Nicholas Donaldson After climbing out of the water, Voyageurs Lions Club member Bill Michl indicated he would be jumping only once for this year’s “Polar Plunge” on Sand Bay behind La Place Rendez-Vous. Michl, who took part in his 12th plunge this year, raised $445 for the Fort Frances club.
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It will be clear and cold tonight, with an overnight low of minus-29 C (20 below zero F). Tomorrow will be sunny but continued cold, with a high of minus-21 (six below) and low again around minus-29 (20 below). Increasing cloudiness is forecast for Friday, along with a high again […]
Press Release The Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre has teamed up with Superior North Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to implement a new process that will improve the level and speed of care provided to emergency cardiac patients. “Time is crucial for patients experiencing a heart attack,” said Terri Gurney, […]
From the OPP Community satisfaction surveys are scheduled to start in January in North West Region to solicit public opinions about the services the OPP detachments deliver to communities throughout the region. It is a telephone survey that randomly selects members of the public (age 16 or older) who live […]
From the OPP On Jan. 1 around 12:10 a.m., Rainy River District OPP officers were on patrol within the Town of Fort Frances when they observed a Highway Traffic Act infraction on the 500 block of King’s Highway. Officers then conducted a traffic stop. The driver, a 22-year-old woman from […]
Can I change? Can any of us change? Carol Dweck says we can, and I’m inclined to agree with her after reading her thoughts on “Growth Mindset.” Her work is changing how we teach children and how they learn, but its principles can be applied to any of us, school […]
With 2017 now behind us, I would like to use this opportunity to reflect on the highlights of the past year. As of October, I’ve had the privilege of serving as MP for Thunder Bay-Rainy River for two years. It has been an amazing experience advocating for our region in […]
The GPS said in 659 km, turn left off Trans-Canada Highway. You hardly can go wrong travelling from Regina to Calgary on a bitterly cold day just before Christmas. Just as everywhere, CBC Radio was describing how cold it was outside. Having left the Fort a day earlier, Marnie and […]
Here is hoping everyone had a wonderful Christmas! We did, although it just seemed to fly right on by! I told my boyfriend/partner that I wish I could slow it down and enjoy it a bit longer. He thinks I’m crazy. Maybe it’s because I frantically was trying to get […]
When most of us think about going on a fishing trip, it usually means stepping out the door, driving to the boat ramp down the road, and heading out for the day. Right across Northwestern Ontario, we are blessed with some many great bodies of water that offer some of […]
Submitted byDouglas W. Judson Resolution time strikes us at our most complacent and indisposed. It sneaks up in that cozy stretch between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, when we forage for leftovers and, in our holiday coma, have lost all awareness of what day of the week it is. On […]
John Koles, 90, of Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017 with his family by his side. A memorial mass will be held Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fort Frances, with Fr. Alan Albao […]
