Heather Latter The Fort Frances “Relay for Life” is gearing up for its annual event, which will take place June 25 from 11 a.m.- 11 p.m. at the Sorting Gap Marina, in conjunction with the fifth-annual Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival. Both parties are thrilled with the partnership, with dragon […]
District News
Heather Latter There is plenty of work going on at New Gold’s Rainy River Project north of Barwick—in all different areas of the development. “We’ve been working on the east access road, getting the ditches done and the accesses to some of the private lands finished up,” general manager Grant […]
Cameron Penney A dozen Grade 11 and 12 students in the Business Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program at Fort High recently returned from a trip to Toronto. Held May 29-June 1, the students aimed to take advantage of hands-on learning that could never be conveyed properly in the classroom. […]
Staff The wet weather kept fire activity relatively quiet over the weekend, with just one new blaze reported in the Northwest Region. Nipigon Fire #17, located about 80 km northeast of Thunder Bay, was a grass fire ignited Saturday by a tree over a power line. The Hurkett fire department […]
From the OPP The Rainy River District OPP has located two missing youths. Trinity George, 13, and Nikki Lockman, 14, were located safe at an Alberton residence at 12:50 p.m. today. They last were seen yesterday near Point Park in Fort Frances. The OPP wish to thank the public for […]
From the OPP Over the past several weeks, members of the Rainy River District OPP were called to investigate suspicious grass fires. These incidents occurred in the Township of La Vallee and Emo. Anyone with any information relating to these incidents is asked to call the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. If […]
From the MNRF Four new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region by late yesterday. Fort Frances Fire #7, located near Upper Lawrence Lake, was listed as “not under control” at 0.3 hectares in size. Two fires in Dryden District, both located near Bivo Lake, each were reported as “being […]
Irene Laing The La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary will hold its annual “Strawberry Social” this coming Thursday (June 16) from 1-4 p.m. on the hospital grounds. In case of rain, the event will be moved indoors. Convener Joy Lockman reported the event is taking shape, and is requesting donations of plants, […]
Staff A brainstorming session on the long-term use and potential for Kiwanis Sunny Cove Camp will be held there this Wednesday (June 15) at 6:30 p.m. The town’s Kiwanis Sunny Cove Advisory Committee is inviting the public “to come [and] give their input on what they would like to see […]
Heather Latter The Rainy River District School Board celebrated inclusive schools last Thursday during a student symposium of LGBTQ-Straight Alliance school-based programs. More than 60 students in Grades 8-12, from four different school boards, gathered at La Place Rendez-Vous for a day of keynote speakers and workshops. “We had an […]
Heather Latter When making the decision to join the Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals (AMAF) this past year, the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts committee saw a number of benefits, including having local performers be eligible for provincial recommendation. A total of 13 performers were selected to compete […]
Staff The fire scene is relatively quiet, with no new fires reported in the Northwest Region yesterday. The fire hazard remains “low” across the region except for the far north, where it is “moderate.” Meanwhile, all three active fires in the region are listed as “under control.” Kenora Fire #18 […]
