Shortly after 1 a.m. on Friday, Fort Frances OPP arrested a male driver on the 300 block of Scott Street. The 26-year-old Northwest Angle man was charged with impaired driving and failing to provide a breath sample. He was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court April […]
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With spring quickly approaching, the OPP would like to remind people that ice conditions are very unpredictable at this time of year. Snowmobiling is fun, but did you know that drowning is the leading cause of snowmobile deaths? If it’s necessary to ride on the ice, always check the conditions […]
Fort Frances OPP officers investigated a disturbance on the 1300 block of Emo Road around 9 p.m. yesterday. As a result of that investigation, police arrested and charged a 32-year-old Fort Frances man with assault, possession of a controlled substance, mischief under $5,000, and assault with intent to resist arrest. […]
Metalcorp Ltd., based in Thunder Bay, has discovered high-grade platinum mineralization over 3.7 m on its North Rock property near Bear’s Pass, about 25 km east of Fort Frances. A total of 21 holes totalling nearly 4,000 m have been drilled during the Phase 2 drill program, with results available […]
Alberton council is concerned about the condition of Frog Creek Road and spent the beginning of its regular meeting last Wednesday night discussing funding with Fred Davies and Myles Kinnear of the Ministry of Transportation. “It’s quite a unique road with a lot of heavy travel,” noted Alberton Reeve Mike […]
There was a big change in how much Fort Frances residents recycled between 2004 and 2005, according to a report to council from Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown on Monday night. “The tonnage is up quite a bit,” noted Brown. “We were at 240 tonnes that we diverted in […]
The Town of Fort Frances will not reduce the age of seniors under 65 for the purposes of discounts, town council decided Monday night after approving a report from Community Services manager George Bell. Bell noted resident Anna McNay had written the town expressing concern over the town’s policy of […]
The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association abattoir steering committee has acquired pledges from 75 producers who have agreed to be members of the district abattoir project, so plans are starting to move forward. A membership meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 4 from 7:30-10 p.m. at the Chapple rec centre in […]
The Rainy River District School Board and the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario educational support personnel reached a tentative agreement on Wednesday. Educational support personnel represent educational assistants, communication assistants, library assistants, medical educational assistants, and library technicians working in all board schools in Rainy River District. Details of this […]
According to a document from the North West Local Health Integration Networks (LHIN), one of its core functions is developing and carrying out community engagement strategies. After reviewing the proposed Community Engagement Strategy at Monday night’s regular meeting, Emo council agreed with the contents of the package but seemed skeptical […]
Town council will vote this coming Monday (March 13) to pass a bylaw to adopt a new user fee schedule for the 2006 budget, but the public is welcome to give its input on the proposed hikes prior to then. Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said the revised schedule doesn’t […]
Spring is on its way, and with it area residents tend to get thoughts of returning to “Life at the Lake.” With that in mind, that’s the theme of the local Chamber of Commerce’s annual home and leisure show coming up April 28-29 at the Memorial Sports Centre. And organizers […]
