Staff A new OPP Community Satisfaction Survey will be conducted starting in January. Speaking at this morning’s Police Services Board meeting here, OPP Insp. Steve Shouldice noted the telephone survey is a tool for gathering public opinion on policing issues and ratings on OPP services. The survey will run from […]
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Duane Hicks Riverfront residents and walkway users will be happy to learn the blinking LED lights there are now fixed. The series of lights from the hospital to just before the Sorting Gap Marina first were reported to be “on the blink” in early fall, but it took some time […]
the OPP The Fort Frances Community Action Team, in conjunction with the Thunder Bay Drug Enforcement Unit, intercepted a courier package containing about eight pounds of marijuana on Dec. 5. The parcel was shipped from British Columbia and destined to an adult male from Emo. As a result of the […]
There were more winners in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Dec. 8-14 were Jim Hooker (Iroquois Falls), Arlene Byrnes (Fort Frances), Carol and Bob Angus (Emo), Judy Baker (Dryden), Paul Pirie (Fort Frances), Sandy Cenerini (Atikokan), and Brady Bujold (Atikokan). Winning […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP is seeking public assistance in locating a missing Fort Frances teen. Adrianna Copenace, 15, was last seen here Tuesday around 10:45 p.m. She is described as a First Nation female, 5’2” tall, weighing 110 pounds, along with shoulder-length, dyed auburn hair, and brown […]
Staff On a night when four teams couldn’t play, and their closest pursuer was held pointless, Alliance reasserted itself as the team to beat in the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. As the only team to gain the maximum six points in its two matches in the final night of […]
the OPP The victim of Tuesday’s fatal crash on Highway 11 east of Atikokan has been identified as Fredrick James Munro, 76, of Atikokan. Munro was pronounced dead at the scene, which was about 1.5 km east of the Highway 633 junction. The collision involved an eastbound Chevrolet Lumina driven […]
Joey Payeur The Red Lake Rams girls’ hockey team found a nauseating sight awaiting them on their bench here yesterday afternoon. They left the arena with a different kind of sick feeling in their stomachs. The Muskie girls got two-goal efforts from Shilo Beck, Rachel Jean, and Jessica Coran to […]
Staff Getting pounded hurts—but pounding those who hurt you does wonders for the spirit. A week after taking it on the chin in their NorWOSSA regular-season opener in Dryden, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team paid back the Eagles with a convincing 70-48 triumph in Fort High’s home-opener Tuesday. Caleb […]
It will be mostly clear tonight, with an overnight low of minus-26 C (15 below zero F) and light west winds. Look for some sunshine tomorrow, with a high of minus-14 (seven) and low around minus-19 (two below). Expect southwest winds at five-10 m.p.h. Light snow is possible Saturday, along […]
Heather Latter Aiden Moen received a gift from Santa yesterday as jolly St. Nick visited with children at the Fort Frances Nursery School.
Heather Latter Samaria Smith, a student in Michelle Cain’s Early Learning class at Robert Moore School, decorated a gingerbread house yesterday as a holiday activity. With no school for district students tomorrow, today marked the final day of classes until the New Year.
