Press Release From Mercury to Neptune and beyond, tour outer space without leaving Planet Earth! An indoor planetarium will be set up at the Fort Frances Public Library on Thursday, Aug. 3 to help people learn about our celestial neighbours and what makes our solar system so unique. Combined with […]
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Nicholas Donaldson For the first time this fall, the Rainy River District campus of Confederation College will be offering the new Community Integration through Co-operative Education program (CICE). The program focuses on building academic and social skills to help students who normally would not be comfortable in an academic setting […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter A passion for cars and a sense of community is what fuels the “Canadian Coasters.” With campers in tow, they cruised into town last Wednesday and stayed until Friday to celebrate their coast-to-coast tour. And they had no problem settling in with the residents of Fort Frances […]
Kiera KowalskiSummer reporter Brianna Eldridge’s voice truly is “one in a million.” Her sultry vocals swooned the judges Friday night first during her rendition of Alannah Myles’ “Black Velvet” at the annual “Quest for the Best” singing competition held under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina in conjunction […]
Duane Hicks Work on the Rainy Lake Square will take a few more weeks than initially scheduled. The completion date was to be Sept. 1 but there have been delays along the way, so that date has been pushed back to Sept. 22, Operations and Facilities manager Travis Rob told […]
Duane Hicks The 200 block of Scott Street will be closed to vehicle traffic tomorrow and Thursday in order to do some prep work for the installation of new sidewalks starting next week. Operations and Facilities manager Travis Rob said this window of time will allow contractors to safely remove […]
Staff Ontario plans to deploy more than 150 additional personnel to British Columbia over the next few days. There currently are 430 staff supporting B.C. in its fire management efforts. The 140 Ontario personnel from the first wave of resources Ontario provided to B.C. in mid-July are expected to return […]
From the OPP On Saturday around 11 p.m., Dryden OPP responded to a single-vehicle collision on Highway 502 in Van Horne Township near Dryden. A small two-door car travelling northbound lost control and left the roadway, coming to rest against a rock cut. The Dryden Ambulance Service and Oxdrift Fire […]
From MNRF One new lightning-caused fire was confirmed by yesterday evening in the Northwest Region. Located in Nipigon District, just east of Wabakimi Park near the north end, was 0.1 hectares in size at last report. The forest fire hazard generally is “high” across the region, with some areas of […]
Staff CJ Contracting is on the express elevator up the standings. Mired in last place in the men’s division of the Borderland Soccer League just two weeks ago, CJ has moved into a tie for second thanks to a seven-game unbeaten streak. Their latest win was a 3-1 triumph over […]
From the MNRF One new lightning-caused fire was confirmed by yesterday evening in the Northwest Region. Located in Nipigon District, just east of Wabakimi Park near the north end, was 0.1 hectares in size at last report. The forest fire hazard generally is “high” across the region, with some areas […]
Joey Payeur The kingpins have thrown down the gauntlet when it comes to their Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship crown. Anybody that wants it, come try and take it–because they have no intention of just handing it over. Troy Norman of Fort Frances and Kenora’s Jay Samsal served notice yesterday […]
