Kenora-Rainy River Municipal Councils Urged to Speak Out on Federal Electoral Boundaries
On September 8, 2022, I provided the below sample resolution to all municipalities in the Kenora and Rainy River districts for...
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- Aug 10
- 3 min
Official Plan and Zoning Process Must Be Inclusive
The Town of Fort Frances is beginning the process to develop a new official plan and zoning by-law for the municipality. For a community...
- Jul 9
- 5 min
Comments Concerning the Family Centre Encampment
I share the concerns of others about how the recent closure of The Nugget and the Point Park has impacted those in our community with...
- Jun 30
- 3 min
Council United in Rejecting Kircher Conspiracy Theories
For the past several months, local realtor David Kircher has been engaged in an extensive misinformation campaign concerning Council’s...
- Jun 29
- 3 min
Council Votes to Spend More for Less Accountability
At its June 13, 2022 meeting, Council received a report from administration seeking its approval to issue a tender for the appointment of...
- May 4
- 3 min
Loss of Younger Citizens Met with Sucking and Blowing
When it comes to doing more to attract and retain youth and young families, Fort Frances is paralyzed by contradictions in local civic...
- Apr 26
- 2 min
Municipal Council and Board Remuneration for 2021
At last night's meeting of Council, the Treasurer presented a report outlining the compensation paid to members of Council and local...
- Apr 11
- 3 min
More Mayoral Bullying
At tonight’s meeting, Council officially received my March 30 resignation from 3 executive committees. I am no longer available to attend...
- Mar 30
- 2 min
Letter: Are You at the Table or on the Menu?
An editorial which appeared in the March 23, 2022 edition of the Fort Frances Times made a number of statements about efforts to improve...
- Mar 29
- 1 min
Hartlen Interviews Judson About Council Renewal
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...
- Mar 29
- 2 min
Council Declines to Reconsider Tree Policy
At tonight’s meeting of Council, I asked to have our municipal tree policy referred to committee for review and updating, following...
- Mar 27
- 3 min
What is a ‘Lame Duck’ Council?
At recent meetings of council of the Town of Fort Frances, the prospect of entering a ‘lame duck’ phase later this year was discussed....
- Mar 20
- 15 min
Council Adopts Flawed Report on Closed-Door Meeting
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...
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Council Rejects Request for Letter of Support for Public Art Project
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...
- Mar 17
- 3 min
Letter: Council Blocks Removal of Barriers to Participation of Working-Age People
Following the events at the Council meeting of March 14, 2022 (which I wrote about here), I submitted the following letter to the editor...
- Mar 15
- 6 min
David Kircher is Lying, while Council Blocks the Truth
In January 2022, Council learned that Mayor June Caul illegally leaked a legal opinion to David Kircher, as part of a months-long...
- Mar 15
- 3 min
Statement from Councillor Douglas W. Judson
“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...
- Mar 11
- 4 min
Reforms Proposed to Remove Barriers to Council Participation
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...
- Mar 7
- 5 min
Budget 2022: The Good, the Bad, and the Money
Tonight, in a 6-1 vote, Council adopted the following resolution, putting in place the municipality's 2022 operating budget: THAT Council...
- Mar 5
- 8 min
So You Want to Run for Council? Some Unfiltered Advice
I have been fielding calls from people in my municipality and others in the region who are eyeing the upcoming municipal election, and...