Staff If you haven’t gotten a ticket yet for the local Kiwanis Club’s annual Good Friday breakfast at La Place Rendez-Vous, you’d better hurry. Tickets, which cost $15 each, will be available until noon tomorrow at Green’s Brandsource and Lidkea Optometry. They won’t be sold at the door. The breakfast […]
District News
Staff A Couchiching First Nation man is in custody after a standoff that closed Highway 11 east of Fort Frances for almost 11 hours. The Treaty #3 Police Service, with the assistance of the Rainy River District OPP, responded to a report of a barricaded male inside a Couchiching residence […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club had a busy year in 2015, including sponsoring three field trips. Mrs. Gibson’s Grade 4 class from Robert Moore was taken to Rocky Inlet. Besides snowshoeing, the class noted the various habitats in that area and observed signs (i.e., tracks, holes in trees. […]
Press Release The Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary to Br. #29 (Fort Frances) met on March 9, with 27 members in attendance. President Alfreda Easton opened the meeting in the usual manner. A donation was made to the hard-working and popular Thunder Bay Sports Foundation. It also was announced that 14 members […]
Press Release The Ministry of Transportation advises the motoring public that Highway 11/17 at the Nipigon River bridge will be reduced temporarily to single-lane traffic today and tomorrow (March 18). Minor traffic delays can be expected. These temporary lane restrictions are required to ensure the safety of road users and […]
From the OPP Although the ground search for Delaine Copenace was suspended Monday, the OPP investigation into her whereabouts is continuing under the direction of Det. Insp. Randy Heida of the OPP’s Criminal Investigation Branch. Copenace was last seen in the evening hours of Feb. 27 in downtown Kenora. She […]
Heather Latter It might have come to a shock for some when Métis Nation of Ontario president Gary Lipinski announced his decision to retire earlier this month. The Fort Frances resident opted not to seek re-election in the 2016 MNO elections this May during the final meeting of the Provisional […]
From the OPP The ground search for Delaine Copenace, conducted by the OPP’s ERT and Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, was suspended today. On Saturday, members of the Kenora OPP set up two checkpoints in the downtown area asking all motorists and pedestrians if they had any information on the […]
From the OPP On Friday around 2 p.m., Kenora OPP officers were at the Kenora Courthouse transporting several people in custody to the Kenora District Jail when a 31-year-old male escaped. The male fled to the Kenora Bay waterfront, where he crossed the ice making his way to Treaty Island. […]
John Makkinga (Thunder Bay) and Joe and Sheila Shyiak (Fort Frances) won the $100 up for grabs for Feb. 29 and March 1, respectively in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Feb. 28-March 5 were Robert Johnson (Fort Frances), Gerry Rousseau (Morson), […]
Staff Some people might be heading to sunny southern destinations or the big city for March Break. But for those taking a “staycation” this year, there will be plenty to do around here. Both the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre and Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention Team have […]
Heather Latter As a child, Sarah Hebert watched sporting events and dreamed of being the person singing the national anthems. Just last week, the former Fort Frances resident lived that dream as she stepped in front of 15,000 fans at the MTS Centre—dressed in a Winnipeg jersey—and belted out “The […]
