Ministry of Natural Resources firefighters had a busy weekend as 116 new fires sprung up since across the West Fire Region since Friday, burning about 2,500 hectares. “They were predominantly lightning-caused,” MNR fire information officer Andrew Larmandi said this morning. “There were only maybe two or three caused by people.” […]
District News
The Town of Fort Frances and the local OPP detachment will sign a second five-year agreement Monday afternoon. “I know our policing has improved and our quality of training our officers receive is the best,” Mayor Glenn Witherspoon noted this morning. The new agreement will be officially signed at 3:30 […]
Several district high school teachers joined the picket line on Scott Street on Wednesday afternoon in a show of support for striking CUPE Local 65 workers at the Association for Community Living here. Ed Ojala, president of Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation District 5B, also presented a cheque for $200 […]
The Rainy River District School Board is raising its fee for preparing tax certificates following a vote at its regular monthly meeting here last night. Previously preparing the certificates for $12 each, the board agreed to now charge $50 each after administration reviewed charges in area municipalities and other school […]
Last week was the first of a two-part article on blackleg, a disease of cattle–and less frequently of sheep–caused by a soil-borne bacterium. This week’s article continues by looking at the diagnosis, treatment and control, and prevention of the disease. Livestock owners should familiarize themselves with the signs of this […]
The trip’s rarely dull for motorists heading up Highway 502. The highway, which runs from Highway 11 north to Dryden, is rarely driven without some sort of excitement along the way. Going north, the first few kilometres of the highway are deceiving. With new pavement and a picnic area, it […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. elected three new members and re-elected two others during their May 29th meeting at the Fort Frances Curling Club. New members Eugene McPherson (Couchiching), Rob Kilgour (Devlin), and Donna McDonald (Devlin) will join chairman Telford Advent (Stratton) and incumbent directors John McTaggart (Fort Frances), […]
Safe Kids Week 2001 ran May 28-June 3 this year. Every spring, Safe Kids Canada and Johnson & Johnson join forces in a major national campaign on children’s safety. This year, they focused on scalds and burn prevention. Many people, including children, are killed each year as a result of […]
Students in grade seven and eight classroom have been very busy lately. Last Monday, the grade eight class travelled to Fort Frances for a tour of Fort Frances High School. Upon their arrival, students were directed to the auditorium, where they listened to a few words from the principal as […]
The raffle draw, sponsored by the Crossroads community rink fundraising committee, was held Friday morning at the school and the three lucky winners were chosen. Chris Woods of Fort Frances won the garage package, Wayne Pattison (Fort Frances) took home the gazebo while Joe Altbauer (Nestor Falls) won the barn-style […]
During the week of June 2-9, the Thunder Bay Diocese of the Catholic Women’s League will mark the completion of six fruitful years of the “Raise Values Above Violence Campaign.” The mission originally was created to emphasize the need to re-establish values in society in an effort to reduce violence. […]
An afternoon fire destroyed the medical centre at Big Grassy on Monday. The Lake of the Woods Fire Department was called out to assist Big Grassy firefighters when the blaze was reported between 1:30 and 2 p.m. “The fire destroyed the building but there were no injuries reported,” said Fort […]
