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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...

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

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

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...

Today Councillor Douglas W. Judson made the following statement: “As previously reported, on September 3, 2021, I commenced an...

On January 31, 2022, Council adopted the Town of Fort Frances' 2022 capital budget. Here are three items of community interest from the...

The Fort Frances Times received a letter to the editor from Diane Maxey, which it printed in its January 19, 2022 edition. The editor...

At Council’s meeting on January 10, 2022 it considered whether to take advantage of the ability to place “referendum” questions on the...