Flood waters have parted and the second-annual “Relay for Life” is set to take over Pither’s Point here Friday night. The 12-hour relay, a fundraiser in support of the Canadian Cancer Society, gets underway at 7 p.m. and runs until 7 a.m. on Saturday. Last year, the inaugural event raised […]
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It’s possible residents will see an indefinite halt in “blue box” pickups next month as Fort Frances, Atikokan, and Dryden still haven’t found a company to take over recycling duties from the soon-to-be defunct Northwest Ontario Recycle Association. NORA board members met in Dryden on Tuesday to discuss the results […]
As the Town of Fort Frances waits for an appointed Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs rep to set up office here to receive claims for damages incurred during last week’s storms, details aren’t clear yet as to exactly what procedure local residents should follow. “We’ve got some leads on […]
Torrential rains that caused flooding throughout the district last week may be subsiding, but it will take months for the damage to be completely repaired. Highway 11 to Atikokan, the last major highway still closed due to flooding, was expected to re-open sometime today after the construction of a modular […]
With the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing having declared the entire Rainy River District a disaster area Friday, town council officially agreed with the decision during a special meeting Monday night. “It’s a very good thing to do,” said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon. “All kinds of people don’t have insurance […]
Rainy Lake water levels have exceeded those from last year—and are still rising. “The lake level is still rising but the rate of rise is slower,” Rick Walden, engineering advisor for the International Rainy Lake Board of Control, noted Monday morning. “It is six cm higher than the peak from […]
Despite the fact there’s no fires currently burning in the Fort Frances District, Ministry of Natural Resources FireRanger crews have had a hectic schedule over the past few weeks. “After last week’s storms, we’ve been very busy,” said Matt Myers, the MNR’s fire management supervisor here. He noted FireRanger crews […]
Four more gates in the Rainy Lake dam were opened yesterday—two in the early afternoon and the other two in the late afternoon, the International Rainy Lake Board of Control announced. The two gates already had been opened earlier Thursday. The IRLBC authorized the opening of the four other gates […]
With July 1 only a little over two weeks away, “Fun in the Sun” organizers are looking to make this year’s Canada Day parade better than ever. “We’re always trying to make the parade bigger,” parade co-ordinator Dawn Booth said this morning. “We want to encourage businesses and service clubs […]
All main highways will be opened soon, Rainy River and other communities have been downgraded from a state of emergency, and flood waters are receding as communities get back to normal. As reported in Thursday’s Daily Bulletin, Highway 71 to Kenora is now open to daytime traffic, with a detour […]
Municipal Affairs and Housing minister Chris Hodgson on Friday declared the entire Rainy River District a disaster area, making it eligible for funding under the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program. The declaration covers the 10 municipalities and unorganized areas in the district, including Fort Frances, as well as the Township […]
The Northwestern Health Unit is advising all people not on municipal water to boil drinking water until their wells are tested. “We’ve been in touch with the Ministry of the Environment and all municipal water supplies are fine,” municipal and environmental health consultant Bill Limerick said Thursday morning. But Limerick […]
