Zoey Duncan With lots of enthusiasm and a healthy dose of humour, Caleb Dueck gave all of snake-kind a leg to stand on with his winning speech, “Why Snakes Deserve to be Liked,” at the 2011 Rainy River District Speech Contest last Thursday night. “Well, I didn’t think I would […]
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Heather Latter Many community organizations took place in the Threat Assessment Level 1 Training Program offered by the Rainy River District School Board and the OPP during four sessions over the past two weeks. “We had a good variety [of participation] from the district,” noted local OPP Cst. Anne McCoy. […]
Staff Tonight’s council meeting will include a public meeting regarding a proposed zoning bylaw amendment at 505 McIrvine Rd. (Peterbilt Fort Frances). The property currently is zoned Highway Commercial (C3), but parent company Thunder Bay Trucking Centre Holdings has applied to have it changed in order to add a key/cardlock/bulk […]
the OPP On Friday around 7:10 p.m., OPP officers and an ambulance responded to the report of a vehicle being struck by a CN freight train at Highway 617 in Stratton. The driver, Donald Robert Bolen, 92, of Morley Township, died when his southbound vehicle collided with the westbound train. […]
Staff A fire yesterday caused extensive damage to a building in downtown International Falls. Firefighters were called to “No Place Like Home” on 3rd Street early yesterday. The Falls Fire Department got additional help from the Fort Frances and Littlefork fire departments. The fire was extinguished by late yesterday afternoon, […]
Without doubt, the Department of Immigration has been among the worst branches of the federal government for many decades. Its incompetence epitomizes the troubles of bureaucracy. Unfortunately, all this was compounded by the cynical direction of the government of the day. Clearly, reforms are long overdue. In the l970s the […]
Heather Latter The “Hallett” and lookout tower along the La Verendrye Parkway opened for the season this week, with residents and visitors invited to check out the local heritage sites. Having relocated there last year, Fort Frances Museum curator Sherry George noted they are great attractions that also are a […]
Duane Hicks AbitibiBowater (AbiBow) Canada Inc. has filed an appeal with the provincial Assessment Review Board for its mill property in Fort Frances, leaving the town very concerned about the significant impact it could have on the town’s budget. The town was notified May 4 that AbiBow had filed an […]
Staff The Ministry of Natural Resources yesterday responded to two forest fires in this area, including one which continues to burn. Fort Frances Fire #3 was reported late yesterday morning about 45 km north of here. The blaze showed intermittent “crown fire” and multiple spot fires, prompting the MNR to […]
Duane Hicks The town has received a couple expressions of interest in the old public library building, and currently is investigating the possibility they received more. Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said this morning the local Evangelical Fellowship Church and Fort Frances Community Clinic both submitted bids for the vacant […]
Press Release The Canada Border Services Agency is reminding travellers to plan their border crossing to avoid delays during this upcoming Victoria Day holiday weekend. In anticipation of higher traffic volumes and limits to the volume of traffic that can be processed at some ports of entry this weekend, travellers […]
Press Release The phone system at La Verendrye Hospital, Rainycrest Long-Term Care, and the health centres in Emo and Rainy River, as well as both the clinics in Rainy River and Emo, are experiencing voice messaging problems. At this point in time, if you try calling a direct line and […]
