Press Release A seven-member team of Grade 7 and 8 students from Robert Moore School here were among the 141 students who participated in the 21st Northwestern Ontario Association for Math Education Math Olympics at Superior Collegiate in Thunder Bay on Saturday. The Rainy River District School Board has been […]
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A small brush fire on an unmarked property in Watten became out of control due to strong winds on Good Friday. The fire jumped to the tops of the trees, making it more difficult for the small Watten fire crew to battle it. Without the help of the Couchiching Fire […]
Duane Hicks Declan Doyle, manager of direct customers at the Independent Electricity System Operator (ISEO), presented Joerg Ruppenstein, president and CEO of the Fort Frances Power Corp., with its 2011-14 Conservation Target Achievement Award on Friday during the 2017 Business & Community Expo at the Fort Frances Curling Club. They […]
Look for light snow at times tonight, with an overnight low dropping to minus-seven C (19 F). Tomorrow will see another one-three cm (about an inch) of snow, with a high of just minus-one (30) and low around minus-six (21). The snowfall then is expected to intensify into a storm […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter A broken-down fire rescue truck brought the Watten community together during a blaze on Reef Point Road back on Good Friday. The Watten Volunteer Fire Department’s rescue vehicle, a 31-year-old truck donated by Hydro One and converted to suit its needs, failed to pass safety inspection this […]
Nicholas Donaldson Emo businesses welcomed spring with their annual “Spring Fever Days” celebration last week. Running Thursday to Saturday, the event drew crowds to Emo for sales, activities, fundraisers, raffles, food, and fun. Local businesses were on display all weekend, with the Nestor Falls Marine boat show in the Emo […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter After more than 70 years of providing quality entertainment from across the globe in Borderland, the Border Concert Association is pulling the plug. The Scott Woods Band will grace the stage in the last performance of the series next Friday (May 5) at the Backus Auditorium in […]
Joey Payeur There are days that feel like entire months in Nicole LePine’s long journey back to being her old self again. The anguish mounts as her progress stagnates. LePine’s mind enters a questioning mode–wondering if the fight to regain the physical freedoms she no longer takes for granted is […]
Kiera Kowalski Aaron Meyers, Ryley Booth, and Owen Riches of the FFHS First Responders demonstrated how to properly administer CPR to “Rory,” a $60,000 robot they practise on. He reacts to medical situations like a normal human being so the responders can have a more realistic experience while honing their […]
Kalvin Ottertail, 59, of Lac La Croix First Nation, Ont., passed away on Monday, April 24, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. with family by his side. Kalvin was born on July 18, 1957 in Lac La Croix First Nation to John and Rose Marie Ottertail. […]
Peacefully, with family by her side, Mary Irene Clinker passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017 in her 95th year at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. We feel so blessed to have been able to share this journey with her over the last five weeks of her life, […]
After a short but courageous and dignified battle, our dear mother, Marion, passed away at age 86 on Monday, April 17, 2017 at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, Man. She is survived by three sons, Richard (Aline), Rodger, and Raymond; granddaughter, Selina (Chris Kuyp); great-granddaughters, Tianna and Talia; and […]
