Staff As orientation and training continues for MNR FireRangers and support staff across the region, as well as work on setting up remote fuel caches and making sure all equipment resources are ready, the fire situation remains fairly calm in the West Fire Region. No new fires were reported in […]
District News
the OPP Shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday, Rainy River District OPP officers, with assistance from the Fort Frances Crime Unit, located and apprehended Matthew Bradley Meyers without incident. Meyers was taken into police custody in the area of Clearwater Lake, about 30 km north of Emo. Police had been looking […]
Dave Ogilvie The new Emo and District Lions Club will host its “Charter Night” banquet and dance on June 4 at the Emo Legion. The cocktail hour will begin at 6 p.m., with a short ceremony celebrating the establishment of the new club starting at 7 p.m. A full turkey […]
Robin McCormick The fourth Women’s Health Symposium is set to go this Saturday (May 8) at Fort Frances High School and the Townshend Theatre. Running from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., the day will be full of information, education, and pampering for women of all ages. Speakers, exhibits, free health screenings, and […]
Dave Ogilvie It was a perfect spring, nearing the end to another year of school, for Felicia Schmutz of Emo—until she decided to answer an ad on hotmail. The ad was for applications for the Miss Teen Canada-World competition. And little did Schmutz know the kind of effect that decision […]
Press Release Icebox Radio Theater of International Falls has released another edition of the popular series, “Frozen Frights,” as its latest podcast. “Frozen Frights” returns with an original story twistier than a North Country back road. “Shack Weekend” takes the idea of a “domestic drama” and paints it in the […]
Staff A hydro pole fire just west of Fort Frances late yesterday afternoon left 3,775 Hydro One customers from Alberton to Rainy River without power. A Hydro One rep said this morning there isn’t an established cause for the pole fire, which was located along Highway 11/71 in Alberton. “It […]
the OPP Fort Frances OPP is seeking public help in locating a male who fled from police custody around 7:15 a.m. today. Matthew Bradley Meyers, 25, a resident of Emo, is described as a Caucasian male, 5’8”, 151 pounds, with a brown brush cut, blue eyes, medium build, and unshaven. […]
Peggy Revell For his hard work, dedication, and enthusiasm, a local Confederation College paramedic student has been recognized with an award given in memory of a fallen Canadian soldier. Dave Egan, who will be graduating this year, was presented with the 2010 Josh Klukie Memorial Award—created in honour of Pte. […]
Peggy Revell There will be one less trustee seat for Fort Frances on the Northwest Catholic District School Board starting this fall. The change follows a vote by the board at its monthly meeting last Tuesday evening on the determination and distribution of its eight trustees for the upcoming four-year […]
Duane Hicks Plans for this year’s “Fun in the Sun” activities are at a crisis point as the committee is not getting as much money it had hoped for from the town. At the April 12 council meeting, Scott Turvey, on behalf of the “Fun in the Sun” committee, asked […]
Peggy Revell There’s murder, drugs, and drama in Finland, Ont.—and it’s coming from the pen of district resident Chris Gallinger, who has just released her first novel, “Justified.” “I think I wrote [the novel] because I want to leave a piece of me,” said Gallinger, a homemaker and mother of […]
