AbitibiBowater is investigating an effluent leak near Fourth Street West and Central Avenue that was discovered yesterday. While they have not yet located the leak, “everything is under control,” Environmental Services manager Gary Rogozinski said this morning. “The mill was shut down anyway because we have a three-day maintenance outage,” […]
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The Rainy River District detachment of the OPP has located two girls who had been missing for three days. Charise Bruyere and Kendra Morrison had not been seen or heard from by their family since they left the family residence on First Street East in Fort Frances around 9:30 p.m. […]
Town council passed the 2008 municipal budget last night, which included a 3.1904 percent tax increase for residential homes, a 3.461 percent tax hike for multi-residential, and 1.0714 percent jump for commercial occupied. There also is a 1.3760 percent increase for industrial, a 1.3778 percent increase for large industrial, and […]
Ministry of Natural Resources Fire Rangers responded to a blaze yesterday at Happy Landing Lodge in the Pipestone Lake area. Harrold Boven, with the MNR fire management office here, indicated this morning he isn’t aware how the fire started at this point. “We were there to prevent it from spreading […]
The Rainy River District OPP is asking for the public’s assistance in locating two female youths. Sharise Bruyere and Kendra Morrison have not been seen or heard from since they left the family residence on First Street East in Fort Frances around 9:30 p.m. on Friday (May 9). Bruyere, 17, […]
Whether or not the proposed 2008 municipal budget, and the tax increases that will go along with it, will be approved will be decided at tonight’s regular meeting of town council. Pursuant to the requirement of the Municipal Act, a public meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., prior to council […]
All 165 OPP detachments, including the Rainy River District detachment, are taking part in the annual Canada Road Safety Week campaign aimed at making our roads the safest in the world. This year’s campaign runs from 12:01 a.m. on May 13 to 11:59 p.m. on May 19. “The goal of […]
The Muskie girls’ soccer team turned in a strong showing in Dryden on Wednesday, beating the Kenora Broncos 1-0 and then blanking the host Eagles 2-0. Erin Kaemingh was the black-and-gold’s lone scorer in their game against Kenora while Lauren Pierce and Kelsey Quibell each hit the twine versus Dryden. […]
There are still tickets available for tonight’s second-annual “Stand Up for Mental Health” comedy show. David Granirer, the founder of Stand Up for Mental Health, is emceeing the show, which starts at 7 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. “I think when you see people on stage doing stand-up comedy on […]
Students in Sharla MacKinnon’s Grade 5 class at J.W. Walker School here had the opportunity to learn about the significance of “Arbour Week” yesterday as Bill Mueller, Rick Huisman, and Mike Gurski of Hydro One visited the classroom. Although Arbour Week in Ontario ran from April 25-May 4, the students […]
The skeet range at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club property by Frog Creek was a busy place Tuesday evening. Len Noonan and Rick Johnson both had perfect rounds of “25.” Noonan also turned in rounds of 22 and 21 while Johnson’s other two rounds totalled 20 and 21. Other top […]
FORT FRANCES—The town discussed the viability of repairing, replacing, or removing the government dock at Pither’s Point during a public meeting Wednesday night at the Civic Centre. Remedial repairs and upgrades are slated to cost $770,000 while replacing the entire dock would cost an estimated 1.5 million. Removing the dock […]
