Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent Back on Jan. 17, volunteer firefighters from La Vallee and Emo responded to a blaze on Wasaw Road in which a chimney fire at a residence spread to the attic. Fortunately, it was extinguished quickly using a transitional attack using dry chemicals. Fire Chief Josh Collins was […]
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Press Release The Backus Community Center in International Falls is pleased to announce a performance by comic stunt juggler Tuey Wilson this Friday (Feb. 1) at 7 p.m. Wilson’s performance does not easily fit categorization. At one moment, the audience is bursting with laughter at his quick wit and hilarious […]
Press Release The most horrible sentence in all my years of rescuing animals is, “I’m sorry, we simply cannot help you.” That brings so much hopelessness, despair, and pain to those animals that are suffering because they need medical care and there simply are no funds available. Paws & Claws […]
Look for blowing and drifting snow tonight, with an overnight low of minus-31 C (24 below zero F) and northwest winds gusting up to 52 km/h. Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy and continued frigid, with a high of just minus-27 (16 below) and a low around minus-34 29 below). Expect […]
From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP is requesting the public’s assistance regarding a break-and-enter that occurred around 3 a.m. today on the 200 block of Scott Street in Fort Frances. Unknown culprit(s) entered a commercial business and stole numerous articles of clothing. The investigation is in the preliminary […]
It will be partly cloudy and bitterly cold tonight, with an overnight low of minus-29 C (20 below zero F) and northwest winds gusting up to 50 km/h. Tomorrow will be cloudy and blustery, with a high of just minus-27 (16 below) and low around minus-30 (22 below). Look for […]
It will be partly cloudy and cold tonight, with an overnight low of minus-31 C (24 below zero F) and west winds gusting up to 17 km/h. Tomorrow will be sunny but frigid, with a high of minus-22 (seven below) and low around minus-28 (18 below). Look for west winds […]
From the OPP On Jan. 17 at 11:50 p.m., Atikokan OPP officers observed a motor-vehicle collision in the Township of Atikokan. After speaking with the 49-year-old driver from Atikokan, she subsequently was arrested at the scene. She was transported to the Atikokan detachment for breath tests. Her vehicle was towed […]
Staff Highway 11 between Longlac and Hearst has re-opened, the OPP reported this morning. It had been closed for several hours following a collision involving two tractor-trailers that occurred yesterday around 6:40 p.m. about 40 km east of Longlac. One of the vehicles was hauling a load that contained a […]
Sam Odrowski Local MP Don Rusnak toured the Seven Generations Education Institute’s new facility which is nearing completion here earlier this month and was impressed by what he saw. “Credit to the contractors and [Seven Generations CEO] Brent [Tookenay] for having the contractors work through the winter,” Rusnak said. “To […]
Sam Odrowski The district’s forestry industry is undergoing major reforms with respect to forest management and logging. A new forest tenure is being created to address issues with the current system, as well as create better opportunities for companies that wish to log here. The goal of the new forest […]
Sam Odrowski After a review of its current service delivery, the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board is changing to a new model at its child care centres slated to open this fall. The local DSSAB’s board of directors reviewed its current delivery of services and found the “direct […]
