The Ainsworth OSB mill in Barwick is not following the example of recent layoffs and cutbacks at Abitibi-Consolidated. In fact, it is expanding with a building in the works for strand storage which is expected to be put to use June 1. “It’s coming along,” site manager Mark Alderson noted […]
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The OPP resumed its search for missing Ear Falls resident Geoff McClain yesterday. Members of the Red Lake-Ear Falls OPP conducted a search by boat of the shorelines downstream of the bailey bridge at Highway 804 to the Ontario Power Generation Hydroelectric dam at Manitou Falls. The search yielded no […]
Twenty members of the Rainy River Regional Abattoir project were nominated to sit on the board of directors (or steering committee) at a public meeting Tuesday night at the Chapple Community Centre in Barwick. Of the 20 nominees, 15 let their names stand in an election for the nine-person board […]
Mike Scheibler, owner of Tamarack Motocross Track north of Emo, is excited for the first full year of dirt bike racing there. And he’s set dates for the racing competitions—July 1, Aug. 5-6, and Sept. 8-9. “They shouldn’t interfere with other race events or local activities,” Scheibler noted. The track […]
A girl who had been reported missing was found safe and sound around 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Jade Hammer, 13, of Fort Frances had been reported missing earlier that day. She had been last seen here Thursday morning. The OPP would like to thank the media and public for their […]
Fort Frances OPP is seeking assistance from the public in locating a missing youth. Jade Hammer, 13, of Fort Frances was last seen yesterday (March 30) around 8:30 a.m. in town. Hammer is described as a white female, 5’4”, and weighing 120 pounds with a slim build. She has long […]
Those needing to contact the town’s parks and cemeteries office are asked to call the Public Works office instead since the former has been consolidated with the latter. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said this morning the parks and cemetery business has been handled through the Public Works building […]
Fort Frances OPP investigated a motor vehicle collision on the 1100 block of First Street East here Sunday around 5:30 p.m. that resulted in the laying of seven charges against a Jamaican man. Officers initially observed the accused driving in a suspicious manner on the 1100 block of Mill Road. […]
The Town of Fort Frances got a financial shot-in-the-arm Monday night when Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff handed Mayor Dan Onichuk a cheque for $162,137.22—its first instalment of funds from the “New Deal for Cities and Communities.” “I am so pleased to see these funds flowing to our communities,” […]
Last Thursday’s provincial budget included big money for Toronto but little for Northwestern Ontario, NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton charged. “This budget is all about the McGuinty government trying to purchase two by-elections in the Greater Toronto Area in the next 10 days,” Hampton said Friday. “There’s very […]
A Devlin couple was in Louisiana earlier this month lending their hand to help victims of Hurricane Rita—a Category 5 hurricane that made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast back on Sept. 24. Rita caused $10 billion in damage and all but destroyed parts of southwestern Louisiana and southeastern Texas. […]
EMO—Give the steady rise in obesity and health problems, long-time Emo resident Gaydonna Baker decided it was essential to have an easily-accessible fitness centre in the community. After lightly tossing the idea around for years, Baker jumped on it full force in recent months and now is in the process […]
