The condition of Alicia Delbridge of Fort Frances remains largely unchanged as the one-year-old struggles for her life in a Calgary hospital today. On Aug. 5, while visiting her grandparents with her mother, Christina, the tot suddenly was stricken with what turned out to be myocarditis—a rare inflammatory disease that […]
District News
As a follow-up to an open house held in January, 2003, the Ministry of Natural Resources plans to hold a pair of public meetings in two weeks regarding the fate of a deteriorating dam on the Manitou River (Esox Lake) about 50 km northeast of Fort Frances. The first of […]
Susie Grynol, 23, will be faced with a chance of a lifetime when she steps to the microphone to sing the national anthems at a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and host Baltimore Orioles on Aug. 21. Grynol, who now lives in Ottawa, landed the honour after winning a […]
It’s fair to say horses don’t run in Jodi Caul’s family. In fact, they gallop. She and her husband, Keith, have been horse fans since before they were married 25 years ago. Now, the family has three children on their farm near Devlin—and two of them are as horse-crazy as […]
The Northwestern Health Unit reported today that a dead crow collected in Dryden has been confirmed positive for the West Nile virus. This is the third positive case of an infected bird in the health unit’s catchment area, but the first for Dryden in 2004. West Nile virus is spread […]
The OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit was expected to arrive on the scene today to help with the search for a teen boater who went missing in the Sabaskong Bay area of Lake of the Woods on Saturday afternoon. Police received a report shortly before 2:30 p.m. that a […]
The Dryden OPP has concluded the search for a missing boater on Eagle Lake, after reporting late Tuesday they had found the Illinois man they had been looking for dead in the water. Anthony Kittinger, 41, had apparently drowned in 18 feet of water after an accident on Monday, Aug. […]
The administration staff and some of the council members from Rainy River First Nation downed the books and picked up the clubs for a mid-summer break at Kitchen Creek Golf Club on Friday. Thirty-three people turned up for the all-day affair that included prizes for such accomplishments as longest drive, […]
There was certainly no excuse for anyone being bored at last weekend’s Chapple Day festivities. Between warm, blue skies and the usual variety of family activities, there was enough going on to keep everyone happy. On Friday night, there was the traditional bonfire at the Both farm north of Barwick […]
They came from as far as Vancouver and the Bahamas. Some came to rekindle old friendships; others came to say good-bye to a piece of history. The annual Chapple Days festivities last weekend were highlighted by a special reunion of all those who had attended the 14 schools that once […]
The Anishinabek Police Service, OPP Criminal Investigation Branch and North West Region Crime Unit have made an arrest in the death investigation of 19-year-old Daniel Beardy of Thunder Bay, son of Stan Beardy, Grand Chief of Nishnawbe-Aski Nation, Ontario’s biggest group of First Nations. The 23-year-old male from Greenstone, was […]
The Dryden OPP is continuing their search for a missing boater on Eagle Lake. At about 9 a.m. yesterday, three people were traveling in a boat on the lake when the occupants were thrown into the water. They were not wearing their life jackets, and after 15 minutes, other boaters […]
