A house on Boucher Road in Watten Township, near Nickel Lake, was struck by lighting and burned to the ground around noon Friday. The Watten volunteer fire department battled the blaze, with assistance from the Couchiching Fire Department under a “mutual need request.” The roof was fully engulfed in flames […]
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Chantal Jodoin went up to spike the ball during the annual summer volleyball camp at Fort Frances High School, which wrapped up Friday.
Flames engulfed this home on Boucher Road in Watten Township after it was struck by lightning around noon on Friday.
“Castin’ for Cash” tournament winners Jeff Gustafson, far left, and August Collinson showed off their hardware as emcee Mark Allen voiced his approval during the final weigh-in Saturday at Lake Despair Lodge.
The Icebox Radio Theater will hold auditions for a variety of summer projects on Monday (July 14) at 7 p.m. at the Rainy River Community College theater in International Falls. Actors and sound effects artists will be needed. The IBRT, fresh from live performances in the Twin Cities over the […]
The Borderland Bicycle Club is holding its annual “Raid on Reef Point” mountain biking group ride this Sunday (July 13). The non-competitive event will be held on the Hopkins Bay ski trail and riders of all levels are encouraged to participate. Club member Jason Jarvis is excited about getting a […]
It’s official—the CT scanner at La Verendrye Hospital here will be fully operational on Tuesday, Aug. 5. Patti Johnson, manager of diagnostic imaging for Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., said yesterday that work on the CT scanner room is continuing in preparation for the new equipment, which is scheduled to […]
In a battle for first place in Rainy River District Fastball League action last night at VanJura Stadium here, the local Sight & Sound team gave up two runs in the final inning en route to a 5-3 loss to the visiting Big Grassy Lightning. With the score tied 2-2 […]
It was a wet start for anglers competing in the annual “Castin’ for Cash” fishing tournament on Lake Despair this morning. The two-day event wraps up tomorrow, with the final weigh-in starting at 3:30 p.m.
There will be a new addition to the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship this year, with a beach volleyball tournament set to take place at the Sorting Gap Marina that weekend. Truckloads of sand are being brought in specifically, but organizers need at least 10 teams of five players (mixed […]
One new fire was reported in the West Fire Region yesterday. Kenora District Fire #22, located about 25 km south of Kenora, is a 0.1-hectare blaze on a small island inside the Lake of the Woods Conservation Reserve. Under the Forest Fire Management Strategy for Ontario, and the Lake of […]
The Fort Frances Community Clinic management and Canadian Union of Public Employees Local 65.08 reached a tentative contract agreement yesterday after 12 hours at the bargaining table. Both parties are expected to begin the ratification process next week and hopefully the situation will be resolved, Fort Frances Community Clinic administrator […]
