Staff Writer
memara@fortfrances.com
Fort Frances Mayor June Caul announced the Moffat Family Fund recipients last week during the Committee of the Whole meeting.
The fund, organized and given by the Winnipeg Foundation, allocated $93,750 to organizations in the community with the aim of supporting and advancing the economic, social, physical and intellectual well-being of children and families in the community.
The first recipient is KidSport Fort Frances, an organization that Caul said receives 100 applications per year from low income families requesting financial support to help with the cost of sport registration and equipment. KidSport Fort Frances is one of the 166 community chapters across Canada, Caul said.
9 June 2021
The Rainycrest Auxiliary would like to thank you for all of your generous donations to the Tuck Shop. It means a lot to the residents to be able to go shopping at our shop for gifts, toiletries, personal items and snacks, especially during the times when we have all been asked to stay at home due to Covid. We could use: unused toiletries (remember Rainycrest is a scent free zone) knick knacks or decorative items for residents to use as gifts or to decorate their own space. Jewelry and stuffies are always appreciated. We would also like you to remember to donate items for our male residents. Items can be left inside the front door with a label saying ATTN Gary in the Tuck Shop.
28 April 2021
The Rainycrest Tuck Shop, is in need of items! Top of the list is large stuffies, purses, and lap blankets. Crafters are welcome to make and donate! Also accepted are books, knick knacks, jewelry, CD’s, small stuffed animals, decorative items & movies. No kitchen items please – residents no longer cook. Residents love to go shopping and this means the world to them. Items can be left inside the front door. A label saying “Attention Gary in the Tuck Shop” is helpful. If possible, call and tell them you are coming and someone will pick up your goodies quickly from the front door. Thanks in advance for helping to brighten the lives of our senior residents in Rainycrest!
Tents set up at the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, July 2020.
There could be new limits on the number of tents and trailers a Fort Frances homeowner can have in their yard.
A proposed zoning by-law change allows for one tent and three trailers of various kinds before town approval is needed for more.
There is a provision for an additional camper if it’s someone who is visiting temporarily.
The town initially started looking at a tenting policy after the Family Centre last summer set up a number of tents around the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau for the homeless. The Bureau’s property is zoned residential.
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There is hesitation among some members of town council to give the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau a tax break.
The Bureau has applied for a program that gives registered charities a 30 per cent cut in municipal property taxes.
To be eligible, organizations are required to be in areas zoned commercial or industrial.
The Bureau’s building, the former CN train station, has been zoned residential.
Councillor Andrew Hallikas is hesitant about supporting the request, saying it may set a precedent for others in similar settings.
“If we do something without really know why we are doing it, we’re potentially setting a precedent, and other people are going to want the same thing. I guess I’m still just a little muddled about the whole thing,” says Hallikas.