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Local group fighting to keep east end green space


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A group of concerned community members are calling on the Town of Fort Frances and other stakeholders to save the green space on the former St. Michael’s school grounds.
The group of 58 community members is calling itself Save the Knights of Columbus Park – Green Space for Kids in East Fort Frances, and their mission is to preserve the playground equipment and green space that currently exists next to the old St. Michael’s school building. Recently the property was sold to and is currently owned by the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board (RRDSSAB), who have announced plans to turn the old school building into a combined seniors housing and EarlyON centre, and convert the green space into several apartment units and parking spaces. At a town of Fort Frances council meeting in April of this year, council granted DSSAB’s request to rezone the property to Residential Type 2 (RS), with a site-specific pe ....

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The Fab Fort: What do newbies think?


9 June 2021
My wife, Margie, and I live in Winnipeg, but we still carry “packsacks,” not “backpacks.” We ride snowmobiles we call “machines” and go “up the lake.”
That’s because we’re privileged to come from fabulous Fort Frances. We miss “the Fort” and that got us reminiscing.
In the 1960’s, some things were straightforward. The Fort’s mill was run by, of course, Mr. Woodman, the Horticultural Society by Rose Busch, and the high school by Mr. Book.
But some local lingo must confuse visitors.
Do newbies really think the “Five-Mile Dock” is five miles long? Do they still believe Shevlin Towers are skyscrapers? Do they expect that Lakeview Trailer Park has lake views? Do they believe we drive to Finland? Do they get it when we say, “I’m going to Dance?” Do they believe there’s a place called “The Place?” ....

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