From the OPP Last Thursday around 4 p.m., a Thunder Bay OPP officer was on patrol on Highway 11/17 in Shuniah. The officer conducted a traffic stop for a Highway Traffic Act infraction. While speaking with the driver, the officer determined he had been consuming alcohol. The driver was arrested […]
District News
From the MNRF The Sakwite Lake prescribed burn in Fort Frances District is planned for ignition tomorrow. Taking place on the Korpi Road in the Sakwite Lake area, the burn will regenerate the forest by removing blowdown. For safety reasons, people are advised to stay away from this area ahead […]
Nicholas Donaldson The Northwest Catholic District School Board will receive a presentation on the 2017 Summer Learning Program during its regular monthly meeting tonight. The meeting will take place via videoconference at the Fort Frances board office (located next to St. Francis School) beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Summer Learning […]
Staff Two new fires were reported in the Northwest Region between Tuesday and yesterday. Fort Frances Fire #16 was a 0.5-hectare, human-caused fire on an island on Rainy Lake. It is now “out.” Dryden Fire #44, meanwhile, was a blaze that spread from an equipment fire. It was listed as […]
From the OPP Yesterday at 8:30 p.m., the Rainy River District OPP was alerted to a stolen motor vehicle from the Town of Fort Frances. The OPP and Treaty #3 Police Service began to patrol the area in an effort to locate the vehicle. The vehicle subsequently was located in […]
From the OPP Members of the OPP’s Organized Crime and Enforcement Bureau have charged two people with drug-related offences following an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking in Kenora. On Friday around 11:50 a.m., police arrested a male and two females in the north end of Kenora. Police located more than […]
Nicholas Donaldson “A Day of Learning” trip to Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung by Riverview and McCrosson-Tovell students got the nod for the Rainy River District School Board’s monthly recognition of excellence for October. The recognition took place at the board’s regular monthly meeting held last Tuesday at Rainy River High School, with a […]
It will be mostly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of five C (41 F). Tomorrow will see of mix of sun and clouds, with a high of 16 (61) and low around zero (32). Partly cloudy skies are forecast for Friday, along with a high of 11 (52) and […]
Press Release A new residential treatment and medically-supervised detoxification facility is scheduled to open in December in the Southern Treaty #3 and Rainy River District. In July, 2016, Fort Frances Tribal Area Health Services (FFTAHS) submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Ministry of Community and […]
Staff A little over a month after employees at Weechi-it-te-win Family Services voted to join Unifor, several staff have been laid off. But Weechi-it-te-win said the decision is related to ongoing “devolution”–and not the decision to unionize–and wants to work with Unifor further to reach all parties’ collective goals. “Some […]
Staff The Kenora OPP has released the identity of a body found Sunday in Lake of the Woods at the Main Street dock. A post-mortem examination was conducted yesterday in Kenora and the victim identified as 46-year-old Darren Lee Ottertail of Lac La Croix. Foul play is not suspected at […]
Staff The ace of spades has been found. After 21 weeks of searching as the prize pot grew, Kevin Low was the lucky winner of the local abattoir’s “Catch the Ace” fundraising lottery. The cumulative prize pot, added to the weekly draw winnings, totalled around $13,300 for the Emo resident. […]
