Heather Latter When Mel DeGagne closed the doors to Nor-Fab’s truss plant a few years ago, it became Brian Hagarty’s dream to reopen the business. Now under a new name, Hagarty and his partner, James Mainville, have opened Titan Manufacturing on Highway 11/71 just west of Fort Frances. “Nor-Fab’s truss […]
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Lindsay Campbell At only six years old, Matthew Egan has a heart so big it might astonish people. Last Tuesday, Egan ran a lemonade stand outside his grandparent’s house on Colonization Road West here. But what’s different was that he didn’t charge people for the lemonade, but instead collected voluntary […]
Duane Hicks The volume of air traffic is up at the Fort Frances Airport compared to last year thanks, at least in part, to extra flights tied to New Gold’s Rainy River project. An 57 additional aircraft landed at the airport here as of the end of June compared to […]
Duane Hicks With the federal election campaign officially underway, Mayor Roy Avis is wondering how that is going to affect the anticipated federal funding component for the demolition and redevelopment of the old Rainy Lake Hotel here. Last August, the town received $1 million from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund […]
Duane Hicks Candidates running to be the next MP for Thunder Bay-Rainy River are ready for what will be longest federal election campaign in recent history leading up to the Oct. 19 vote. Incumbent NDP MP John Rafferty, who is seeking a third term, said the 11-week election campaign period […]
Heather Latter Upwards of 100 delegates from as far away as Hawaii, Alaska, Norway, New Zealand, and Australia will be gathering in Rainy River District next week as part of the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium’s annual meeting. “It’s a network of indigenous higher education academics, elders, and knowledge-keepers […]
Duane Hicks “Music in the Park,” a fundraiser for the “I Am Awesome (And I Know It)” girls’ retreat, will take place next Thursday (Aug. 6) from 4-8 p.m. at the Emo Spray Park. Some of this year’s retreat participants are getting together to put on a community event for […]
Joey Payeur The wait is almost over for both Duncan Keith and local hockey fans. On Saturday, Keith will return to the town that gave him his hockey start with two much-anticipated pieces of hardware in tow. Those would be the Stanley Cup, of which Keith won his third last […]
Lindsay Campbell Local talent stepped on stage here Friday night to give their best shot at the annual “Quest for the Best” singing contest. The competition, emceed by Johnathan Price of 93.1 The Border, consisted of 20 acts—18 soloists and two duets. The contestants randomly were split up into two […]
Duane Hicks New upgrades to the town’s recycling transfer station should mean more efficiency, more money saved, and less mess for Public Works. Two new stationary compactor units with properly-sized hoppers and four 40-cubic-yard roll-off containers now are operational at the Sixth Street West depot. Operations and Facilities manager Doug […]
Duane Hicks The mill, condos, a casino, downtown parking, and expanding the landfill site are just a handful of items the town will be looking at over the next few years. Following up on a day-long strategic planning session last month at Sunny Cove Camp, town council and administration met […]
Joey Payeur The show is coming together. Planning for Saturday’s arrival of Chicago Blackhawks’ defenceman and former Fort Frances resident Duncan Keith, along with his recently-won Stanley Cup and Conn Smythe Trophy, has been a work in progress. Larry Patrick, a member of the organizing committee, said the day is […]
