The Trans-Canada Highway reopened to all traffic around 8:30 p.m. yesterday after being closed for 20 hours due to a fatal truck accident about 25 km east of Dryden. The two transport trucks collided head-on around 1:30 a.m. yesterday, killing four people–two from Owen Sound, Ont., one from Beausejour, Man., […]
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The body of a man reported missing in November was located yesterday by Kenora OPP. Robert Storey, a Northwest Angle First Nation resident, was discovered by the police, with the assistance of a helicopter, in Lake of the Woods. They were conducting a follow-up search of the water where his […]
Registration for the Borderland men’s soccer league will be held tomorrow from 7-9 p.m. in Room 138 at Fort Frances High School. The league is open to players aged 15 and over, and cost per player is $85. Those interested also must bring along their health card. League organizer Mike […]
It’s official: the ice is out on both the Canadian and U.S. sides of Rainy Lake. Mike Pawlikowski, the head pilot for Rusty Myers Flying Service here, declared the ice out Wednesday after a flight around 10 a.m. On Tuesday, he had reported some slushy ice was still blocking the […]
Coun. Neil Kabel may have had the fright of his life after a dust-up with an armed thief at his store–the East End Confectionery–last Wednesday night. Fort Frances OPP reported a man brandishing a knife entered the small Scott Street store just minutes before its 10 p.m. closing time. Minutes […]
While the fundraising total may have been less than last year’s, a sold-out crowd still flocked to the Rendez-Vous last Friday for the Ducks Unlimited 19th-annual banquet to support wetland conservation. “We were a little down from last year, but I thought that would happen,” said Barney Maher, chair of […]
The Borderland Thunder, Fort Frances’ entry in the new seven-team Superior International Junior Hockey League, was expected to name former NHL’er Mike Allison as head coach yesterday. Wayne Strachan and Shane Bliss were slated to be named assistant coaches. “To me, it’s exciting and a great honour,” said Allison, a […]
