Staff Fort Frances High School “Saving Faces” and “Free the Children” mobilizers collected a massive haul of non-perishable food Monday night during their “Hallowe’en for Hunger” drive. A total of 33 students—more than twice the number who participated last year—trick-or-treated around Fort Frances and collected more than 2,100 items from […]
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Robin McCormick I’m sure everyone recalls reading about the MNR employee who was brutally attacked by a black bear in the Thunder Bay area in early October. Well, not everyone may know the victim was Devlin native Laura Darby, who fortunately is doing very well after surgery and intense medical […]
Press Release Ontario is moving forward with its commitment to review its clean energy Feed-in Tariff (FIT) program. When the program launched in 2009, it included a commitment to review FIT every two years. This commitment also was included in the province’s Long-Term Energy Plan, released last November. The review […]
Press Release Several seizures also were made In September, Canada Border Services Agency officers at the Fort Frances port of entry processed more than 96,000 travellers in 46,000 vehicles and 986 commercial trucks. Thirty-two charter buses and 1,700 pedestrians also were processed during the month. As well, the CBSA conducted […]
Heather Latter Savannah Hyatt and Vanessa Theriault, Grade 8 students at Robert Moore School here, always had thought of a carpenter as being a job for a man. But not anymore. After attending the “Skills Work! for Women” networking dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous last Thursday evening, the teens now […]
Dave Ogilvie The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture will be holding its 35th-annual dinner and general meeting this Saturday (Nov. 5) at the Millennium Hall in Stratton. A social hour will begin at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. and then presentations. Guest speaker for the evening will be […]
Press Release Ernest Thompson Distributors Ltd. has been sold. The last day of service for this long-time community business is Friday, Nov. 4. It was Ernie Thompson’s real dream come true when he and his wife, Lois, began their business more than a half-century ago. Beginning with their children and […]
the NHU During November, the Northwestern Health Unit is promoting the message to parents that their job is like no other. Being a parent is a big responsibility. Parents are role models to their children in learning how to behave, how to treat others, and how to make healthy choices […]
the OPP On Sunday around 9:10 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers responded to the report of a house fire on O’Brien Street in Atikokan. The house, which is not normally occupied, was engulfed in flames when police arrived on the scene. The Atikokan Fire Rescue Service attended the scene […]
the MNR Two Ontario residents have been fined a total of $6,000 for shooting a deer on private land. Tim Gould of Chelmsford was fined $3,500, and given a three-year hunting suspension, for trespassing for the purpose of hunting, possessing illegally-killed wildlife, and failing to immediately attach a game seal […]
Staff After battling to a 2-2 tie against the host Dryden Paper Kings to open their season the weekend prior, the Fort Frances PeeWee ‘AA’ Canadians got the upper hand in a rematch Sunday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena here. Noah Loveday found the back of the net […]
the MNR Three men have been fined a total of $3,500 for offences related to deer hunting. Rodney Szyszka of Ignace pleaded guilty and was fined $1,000 for trespassing to hunt white-tailed deer. He also pleaded guilty, and was fined $2,000, for not taking reasonable care to ensure that the […]
