Press Release “Hometown Holiday Weekend” in International Falls, set for today and tomorrow (Nov. 29-30), will include the annual “Parade of Lights,” a pet contest, and Friday afternoon fun, as well as the traditional old-fashioned wagon rides downtown. The festivities are added to a weekend of retail specials that promote […]
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the OPP The OPP is taking the rare step of thanking Ontario drivers ahead of its 2013 Festive R.I.D.E. (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) campaign for not driving impaired over the holidays and for helping them get impaired drivers off our roads. The reason for the early thank-you is because the […]
the NHU The Northwestern Health Unit invites you to attend a “Play Date” this Wednesday (Nov. 27) from 4:30-7 p.m. at J.W. Walker School. This event is open to parents and families with children of all ages, however activities will be targeted to those under eight years of age. There […]
Heather Latter An after-school math and reading academic enrichment program has landed a new home. Previously located at the Kenora-Rainy River Child and Family Services building here, Kumon has moved into the Church of the Holy Spirit on Victoria Avenue. Though still operated through Kenora-Rainy River Child and Family Services, […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances area has a new lawyer now that Nicole Miller has joined Clint Calder at Calder Law Office here. The 37-year-old, who originally hails from Couchiching First Nation, moved back to the area last month, along with her husband, Craig, and daughters, Piper, seven, Davilyn, five, […]
the OPP On Nov. 13, the Rainy River District OPP announced it was seeking public assistance in locating a missing 15-year-old Fort Frances youth. Police can confirm that Adrianna Copenace was located safe and sound at Mitaanjigaming First Nation on Nov. 16. The police would like to thank the public […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP is seeking public assistance in locating a missing teen. Adrianna Copenace, 15, of Fort Frances, was last seen leaving La Verendrye Hospital here on Monday (Nov. 11) around 7:30 p.m. She is described as a First Nation female, 5’2” tall, weighing 110 pounds, […]
Heather Latter Northwestern Ontario’s lone senator supported last week’s motion to suspend fellow senators Mike Duffy, Pamela Wallin, and Patrick Brazeau. “I felt we treated them fairly,” Lynn Beyak said Saturday from her home in Dryden. “We have the disciplinary function as a senate, within our own parliamentary rules and […]
Heather Latter The second-annual fall wine-and-cheese fundraiser gala at the Fort Frances Museum, held there last Thursday night, was deemed a success by organizers. “We are very pleased with the way our fundraiser gala went,” enthused Duane Hicks, president of the Friends of the Museum, which hosted the event. “The […]
Heather Latter Kim Jo Bliss, a hard-working beef farmer who lives in Emo, is one of Ontario’s “Faces of Farming”—gracing September in the 2014 calendar produced by Farm and Food Care Ontario. “It was a really neat project,” enthused Bliss, who has purchased the calendar for the past eight years. […]
Staff Highway 17 is expected to be closed for most of the day due to a multi-vehicle collision between Vermilion Bay and Kenora. This means Rainy River District can expect to see higher-than-normal traffic volumes from the Trans-Canada traffic being re-routed via Highway 11, Fort Frances OPP Cst. Anne McCoy […]
Heather Latter It was a trip of a lifetime for Blake Yatchuk and his son, Tyler. The pair spent nearly a month travelling through Europe last fall to explore many of the museums, monuments, and battlefields pertaining to Canadian history. “I’ve always been interested in WWI and WWII for as […]
