Fort Frances Latest To Implement Tax Hike

The tax rate for Resolute Forest Products in Fort Frances is going up.
Municipal Treasurer Laurie Witherspoon says approval from the provincial government allows the rate to increase 15%.
Five other municipalities impacted by huge assessment decreases to their pulp and paper mills also received similar approval to increase the rate 15%.
Dryden was one of those communities.
Witherspoon says Resolute will be billed an extra $270,000 in taxes for this year with the new rate being used as a bench mark in next year’s budget discussions.