Thanks to the recent rains, and cooler than normal temperatures, the fire hazard currently is “low” in every district of the West Fire Region, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported yesterday. “It isn’t so much we’ve received copious amounts of rain. There’s just been a cycle of weather that’s really […]
District News
While the federal election campaign has heated up between the three main party leaders, the local candidates are managing to remain calm and civil—even in debate. Last Wednesday’s all-candidates’ debate at the Civic Centre here drew a crowd of only about 20 people, most of them involved with the campaign […]
They came from far and wide, from past and present—students, teachers, principals, and parents. Like salmon drawn inexorably to ancestral rivers to spawn, more than 200 people came back one last time to a place that for many is full of special memories. Last Thursday, Alberton Central School in Crozier […]
For the second time in less than a week, Canada apparently has won another round in the longstanding softwood lumber trade dispute with the United States. A North American Free Trade Agreement panel ruled yesterday that the U.S. Commerce Department must review its subsidy calculations on Canadian lumber imports, which […]
International Falls city council has approved placing three councillors on a committee to work with city and county arts and recreation organizations to locate sources of funding. Couns. Gail Rognerud, Terry Carrew, and Shawn Mason were appointed to the committee at last week’s city council meeting. City officials said the […]
A new and exciting event is coming to Clover Valley Farmers’ Market tomorrow (June 5)! For the first time, the market will be hosting an auction. Starting at 10 a.m., a consignment auction will be launched by Karl VanHeyst Auctions. Nearly 300 items are consigned, most by members of the […]
A timber company that harvested part of a provincial park has been ordered to restore the area, including planting 1,000-1,500 trees. Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. pleaded guilty to harvesting one hectare of Eagle Dogtooth Provincial Park, a new park east of Rushing River Provincial Park, about 25 km southeast of Kenora. Instead […]
When Prime Minister Paul Martin dropped the writ May 23 for a federal election June 28, a well-organized machine leapt into motion. All across the country, Elections Canada offices sprang into life almost immediately, including the one here in Fort Frances. “We were ready to go at 2 p.m. on […]
The district W.I. museum in Emo held its opening back on Saturday, May 1 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Quite a few W.I. ladies were on hand to assist in purchasing home-baked goodies and there was plenty to go around. There also were crafts, a yard sale, and a great lunch. […]
The success of the Emo Walleye Classic isn’t something that just happens. The annual fishing derby’s popularity with both the anglers and the public is the result of a tremendous amount of hard work by a group of people who largely remain in the background. The spectators see the anglers, […]
Fort Frances hosted a distinguished visitor on Friday when Ontario Lt.-Gov. James Bartleman met with members of the Rainy River District School Board to talk about how to improve native students’ achievement. Lt.-Gov. Bartleman, a member of the Mnjikaning First Nation, heard a presentation about a pilot project that NOEL […]
Well, it was fun while it lasted, but I’m not sure I’d want to do it every weekend. The third-annual Emo Walleye Classic is now in the history books and, as usual, there were lots of surprises—pleasant ones for some and not-so-pleasant for others. This was my first taste of […]
