Staff With Highway 602 just past Bone Road now repaired where the roadway collapsed last year, work has begun on a second section where it passes over a creek known as the Rainy River tributary. Dorothy Sharp, of T&K Sharp Construction, said the deteriorating culvert under the road needed to […]
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Heather Latter Award-winning Manitoba author Dorene Meyer signed a copy of one of her novels during a book signing at Northwoods Gallery & Gifts here Saturday. Those who may have missed the event, but are interested in purchasing one of her books, can check out the selection available at Betty’s.
Staff The Ministry of Natural Resources confirmed seven new fires in the Northwest Region yesterday, with the forest fire hazard remaining “high” for most of the area. The only active fires in Fort Frances District—four in Quetico Provincial Park that currently are listed as “being monitored”—received heavy amounts of rainfall […]
Lucas Punkari A total of 92 boats launched from the Sorting Gap Marina early this morning as the 18th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship got underway. As the anglers lined up along Front Street waiting to put their boats into the water, the excitement level was easy to see on […]
Staff Due to upgrades at the pump station, the Portage Avenue underpass will be closed temporarily to non-emergency vehicular traffic on both July 31 and Aug. 1 from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. During this time, Makkinga Contracting will be installing a new electrical service to the pump station, which will require […]
Dave Ogilvie Weekly work bees will be taking place at the community garden in Emo each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. (weather permitting). When the produce is ready, it will be available for everyone to access! The community garden is located at 6287 Highway 11 (beside Tompkins Road). If you have […]
Jessica Smith The inking of a much-anticipated power purchase contract has ended almost two years of uncertainty around the future of the Atikokan Generating Station. The 10-year agreement between Ontario Power Generation and the Ontario Power Authority—announced last Thursday in Thunder Bay by Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Bill Mauro—means the conversion […]
Staff With a successful second growing season well underway, the Fort Frances Community Garden committee is making several requests to town council, including putting up fences to keep out deer. In a letter to council from committee member Krista Nielson, she noted “one of the frustrations that gardeners are dealing […]
Robin McCormick The 18th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is set to go this Thursday to Saturday (July 26-28). As always, several Devlin/La Vallee anglers will be competing. The community sends you all the best of luck and much success in bringing in the greatest weight. As always, there are […]
the NDP TORONTO–Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath and Aboriginal Affairs critic Sarah Campbell, MPP for Kenora-Rainy River, last week issued the following statement on the re-election of Shawn Atleo as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN): “We extend our sincere congratulations to Chief Atleo. Alongside our caucus, […]
Press Release A Fort Frances native will be among those going into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in Thunder Bay during its 31st-annual induction dinner and ceremonies set for Sept. 29. Bill Selman, who is being inducted in the “Builder” category, learned the game of hockey growing up […]
Sarah Pruys Of all of the anniversaries being marked, one of the most important to Rainy River District is when the international bridge linking Fort Frances and International Falls turns 100 on Aug. 1. “The Canadian Customs turns 100, too, and I think that both the bridge and the Customs […]
