Staff The town maintenance garage at Riverview Cemetery will get a much-needed makeover starting this week after council awarded the tender for the renovations at last night’s regular meeting. Ed Kaun & Sons will do the job at a cost of $94,996.13 (incl. taxes). Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown […]
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the OPP Thunder Bay OPP would like to warn the public about a possible scam that may be occurring in the area. On Sunday, two separate incidents were reported in the Nipigon area and the Thunder Bay area on Highway 11/17. In the Nipigon area, a female flagged down a […]
Staff Just one fire was reported in the Northwest Region yesterday—a 0.1-hectare blaze in Nipigon District that likely was caused by humans. Currently classified as “not under control,” this was that district’s 73rd fire of the season. The Ministry of Natural Resources also is keeping its eyes on existing blazes […]
Staff Town council is expected to support a request from the Regional Municipality of Durham to get tough on those who have unpaid fines under the Provincial Offences Act (POA) at tonight’s regular meeting. Council has been asked, along with other Ontario municipalities, to endorse recommendations in the Ontario Association […]
Staff Canadian Blood Services’ first summer blood donor clinic here goes today and tomorrow at Fort Frances High School. It runs from 4:30-8:30 p.m. today and again tomorrow from noon-3 p.m. and 5-8 p.m. It’s not too late to make an appointment. Harvey Heather, CBS community development co-ordinator, said there […]
the MNR Only two new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region over the weekend. At last report, Kenora Fire #89 was listed as “being observed” at 0.2. hectares while Nipigon Fire #72 was classified as “not under control” at 0.8 ha. Both of these blazes were reported yesterday. Meanwhile, […]
Staff The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce is moving to a new location. Effective Sept. 1, the Chamber is relocating its office to 601 Mowat Ave., on second floor of the Northern Lights Credit Union. As they undergo preparations for the move, Chamber staff will be out of the office […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers have added another new face to the team’s blue-line, as the SIJHL club signed defenceman Owen Stauber on Tuesday. Stauber, who attended the Lakers’ prospect camp in International Falls last month, is from Hermantown, Mn. where he played for the Hawks high school program last […]
Press Release Ontario and Wabigoon Lake Ojibway Nation have settled a century-old flooding claim that will help build a new relationship between the province and the community while strengthening the local economy and creating jobs. The claim was settled through a collaborative and co-operative process between the First Nation and […]
Press Release Almost three years after a devastating fire, the Native Nurses Entry Program (NNEP) at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay will celebrate with a grand re-opening Sept. 5 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in the Braun Building. As we approach the 27th year of NNEP’s inception, we are calling on […]
Press Release Over the 2012 August civic holiday weekend, officers of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Rainy River District Detachment focused their enforcement efforts on drivers and boaters who continue to drink and drive, drive aggressively or drive while distracted and those who are not compliant with seat belt and […]
Staff A new binational board under the auspices of the International Joint Commission (IJC) will oversee the effective governance of water quality in the Lake of the Woods and Rainy River watershed. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, accompanied by Greg Rickford, Member of Parliament for Kenora, announced on Saturday Canada’s […]
