4 days ago4 minFact Check: Municipal Role in COVID-19 Shelter ServicesArticle | A lively discussion has been playing out on social media about the role of our municipality in the delivery of shelter and support services to the ...
Mar 37 minTop 10 Takeaways from Budget 20202020 is a challenging financial year for the Town of Fort Frances. Yesterday Council approved an increase to the overall tax rates of 3.24% in order to balan...
Feb 211 minCouncillors urge Senator's removalThis article originally appeared in the Chronicle Journal on February 21, 2020.
Feb 193 minStatementStatement | Today, the undersigned municipal councillors issued the following statement: “We are councillors in Northwestern Ontario. We make this statement ...
Jan 146 minRemarks from January 13, 2020 Meeting of Fort Frances Town CouncilRemarks | Check against delivery. Good evening, and happy new year. I would like to begin tonight on a sombre note and remember the victims of Ukraine Intern...
Jan 137 minPrivate interests, public forests, and political influence: what Fort Frances learned in 2019This column originally appeared on NetNewsLedger on January 12, 2020. Last month, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a 1985 indemnity from the provincial...
Nov 28, 20195 minMyth-Busting on Proposed Single-Use Products BylawSeveral items which appeared in the Fort Frances Times and Daily Bulletin over the past week contained some misleading information about the scope of the pro...
Nov 20, 20197 minRemarks to Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce General MeetingCheck against delivery. Good afternoon. Before I begin, I want to acknowledge that we are gathered here today in Treaty #3 territory, which is the traditiona...
Jul 30, 20192 minCampaign to Save the Boundary Waters to present on threat of copper mining to Canadian watersMedia Release | Fort Frances, ON – On Wednesday, August 14 from 7:00 to 8:30 PM, the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters will hold a public event to share i...
May 16, 20193 minRemarks on the Rainy River District Judicial VacancyRemarks of Douglas W. Judson from the May 15, 2019 meeting of the Rainy River District Municipal Association. Check against delivery. Thank you for the oppor...
May 16, 20193 minJudson Calls for Municipal Support of PrideRemarks of Douglas W. Judson from the May 15, 2019 meeting of the Rainy River District Municipal Association. Check against delivery. Good evening. I’d like ...
Apr 22, 20191 minStatement from Coun. Douglas JudsonStatement | Today Fort Frances councillor Douglas W. Judson issued the following statement: “Many of us ran for council on a commitment to work towards a res...
Apr 8, 20193 minNo apologies for speaking out against racism: JudsonThis letter to the editor was submitted for the April 10, 2019 edition of the Fort Frances Times. | Dear Editor: In a letter published last week, Nick Beyak ...
Mar 26, 20194 minRemarks from March 25, 2019 Meeting of Fort Frances Town CouncilRemarks | Check against delivery. Thank you, Mr. Chair. And good evening, everyone. Tonight I would like to comment on two items of importance to the constit...
Mar 19, 20193 minDisappointed but not surprised, Fort Frances councillor says of rejected mill bidThis article originally appeared on CBCNews.ca | Local and provincial politicians say they're disappointed that a deal that promised to reopen the shuttered ...
Mar 18, 20193 minResolute rejects Repap offer to buy Fort Frances millThis article appeared in TBNewswatch.com | FORT FRANCES, ON — Just three days after Repap Resources submitted a written offer to purchase and restart the For...
Feb 15, 20191 minOntario stays out of town's mill, wood disputeThis article appeared in the Chronicle Journal. |
Feb 15, 20194 minBidding process for Fort Frances mill gets nastyThis article appeared in Northern Ontario Business. | A prospective buyer of the closed Fort Frances paper mill will have “zero” chance of acquiring the prop...
Feb 14, 20192 minResolute, Fort Frances at odds over sale of pulp millThis article appeared in Pulp & Paper Canada. | February 14, 2019 – Resolute Forest Products and the town of Fort Frances, Ontario are at odds over the pendi...