Staff U.S. co-chair Jeff Stoner said the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board has been busy with a slew of projects during the annual joint public meeting on the regulation of Rainy and Namakan lakes and the Rainy River held Tuesday at La Place Rendez-Vous here. While it’s been a […]
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Sarah Pruys With 6,500 cubic metres of soil now removed from Highway 602 just before Bone Road, T&K Sharp Construction is ready to begin removing the 48-metre concrete culvert that a creek, known as the Rainy River tributary, runs through. Once the culvert is removed, an almost 49-metre bridge will […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers will have a chance to fine-tune their systems before kicking off the 2012/13 SIJHL regular season on Sept. 26. The local Junior ‘A’ squad will hit the ice for four exhibition games, starting on Friday, Sept. 7 at 7:30 p.m. when the Dryden Ice Dogs […]
Staff Although their quest for a third-straight Rainy River District Fastball League title came to an abrupt end Aug. 2, the Sight & Sound Wolves still have a chance to salvage something from their season. The Fort Frances-based squad is competing in the ‘A’ bracket at the NAFA World Series […]
Staff Just one new fire was confirmed yesterday in the Northwest Region—Thunder Bay Fire #56. The 0.1-hectare blaze, the cause of which remains unknown, was classified as “not under control” as of this morning. As widespread rain moved into the region late yesterday, the fire situation was expected to become […]
Staff An outdoor shelter and its contents were lost in a fire yesterday at a residence on the 1300 block of Minnie Avenue. The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service responded shortly after noon to a neighbour’s report that a roofed open storage area on nearby residential property was on […]
This past week, Canada received more bad news on the economic front with a significant number of job losses in July. The Canadian economy shed 30,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate edged up to 7.3 percent, which is the same level it was at a year ago. Economists […]
Well, here we are—Emo Fair week! The sad part of that is the fact that fall soon follows. August for me really passes by quickly. I spend most of the time stressing that I don’t have stuff ready for the fair! My BFF tells me I need to priorize and […]
You remember Gracie, don’t you? Adorable fluffy pup of the Bernese Mountain Dog variety. She was going to fill the void in my life left by my ungrateful daughters who had the audacity to grow up and live lives of their own. Cute puppy. The one who peed on the […]
On Sept. 6, residents of two provincial ridings will go to the polls in what will be the most important by-elections in Ontario history. On the line in the ridings of Kitchener-Waterloo and Vaughan is the balance of power at Queen’s Park. Following the Oct. 6 election, Kitchener-Waterloo was held […]
At 113 years of age, the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair in Emo gets underway tomorrow with the midway cranking up the sound during the day. Then on Friday and Saturday nights, the roar of stock cars racing around the track will be heard for miles in […]
My soul sister told me the other day over tea that she wants to “live in colour.” The desire was voiced after sharing her sadness about the recent death of a friend. We talked a long time about this, and we both had a compelling sense to fall into the […]
