the OPP The search for a missing elderly man has been expanded to include members of the OPP’s Emergency Response Team (ERT), as well as the K-9 unit and the OPP helicopter. Also assisting in the search for Florent Trottier, a.k.a. “Flo,” is the Lakehead Search and Rescue Team. Trottier […]
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Staff The local riverfront will be open for business just in time for the May long weekend. The “Hallett” and lookout tower along the La Verendrye Parkway open for the season tomorrow, as will the Sorting Gap Marina. The “Hallett” took on some water last year due to the high-water […]
Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Museum would like help in identifying who painted a mural located in the dining room of the vacant Rainy Lake Hotel. Museum curator Sherry George and Chief Building Official Travis Rob visited the old hotel last week to see what items may be salvageable as […]
Duane Hicks The Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club wants the public’s help to name its team mascot. As reported last month, the club adopted a 10-metre long, fiery orange, red, gold, and purple “dragon” made of fabric and other materials special from Beijing, China. Now it is asking the public […]
Duane Hicks Bay City Contracting is getting ready start work on the stretch of King’s Highway from just east of York Avenue to Wright Avenue. The town will meet with the contractor Thursday afternoon for a pre-construction meeting, at which time details will be worked out, Operations and Facilities manager […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances Museum curator Sherry George will have an extra set of helping hands later this year. Town council is expected to approve a report tonight to authorize the Fort Frances Museum to proceed with a Northern Ontario Internship Program agreement to hire an intern for one year. […]
the OPP On Saturday around 11:30 a.m., police, Emergency Medical Services, and the local fire department were called to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of King’s Highway and Holmes Avenue. Investigation determined an eastbound vehicle turned into the path of a westbound one. A passenger in the eastbound vehicle, […]
It will be partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of one C (33 F) and north winds at five-10 m.p.h. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny, with a high of 15 (59) and low around two (35). Expect northeast winds at 10 m.p.h. There is a 40 percent chance of […]
Press Release Unifor members in Kenora unanimously ratified a six-year labour agreement with Kenora Forest Products yesterday. Along with a 67 percent increase in employer contributions to employee pensions, the new deal will see production pay rise by 18 percent. Licensed trades pay will increase by 36 percent to about […]
Lindsay Campbell The Fine Line Art Gallery here commemorated 20 years with an open house yesterday that allowed residents to revisit work by local artists, as well as check out new pieces. Jean Richards, who spearheaded the gallery’s founding, said although it’s been rewarding, she’s worked hard over the years […]
Duane Hicks The local Voyageur Lions Club is gearing up for its third-annual “Jail or Bail” later this month—and have just over a dozen “convicts” lined up to participate. The event will take place Saturday, May 23 in conjunction with the 2015 Community & Business Expo at the Memorial Sports […]
Press Release Since Shriners International opened its first Shriners Hospital for Children on Sept. 16, 1922 in Shreveport, La., Shriners Hospitals for Children have shared their love with more than one million children. Acceptance into the Shrine hospital system is based solely on a child’s medical needs if, in the […]
