The boil-water advisory imposed on the village of Barwick last week was lifted Monday by the Northwestern Health Unit. Chapple clerk Doris Dyson said Tuesday that the order was rescinded after two-consecutive daily samples came back clean. The advisory was imposed after a weekly sample came back positive for fecal […]
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The Fort Frances OPP responded to an intrusion alarm at Fort Frances High School around 1:40 a.m. yesterday. Upon arrival, officers apprehended two youths and one adult who were fleeing the area. Further investigation revealed that three females had entered the building and tried to remove a number of electronic […]
While most golf enthusiasts were glued to their TV sets yesterday afternoon watching as the world’s best players struggled to break par at the PGA Championship at Baltusrol, Rob Badiuk was putting on a show of his own during the annual Kitchen Creek Classic. With a log-jam of golfers all […]
The Northwestern Health Unit has issued a boil-water advisory for the village of Barwick after tests on water samples indicated possible contamination. “We issued a boil-water advisory yesterday based on the weekly water sample,” Dave Coats, a public health inspector with the Northwestern Health Unit, said Thursday morning. Recent provincial […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources has imposed a Restricted Fire Zone in portions of Northwestern Ontario because of the growing threat of wildfires stemming from the recent hot, dry weather. Effective at midnight last night, and until further notice, all open burning, including campfires, is banned in areas including Thunder […]
Alex Parent touched the wall first at the Lawson Aquatic Centre in Regina yesterday morning in the 100m freestyle event at the Canada Games. The 16-year-old Fort Frances swimmer clocked in at 1:04:85, with second place going to Kenneth Loyst, also a member of Team Ontario, with a time of […]
The Ontario government is helping bring comprehensive eye care to northerners in remote areas by investing in upgrades to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind’s specialized mobile eye care clinic, Northern Development and Mines minister Rick Bartolucci announced yesterday. “Many northerners have to travel to larger centres to receive […]
The second meeting of the Rainy River District 4-H photo club was held July 22 at Kathy Smith’s house in Devlin. We decided that we now will be called the “Shutterbugs.” First, we read aloud from our booklets on how to keep our cameras steady, how to take landscape pictures, […]
Fourteen charges have been laid against four Sioux Lookout residents in relation to a seizure of marijuana and cocaine there on the evening of Aug. 6. Sioux Lookout OPP stopped a motor vehicle and a subsequent search revealed about four ounces of marijuana (117 g) and roughly 10 g of […]
The Rainy River First Nations’ Watershed Program is inviting schools, community groups, and businesses to select a section of the Rainy River watershed to adopt and clean up during the week of Sept. 10-18. “The watershed program has successfully co-ordinated clean-ups since 1998,” noted former project officer Heather Anderson. “In […]
Less than two weeks after Greyhound Canada got the thumbs-up on an application to reduce bus service to parts of Northwestern Ontario, including Fort Frances, by 40 percent, the bus provider has made a move to permanently discontinue its service Winnipeg to this area. New regulations put in place by […]
The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair in Emo is just around the corner and once again it is shaping up to offer several days of fun-filled activities for the entire family. Things get underway Monday night (Aug. 15) with a “Meet the Fair Queens” dinner and fashion […]
