Children, accompanied by their parents, climbed aboard for their very first school bus ride outside Robert Moore yesterday morning during the Rainy River District School Board’s annual “First Rider” program. Aimed at children beginning school this fall, the youngsters watched a short video on bus safety before leaving.
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Ashley Payne enjoyed some quality time with one of the guinea pigs at the Fort Frances Public Library earlier this week during “Story Time,” which is held there every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
Newcomer Tony Manuge has continued to improve his game, and the quality as a whole has improved as the summer has gone along at the weekly skeet shoot, with two shooters hitting personal bests in recent weeks. At this past Tuesday night’s shoot at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club range […]
Seven new fires were reported in the West Fire Region by the late afternoon yesterday. Once again, high winds, dry conditions, and hot weather resulted in all the new fires displaying vigorous fire behaviour. Multiple waterbombers and FireRanger crews were required during initial attack suppression efforts, which proved to be […]
The dog piles are getting out of hand along the riverfront walkway and through Pither’s Point Park, so the Town of Fort Frances is reminding pet owners the bylaw states they must clean up after their four-legged friends. Recently, an influx of calls from residents complaining about the increasing amount […]
Sandy Smith, owner of Caribou Coach Transportation Company Inc., welcomed aboard Muriel Kropelin, middle, of Thunder Bay early this morning, who was being seen off by good friend Elsie Hampton at the bus depot here. Caribou took over the Fort Frances-Thunder Bay route from Greyhound yesterday.
Canada Border Services Agency and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced yesterday the opening of a joint “Trusted Traveler” Enrolment Center in downtown International Falls. The centre is designed to make obtaining a NEXUS border-crossing card easy and convenient for nearby residents on both sides of the border. NEXUS […]
Four new fires were reported in the West Fire Region by the end of yesterday, bringing the total number of active blazes to 17 as of this morning. FireRanger crews from the Kenora, Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay, and Nipigon fire management headquarters all responded to new fires in their respective […]
Three people were sent to hospital yesterday morning after being injured in an electrical accident at the AbitibiBowater paper mill here. Mill manager John Harrison said two AbitibiBowater electricians, along with one co-op electrical student, were injured from an electrical arc flash while working on a paper machine drive. All […]
