Duane Hicks Kiwanian Robin Wright and Joan Foley of Investors Group read the winning ticket for this month’s “Trip of the Month” draw held this morning at International Travel Services. Tom and Emily Mosbeck of Emo will be heading to Prince Edward Island—a trip valued at $3,000. In related news, […]
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With her family by her side, Zita Miller passed away peacefully at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Friday, April 30, 2010 at the age of 75. Zita was born in Sheenboro, Que. on Oct. 23, 1934 to Ernest and Margaret Chartrand. She resided in Pembroke, Streetsville, and […]
Duane Hicks A crew with Grimsby, Ont.-based modular building specialists NRB Inc. hoisted a building module into the air and set it down on the foundation of the new Treaty #3 Police station going up at the corner of Idylwild Drive and School Road at Couchiching. The pre-fabricated, modular building […]
Peggy Revell Liam Quast added baking powder to the mixing bowl for a batch of tea biscuits—one of the multiple activities Grade 3 students at St. Michael’s School participated in for “Pioneer Days” yesterday. Students learned how pioneers lived by writing with quill pens, making shadow portraits, quilting, baking, and […]
Mabel Petsnick passed away peacefully in her sleep at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at the age of 86. She was born to Annice and Clifford Howard in Bamborough, England on July 14, 1923. Mabel emigrated from England to Canada as a child and settled in Kenora, Ont., where she grew […]
Press Release Icebox Radio Theater of International Falls has released another edition of the popular series, “Frozen Frights,” as its latest podcast. “Frozen Frights” returns with an original story twistier than a North Country back road. “Shack Weekend” takes the idea of a “domestic drama” and paints it in the […]
the OPP The Fort Frances OPP continues to ask the public for help in locating a male who fled from police custody around 7:15 a.m. yesterday. Police have added a canine unit to the resources being used to find Matthew Bradley Meyers, 25, of Emo. Meyers is described as a […]
Duane Hicks The Ministry of Natural Resources lifted the Restricted Fire Zone today after rain helped ease the high-extreme forest fire hazard that has persisted in this region for some time. Local MNR fire management supervisor Harrold Boven said lifting the fire ban means open-air burning in the MNR’s jurisdiction […]
Staff A hydro pole fire just west of Fort Frances late yesterday afternoon left 3,775 Hydro One customers from Alberton to Rainy River without power. A Hydro One rep said this morning there isn’t an established cause for the pole fire, which was located along Highway 11/71 in Alberton. “It […]
Staff Tara Tovey and Jamie Bragg appeared at the Fort Frances Courthouse on March 22, at which time charges against them for possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking were withdrawn. Each had been charged with one count of that offence. Bragg, however, did receive a conditional […]
Press Release Eleven members of the Northwest Taekwondo Club attended the Can-Am Games tournament in Winnipeg on Saturday. The tournament was hosted by Kang’s Academy and held at the University of Manitoba. Competition came from Minnesota, Ontario, Manitoba, and Alberta. Students competed in forms and full-contact fighting (head and chest […]
Peggy Revell Local firefighter Wayne Riches showed off all the gear he and other firefighters wear to the children of the Fort Frances Nursery School yesterday morning. The youngsters had the chance to tour both the fire hall and OPP station.
