of Council, I asked to have our municipal tree policy referred to committee for review and updating, following...

At recent meetings of council of the Town of Fort Frances, the prospect of entering a ‘lame duck’ phase later this year was discussed....

On January 10, 2022, Council of the Town of Fort Frances ["Town"] met in closed session (also called in-camera) to discuss an item of...

At Council’s meeting on Monday, March 14, it declined a request from Eric Keast, an Anishinaabe artist looking for a letter of support to...

Following the events at the Council meeting of March 14, 2022 (which I wrote about here), I submitted the following letter to the editor...

In January 2022, Council learned that Mayor June Caul illegally leaked a legal opinion to David Kircher, as part of a months-long...

“Tonight I walked out of a meeting of Council of the Town of Fort Frances in protest of a series of undemocratic actions taken by my...

A few weeks ago I wrote about the need to improve the diversity of our Council, after speaking on the issue at our meeting of February...

Tonight, in a 6-1 vote, Council adopted the following resolution, putting in place the municipality's 2022 operating budget: THAT Council...

I have been fielding calls from people in my municipality and others in the region who are eyeing the upcoming municipal election, and...

Councillor Douglas W. Judson delivered the following remarks during his report at the meeting of Committee of the Whole of Council on...