Press Release The Citizens for Backus/AB are honoured to accept a grant of $4,800 from the Northland Foundation of Duluth, Mn. The funding will be used towards programs at Backus that provide food access to International Falls and surrounding communities. The two programs receiving the funding are the Community Café […]
District News
Nicholas Donaldson The Fort Frances Lions Club recently got an equipment upgrade from Shaw Cable to improve its weekly TV Bingo broadcast. Club member Bonnie Penney said they called with some problems and Shaw came within two weeks to do the upgrade. “They worked the entire day,” she noted. Lions’ […]
It was a Happy Easter for Darren Derendorf of Fort Frances, who won the $500 up for grabs April 16 in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for April 16-22 were Jamie Kora (Atikokan), Steve McNally (Beausejour, Man.), Brian Neilson (Emo), Gord Goodwin […]
Staff Hydro One customers in the west end of Rainy River District will not have electricity for two-and-a-half hours this Sunday (April 23). More than 1,850 customers in Chapple, Rainy River, Patullo, Morley, Sifton, Wildland Game Reserve, Nelles, Atwood, Dilke, Worthington, Curran, Spohn, Big Grassy River FN, Morson, Pratt, Lake […]
From the OPP On Sunday around 3:30 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers received a report of a possible suspended driver in the Town of Fort Frances. Officers located the vehicle in the east end of town and attempted a traffic stop, but the driver failed to stop for police. […]
Falls JournalEmily Geddes Dozens of firefighters responded to a County Road 116 fire that broke out just after 1 p.m. on Friday. With strong winds pushing a thick cloud of black smoke, crews worked to extinguish flames that had fully engulfed a garage and nearby residence. “This is one of […]
Drama Division (Thursday, April 13) •Choral Speaking, Grade 7–1. Fort Frances High School (226) 2. Fort Frances High School (227) •Dramatic Presentation, Grade 6-8–1. Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program •Choral Reading, Grade 6-8–1. Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program (First Class Honours) •French Solo Poetry, Grade 1–1. Aubrey Johnson •French Solo Poetry, Grade […]
Drama Division (Wednesday, April 12) •Choral Speaking, Kindergarten: 1. (tie) J.W. Walker School (T. Lewis-Tucker and K. Jewell) (First Class Honours) and J.W. Walker School (N. Thomson and A. Pierce) (First Class Honours) •Choral Speaking, Grade 1: 1. (tie) St. Michael`s School (H. Sieders) (First Class Honours) and J.W. Walker […]
From the OPP Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) with the assistance of the OPP Forensic Identification Unit (FISU) are investigating a break and enter at a business on the north side of Kenora. On Tuesday at 1 p.m., police were advised of a break […]
From the OPP On April 2, members of the Rainy River District OPP were contacted with respect to a goat that had been killed at a residence on Government Road in Rainy River. Officers attended the scene and as a result of further investigation, two 18-year-old males from Rainy River […]
