Five new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by 5 p.m. yesterday— all lightning-caused blazes in the districts of Sioux Lookout, Thunder Bay, Dryden, Red Lake, and Kenora. Cloud cover and small amounts of rain reduced the number of new fire starts—compared to the 23 new forest fires […]
District News
The Northwestern Health Unit has issued a boil-water advisory for Atikokan. It said the safety of the drinking water cannot be guaranteed due to low levels in the clearwells at the Atikokan water treatment plant. Residents are asked to boil drinking water for one minute prior to consumption. They […]
The Rainy Lake Conservancy will hold its annual general meeting here Sunday afternoon, with speakers from the Canadian Border Service Agency being brought in to speak about border-crossing issues for lake residents. “This arose because some residents had questions being raised about just what is being asked of us, […]
Organizers of the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s fall fair in Emo later this month are planning a new event to coincide with all the regular activities on the agenda. They’re calling it an “Open Mic” fundraiser, which will be held on both the Friday and Saturday night of […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board hosted the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art land ambulance base in Emo last Wednesday afternoon. The new base, located at 32 Florence St., is designed to house one emergency vehicle. It also is equipped with crew quarters, an office, a […]
Although attendance at the seventh-annual Chapple Heritage Days in Barwick this past weekend was down slightly from last year, the event still was everything organizers had hoped for. “We were quite happy,” enthused Heather Oltsher, a member of the Chapple Heritage Committee who helped plan the two-day festivity. “Everyone […]
The big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina wasn’t the only busy area of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship last week. Not far away from all the hustle and bustle, children of all ages were having fun participating in an array of “Daytime Land” activities. In fact, Helena […]
Although she had hoped for a better turnout at the Emo Agricultural Research Station open house last Tuesday evening (July 24), research technician Kim Jo Bliss still was happy to highlight several of the crop trials for the nearly two dozen people who did attend. Two of the […]
Fort Frances OPP officers responded to a disturbance at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship just after 1 a.m. on Saturday. As a result of the investigation, a 20-year-old Fort Frances male was arrested for failing to leave when directed to do so. A subsequent investigation revealed the man to […]
Eight new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by 5 p.m. yesterday. Five of those fires were located in Red Lake District, two in Dryden District, and one in Nipigon District. As predicted, most of these new fires were lightning-caused and fire managers anticipate similar fires will appear […]
An Atikokan teen was killed and three other people were injured in a single-vehicle accident on Pine Crescent there early Sunday morning. Krysta Mosley, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene after a Pontiac Grand Prix struck a tree and telephone pole around 4:30 a.m. yesterday, causing the car […]
Two new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by yesterday evening, both near Kenora. Kenora Fire #30 is 35 km northwest of Kenora while Kenora Fire #31 is about 50 km to the northwest. Meanwhile, four new fires were reported in the Northwest Region by Saturday evening, including […]
