Referring to the township’s existing swimming pool regulations as “another useless bylaw we have that doesn’t get enforced,” Alberton Coun. Mike Ford argued at its monthly meeting last Wednesday that it would be pointless to enact new legislation to apply specifically to inflatable “ring” pools. These portable units are becoming […]
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While a call for applications for new volunteer firefighters has garnered some interest, some existing members are still contemplating their futures with the brigade. Earlier this month, the town began advertising to fill three new volunteer positions. When reached Tuesday, Brian Hagarty, the town’s interim human resources manager, said some […]
Anyone with questions or concerns regarding the regulation of Rainy Lake and Namakan Lake, or the water quality on the Rainy River, is invited to the joint annual public meeting of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board on Thursday night. The […]
At a special meeting last week, the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board decided to defer a decision on what to do with its land ambulance program until Aug. 30, at which time the board expects word on funding from the province. The DSSAB is asking the Ministry of […]
Fort Frances OPP investigated some liquor offences last night at the Sorting Gap Marina—site of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship festivities this week. An 18-year-old Fort Frances female was charged with consuming liquor as a minor, contrary to the Liquor Licence Act. She was removed from the site and […]
Emo OPP investigated a report of a motor vehicle accident Friday night on Off Lake Road, about four km north of Highway 11. At 11:25 p.m. a southbound pick-up truck was travelling at a high rate of speed when it lost control and entered the west ditch, striking several fence […]
No new fires were reported in the West Fire Region over the past 24 hours, but that doesn’t mean local Ministry of Natural Resources fire crews aren’t busy. More FireRanger crews from the West Fire Region, including seven from Fort Frances District, have been dispatched to northeastern Ontario, along with […]
With the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship’s annual parade of boats taking place Tuesday at 6 p.m., the Fort Frances Fire Brigade once again will be holding its “boot drive” for Muscular Dystrophy. “We’re asking for people to fill the boots again,” firefighter Wayne Riches said Monday morning. He added […]
Icebox Radio Theater in International Falls is turning one! Anyone and everyone who is involved with Icebox Radio Theater, past or present, is invited to a barbecue celebrating its first anniversary today (July 15) from 5-8 p.m. at the home of artistic director Jeffrey Adams. If you’d like to attend, […]
Nipigon Fire #33, a 0.5-hectare blaze about 50 km northeast of the town of Nipigon, was the only new fire reported in the West Fire Region over the past 24 hours. FireRangers and waterbombers responded to the blaze. Meanwhile, Ministry of Natural Resources FireRanger crews currently are working to extinguish […]
Back on Aug. 28, 1992, 35-year-old Janice Howe left her parents’ home in Fort Garry, Man., driving her father’s blue-coloured 1985 Oldsmobile Ciera. She has never been seen or heard from since. On the following morning of Aug. 29, 1992, the OPP located the car abandoned on Highway 17, about […]
If legal thrillers and courtroom dramas pique your interest, then a novel for you is “The Motive.” The latest release from best-selling author John Lescroart, this novel involves Hardy and Glitsky, who are embroiled in a murder that begins in the upper echelons of San Francisco society, where money and […]
