After enduring a water shortage for more than a month now, Atikokan finally may see an end to their woes in the form of Plateau Lake. Originally proposed in the 1970s, the plan to tap into Plateau Lake as a new water source was considered by the town two weeks […]
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The outflow from Rainy Lake was reduced again Monday because the water level was still declining. “Although it received a brief respite due to the rain from last week, the lake is continuing to go down so the outflow has been reduced from 85 cubic metres per second to 75 […]
Although low water levels can lead to a higher concentration of bacteria and parasites in swimming areas, public health inspector Brian Norris said this was not the case at Pither’s Point. “We monitor the point and Sunny Cove weekly,” he said. “It’s been clean though, surprisingly. Our testing for bacteriological […]
It’s time to bring the creative light out from under a bushel. That’s the message the Northwestern Ontario Writers’ Workshop is sending out as it looks beyond Thunder Bay to encourage and support a strong writing voice throughout the northwest. And it’s bringing that voice to Fort Frances for the […]
Labour Day will be packed with activities here this year thanks to the Fort Frances and District Labour Council, which has been planning for the Sept. 7 event for almost a month. The long weekend will kick off with a free pancake breakfast Saturday from 8-10:30 a.m. at Sister Kennedy […]
The local Terry Fox Run is set to take off Sunday, Sept. 20 from La Place Rendez-Vous, giving people a little less than three weeks to gather their pledges. Run organizer Steve Maki is hoping to break $13,000 in pledges this year, beating last year’s total (just over $9,000) by […]
Two local moms may have made a bit of history on St. Andrew’s Ward at La Verendrye hospital after giving birth to twins there on the same day. The maternity unit welcomed its newest twosomes–identical twin brothers, Tanner and Austin, born to Lisa and John Angus, and twin brother and […]
The impact of forest fires and clear-cut logging practices in and around Quetico Provincial Park was the focus of an environmental study headed up this summer by the Quetico Foundation, in partnership with the University of Waterloo and the Ministry of Natural Resources. The project, which wrapped up Aug. 20, […]
They may not be eating bannock and beef jerky every day as the voyageurs once did but 11 students and their teacher from Lakehead University are getting a taste of the gruelling physical labour they must have endured. The group, which is re-tracing a 400-km portion of the voyageur route […]
It still has to be ratified but the tentative agreement reached last week between Ontario’s college faculty and its management definitely struck a chord of relief at Confederation College. Roy Murray, president of Confederation College and co-chair of the college management’s bargaining unit, said Friday’s deal is a double relief […]
More than 900 head of cattle are set to go through the auction ring Saturday at the Stratton sales yard during the Rainy River Cattleman Association’s fall yearling sale. RRCA president Peter Spuzak said yesterday that sales yard manager Russell Richards was still rounding up cattle. “I talked to Russell […]
Fort Frances town councillors still don’t have any answers regarding the rising bill on the auditorium project after a last-minute phone call changed plans to meet with their “multi-use” partners yesterday afternoon. Councillors had planned to meet with the local public school board and Confederation College at 2 p.m. But […]
