the OPP While transporting a prisoner to the Kenora OPP detachment, a marked OPP cruiser was involved in a collision with a tractor-trailer at the junction of Highway 17A and Highway 658 (Redditt Road) yesterday around 2 a.m. The 42 year-old female prisoner from Kenora was killed in the collision. […]
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Duane Hicks Mayor Roy Avis, left, joined Cindy Petsnick and Dave Petsnick for a ribbon-cutting at Revco Carpet Centre here Friday afternoon to celebrate the fact the business is now selling Beachcomber Hot Tubs. Family, friends, customers, and dignitaries came by to wish Revco staff well as well as check […]
Lucas Punkari Fort Frances Lakers’ goalie Dustin Stevens gave a few pointers to local novice netminder Kade Oster on Saturday morning during a goaltending clinic at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The clinic was one of a number of activties that took place on and off the ice during the Fort […]
With family at his side, William Neal “Bill” Martin, 81, of 816 Front St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully at Rainycrest Long-Term Care on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. A funeral mass will be held Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Fort […]
Duane Hicks The town recently put up eye-catching new signs at both the Fort Frances Cemetery and Riverview Cemetery. The signs mirror the design seen on streets signs put up in recent years elsewhere around the community.
Press Release Kenora-Rainy River MPP Sarah Campbell will host a series of town hall-style meetings on health care across the riding this Friday (Sept. 28) with NDP health critic France Gelinas. Members of the public are encouraged to join Campbell and Gelinas for an open discussion about the health-care system […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances OPP had a significantly high clearance rate for solving crimes in 2011, ranking above both the national and provincial averages. The local detachment had a 67.1 percent clearance rate last year, an average of an 89.1 percent clearance rate for violent crimes, and 26.12 percent clearance […]
Lucas Punkari Abe Germain watched his drive sail off into the distance at the Heron Landing driving range yesterday afternoon as he participated in a Muskie golf team practice. Germain, along with teammates Brandon Sinclair and James Brown, are gearing up for the NWOSSAA championships, which will be held next […]
Duane Hicks Abbie Kenny, a student in Colette Bowles’ Grade 3/4 class, checked out the selection for sale during the Scholastic Book Fair this morning at Robert Moore School here. The book fair will continue Monday through Wednesday.
the MNR The forest fire hazard for the Northwest Region now sits comfortably at “low to moderate,” the Ministry of Natural Resources reported yesterday afternoon. Fall weather has relative humidity levels up to almost 100 percent in parts of the region, with cloudy skies and wet weather forecast to persist […]
Duane Hicks There continues to be plenty to see at the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre, with two new art exhibits there starting this month. “A Part: Painting Exhibition by Visual Artist Lindsay Joy Hamilton” is the exhibit on the main floor of the museum, which officially opens with […]
Duane Hicks “Namaste” is just one of the pieces comprising Lindsay Joy Hamilton’s new exhibit at the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre.
