Staff Power has been restored to Hydro One customers in the district who were without power for about four hours during the early-morning hours. Some 1,705 customers in Fort Frances, Alberton, Miscampbell, La Vallee, Dance, Lake Despair, Emo, Chapple, Aylsworth, and Rainy Lake 17A FN were affected by the outage. […]
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The local Stewardship Youth Rangers had a blast in Week 2 getting familiar with our new responsibilities for the summer and engaging in a wide variety of training initiatives! The week included a day spent canoeing in Quetico Provincial Park, where we completed a Level 2 trip through the Ontario […]
Joey Payeur Next month, it will be the Olympic Summer Games in Rio. Then come September, the World Cup of Hockey will serve as the battleground. But the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is getting the jump on kick-starting a good old-fashioned cross-border sporting rivalry between the Great White North […]
Heather Latter Despite only securing a few “felons,” the Fort Frances Voyageurs Lions Club’s annual “Jail or Bail” still is going ahead. Set for this Saturday from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina, the event date was changed this year to be held […]
Cameron Penney If you’ve noticed a recent surge of people gathering around town while staring mindlessly at their cellphones—fear not. They’re simply playing a popular new mobile game called “Pokémon Go.” “‘Pokémon Go’ is a mobile game where you walk around the real world catching and training creatures called ‘Pokémon,’” […]
Heather Latter Emo’s “Local Market” has been running each Friday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. next to Rainy River Meats on Front Street since June—and organizers would like to see more vendors participate. “We’ve really only had a couple of people come out so far,” noted Krista Anderson of the Northwestern […]
From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP, in conjunction with Canadian National Railway Police, are investigating a pedestrian fatality involving a train. At 3:42 a.m. on Sunday, the Rainy River District OPP responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck by a train in the Town of Rainy […]
Press Release No new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by yesterday afternoon. One new blaze was confirmed late Friday evening. Thunder Bay Fire #24 is listed as “out” at 0.1 hectares in size. The forest fire hazard is “low” to “moderate” across the region. Active fires in the […]
From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP currently is investigating a break and enter to a business on the 100 block of Scott Street in Fort Frances. The break-in took place sometime between 6 p.m. on July 12 and 7 a.m. on July 14. Anyone with information regarding this […]
Press Release Members of the Treaty #3 Police Service South Sub-Division were dispatched to a reported altercation at a Couchiching First Nation residence last Friday evening. An investigation revealed a male had assaulted a female and then seriously injured a male, who was taken to La Verendrye Hospital for treatment. […]
Heather Latter While the process to bring two Iraqi refugee families to Fort Frances has been moving along, the local “Families for Families” committee still is waiting for word of their arrival. “We don’t know when; they don’t know when,” said Kathy Mueller, chair of the committee that spearheaded the […]
One new fire was confirmed in the Northwest Region yesterday. Nipigon Fire #24, located on an island in Nibinamik Lake, about 30 km east of Wunnumin Lake First Nation, is a lightning-caused blaze listed at 0.2 hectares in size. It was listed as “being observed.” The forest fire hazard is […]
