The International Falls Airport was waiting approval from the F.A.A. to re-open its runway to Mesaba Airline flights on Friday afternoon since required tarmac maintenance is now complete. A Mesaba flight hasn’t landed at the Falls airport since Tuesday morning due to a runway that didn’t meet F.A.A. standards. “We […]
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Eight new fires were started intermittently along the CN railway east of Fort Frances on Tuesday afternoon with a combined area of about 10 hectares. All fires were in good shape by yesterday morning. There was a multi-agency response to the fires, including MNR FireRangers, CL-415 heavy waterbombers, the Couchiching […]
The fifth meeting of the Emo Community Country Club, an initiative hosted by the Emo-La Vallee Healthy Communities Coalition, had its members “traveling” to Costa Rica last Thursday afternoon—without even leaving their seats. Emo resident Josette Vargas, along with her adult daughter, Jenny, gave a presentation about their […]
The Fort Frances Highlanders Pipes and Drums has been around for more than 50 years, yet it has continued to capture support from the surrounding communities as seen with the donations toward its newly-revamped bus. “The biggest change with the band this summer is that we had a bus […]
Hailing from a small town in southern Manitoba, Aaron Bisson is excited to again be in a small community working as the new owner of the Emo Inn—a hotel, restaurant, and sports bar located on Highway 11/71 in Emo. “I’ve been looking to buy a business for the past three […]
The Rainy River District Women’s Institute is set to go public with an innovative idea on how to help raise money for its new museum site in Emo—and will push it at a booth during the annual Emo fall fair later this month. The Emo museum, which has been under […]
Join park guide Mary Jo Eisenach this Friday (Aug. 10) for a fun-filled presentation about the gulls of Voyageurs National Park. Learn about the unique role of gulls in the park, including some ways they are a little like us. Meet Mary Jo and her friend, Henrietta the Herring […]
Throughout the weekend, Voyageurs National Park continued to actively manage the fire that began on the evening of Thursday, Aug. 2 on the east end of the Kabetogama Peninsula. A 20-person crew from the Minnesota Interagency Fire Center (MIFC), a 10-person park crew, and a strike team leader have been […]
The McGuinty government is protecting ecologically-significant lands by investing in a partnership that identifies and secures natural heritage areas on private lands, Natural Resources minister David Ramsay announced late last month. “Ontario’s partnership agreements with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and the Ontario Land Trust Alliance […]
Seven new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by 5 p.m. on Sunday. The new fires were both person and lightning-caused, and required aggressive initial attack by firefighters to contain. The largest fire currently burning in the region is Kenora Fire #41. It started on the afternoon of […]
The forest fire reporting line began ringing by early afternoon yesterday as high hazards and windy conditions brought lightning-caused fires to life across the region. High winds added to the challenge of fighting the new fires and aggressive ground and air attack was required. People are being asked to […]
As police across the province gear up for what is deemed to be Canada’s busiest weekend on our roads and waterways, the message from the OPP is a basic one: don’t drink and drive, buckle up, and take your time. As of July 22, 245 people have died in […]
