They are quietly behind the scenes at most major events and this weekend, well over 100 amateur radio operators quietly converged in Fort Frances for their annual get-together. “Camp 807,” a network of radio operators in Dryden, Kenora, and Fort Frances, gathered at the Holiday Village Campground to swap ideas, […]
District News
Margaret Heyens had as a recent visitor her son, John, from the Canadian Army based in Edmonton. He also visited with his sister, Lisa, and family at Ignace and Jennifer in Nestor Falls, before returning to his home base. John served with the peacekeepers in Bosnia but is uncertain of […]
The old cliche–“three strikes and you’re out”–almost described the Devlin/La Vallee area last Tuesday as three storms and perhaps a tornado roared through the villages. The first storm hit about 6:30 a.m., showing signs that this wasn’t a typical storm for our area as several willow trees were ripped out […]
After tornadoes touched down in Morson and Devlin, and torrential rains hit the rest of the district, residents showed strong community spirit by helping each other out. The morning after wind storms tore apart numerous barns and houses along Highway 613 in Devlin, residents were out helping to clear trees, […]
Following last Tuesday’s high winds and torrential downpours, several district communities are considering sending in applications for emergency funding through the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program. While communities like Devlin, Morson, and Rainy River are still reeling from the storm damage, councils and administrators are beginning to look to the […]
Several northwestern Ontario communities remain cut off as roads are flooded or washed out following Tuesday’s storms. Near Morson water is running through Highway 621, what used to be the only access road to the community, and the four-foot culvert there has washed away. “We’re cut off because of the […]
Devlin has been a hubbub of activity yesterday and today as residents there literrally pick up the pieces after yesterday’s storm. As pieces of barns and houses dot fields north and south of the community residents, volunteers, contractors, hydro crews and CN Rail crews had converged on the area to […]
Several Rainy River District communities are reeling after high winds and torrential rains swept across the district for the second time in as many days. Residents in most of the district’s communities are waking up to flooded areas and structural damage after last night’s storms which follow on the heels […]
Two minutes… That is all it took for some 40 tons of house boats to be flipped right over at Morson Marina Tuesday morning by a tornado. Lorne Gill, of Gills’ Morson Marina, said that about 6:35 a.m. Tuesday he was just getting ready to start his day when all […]
Fans of the Kenora Bass International can expect some improvements in the multi-media presentation of the tournament this year. Norcom Telecommunications and the KBI board are working together in improving the presentation of the bass tournament. Last year, a partnership between the new Kenora Bass International board of directors and […]
A surprise phone call Tuesday evening from former Emo Calvary Baptist Pastor Ken Seburn of Flin Flon was welcomed. “The family is all well,” noted Seburn, I am just phoning to inquire about Emo Fall Fair dates. We are going to be in that area attending a camp, and visiting […]
Don your kilt and join the lads and lassies at Old Fort William Historical Park as they celebrate spirited Scottish traditions during Scottish Days, Saturday, Aug. 4 to Monday, Aug. 6. Join in the fun this long weekend as the Fort pays tribute to the proud Scottish fur traders who […]
