There are missing buoys on Rainy Lake and that poses a safety concern, the coast guard has warned. “Our marine patrol has been out and they have made contact with the coast guard and notified them of the missing buoys,” Fort Frances OPP S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis said yesterday. Craig Coughlin, […]
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Organizers of the “Canoe for Cancer” social next Wednesday at the Fort Frances Curling Club plan to donate the proceeds towards the purchase of furniture for a new chemotherapy room at La Verendrye hospital. The room, to be built when the emergency ward there is renovated, will be used strictly […]
Rainy River hospital will be getting an extra $350,000 it needs to run without going into a deficit after a series of meeting with Ministry of Health officials last Thursday. Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., said they’re “delighted” with the decision after spending the past several […]
The Northwestern Health Unit yesterday issued a press release on the possible short and long-term effects of inhaling diesel fumes. But if that’s worrying residents of Central Avenue here affected by the diesel oil ground contamination from the nearby CN Rail site, they aren’t talking to the media about it. […]
Fort Frances once again is without a scheduled air link to Winnipeg after Nakina Air closed up shop here just 60 days after first offering its service. And the chances of landing another airline to pick up the service right now looks slim. Nakina Air pilot Greg Bourdignon said the […]
Is it an April Fool’s joke in June, or is there a black panther roaming around the west end of town? People claim to have seen the cat near the gravel pit owned by George Armstrong Co. Ltd. And now, a Lyndy Place resident said she caught it on videotape […]
It may be long way away from the “Rock” but the Newfie Connection and Craft Shop in Devlin may be a hit with mainlanders across the district. Owner Kim Mose figured about 200 people dropped by her store over its three-day grand opening last Thursday to Saturday, and they literally […]
The District 1A senior games will be held here next Wednesday to Friday, attracting more than 100 athletes from Dryden and Kenora to compete against Fort Frances. Local registration will take place next Tuesday from 8-10 a.m. at the Sister Kennedy Centre. All other athletes can register there each day […]
Canadian boxing legend George Chuvalo brought his anti-drug message to about 250 youth at the Couchiching Bingo Palace yesterday . Chuvalo has fought in 97 fights against the likes of Mohammed Ali, Joe Frazier, and Floyd Paterson. Now, at age 61, he is still battling to teach children about the […]
There weren’t enough chairs for the crowd which showed up at the Fort High band’s spring concert last Wednesday night but those forced to stand along the walls didn’t seem to mind. Heather Keeler and Kim Badiuk wowed the audience with solo vocal performances, while guitarist Jena Pirie and pianist […]
The local public school board will decide next Tuesday whether it’s worthwhile to go ahead with a summer school program for grade eight students in July. Just 28 students from Rainy River to Atikokan had been enrolled in the summer school as of Friday. The board had said it needed […]
“Every day I’m going home.” That’s the outlook of 41-year-old Dana Jeffrey who, since mid-April, has been en route to Prince Edward Island from Edmonton, Alta. by canoe with fellow paddler Doug Finch. Jeffrey and Finch, a native of London, Ont., stopped over in Fort Frances on Monday night before […]
