The water level on Rainy Lake is inching higher by the day as heavy rains continue to fall. “It’s still going up,” Abitibi-Consolidated spokesman Gary Rogozinski said Monday morning. The lake was measured at 338.469 m (1,110.55 ft) as of 6 a.m. Monday, an increase of two cm (8/10ths of […]
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Council will vote whether to authorize a special levy and collection of taxes from Business Improvement Area members at Monday night’s regular meeting here. During their budget process, the BIA board determined about $45,000 is required for BIA activity to continue this year, said BIA chair Ted DeBenetti. “We’ve been […]
The second-annual “Relay for Life” did it again—raising $73,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Last year’s inaugural event raised $75,000 for cancer research and treatment programs, and the more than 400 volunteers on 34 teams demonstrated Friday night how local residents continually rally to the cause. “I’m really happy. We […]
Anyone who may have lost a canoe on Rainy Lake during last week’s storms can contact Couchiching First Nation police as two have been recovered in the past week. “While on marine patrol, we found some people fishing that had found a canoe in the Five-Mile dock area,” Sgt. Ernie […]
A new face will be heading up the local campus of Confederation College as current manager Don Lovisa is re-locating to Thunder Bay. Lovisa has accepted the position of director of the School of Access and Literacy at Confederation College, and is expected to move there in August. His new […]
Following the declaration of Rainy River District as a disaster area last Friday, the Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs rep is setting up a claims office in Fort Frances, which should be open by next Wednesday. “We’ll be getting further information out to the public as soon as possible,” […]
Storms still are playing havoc with work crews scrambling to re-open Highway 11 to Atikokan, which has been closed for the past 10 days due to a washout at Price Creek. “As a result of the severe lightning storm that entered the Price Creek area early [Wednesday] evening, all work […]
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 […]
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 […]
