Carly Pruys, left, Adam Egan, Taylor Cawston, Cameron Cawston and Jonah Cawston, enjoyed tasty ice cream cones yesterday at the Sorting Gap Marina. With more warm and sunny weather on the way, it’s likely the store there will be selling more ice cream in the near future. —Amanda Roy photo
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No new fires were reported in Northwestern Ontario in the past 24 hours, but the forest fire hazard on the rise as sunny weather begins to dry the forest out. Dry sunny weather, forecast for the remainder of the week, is expected to result in a marked increase […]
The Emo Speedway had its first-ever title race postponed due to inclement weather on Saturday evening, when a short, fierce storm hit, leaving a rainbow over the empty track. The Piston Ring mid-season summer shootout will instead take place on Aug. 11. –Justin Holmes photo
Cyclists from across the district gathered behind the Great Bear gas station on Sunday for the Borderland Bicycle Club’s “Raid on Reef Point.” Fifteen avid bikers took to the ski/bike trails and either completed a seven km, 14 km, or 21 km tour of the area. The purpose of the […]
Caylee Woolsey hit a line drive in a game while the crowd looked on at the newly-renamed Kingsley Downs and Gus Lindberg Memorial Slo-pitch Tournament in Devlin on Saturday evening. Woolsey’s team, the Village People, went on to win the tournament with a 19-12 victory over the Shade yesterday afternoon.–Justin […]
No new fires were reported over the weekend, and there is no active fires in the Northwest Region, reported the Ministry of Natural Resources fire management headquarters. But with some sunny conditions in the region the fire hazard is now a mix of “low” to “moderate” which is an […]
The final meeting of the 4-H club, Rock’n Wood, was held at Shirley Morrish’s home. The first activity of the meeting was to clean the roadside from Van Drunen Road to Shirley’s home. Members participated in the other road clean-ups. It was about an eight-km walk through ditches and […]
Allison Brown, middle left, chased camp counsellor Jason Peters as he dodged left of Connor McManaman during a friendly game of touch football at Sunny Cove Camp yesterday. The kids and their counsellors were enjoying their final hours at the week-long Northern Echo Bible camp before their parents arrived to […]
Shownoobinayziik, Moose Dodem It is with our deepest sadness that we announce the passing of our dearest beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, auntie, and friend, Jessie Joanne Smith. Jessie passed away peacefully on Monday, July 9, 2007 at the Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora, Ont., with family […]
While there hasn’t been many black bears reported within town limits yet this summer, activity is likely to pick up in the next months or so. As such, the town’s bylaw enforcement department is reminding people to start thinking about taking precautions to avoid attracting wandering bruins. “From our […]
You can’t hurry Mother Nature. The Rainy River District Palliative Care Volunteers are well aware of this as the monarch butterflies ordered for a release service originally slated for this Sunday (July 15) need a little more time to grow. As such, volunteer co-ordinator Jennifer Anderson said yesterday the […]
John Harrison, left, manager of the local Abitibi-Consolidated mill, Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis, and Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig, far right, presented Northern Development and Mines minister Rick Bartolucci with a print by local artist Cher Pruys at the conclusion of Thursday’s $1.3-million funding announcement to bolster local roads […]
