Duane Hicks The call is out for nominations for the town’s 23rd-annual “Citizen of the Year” award. Anyone who has taken on charitable fundraising, organized community events, or just lent a helping hand is eligible to receive the award if they are nominated by a fellow resident by Friday, Oct. […]
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Duane Hicks While local residents have been able to return their empty liquor bottles to The Beer Store for a refund since February, 2007, far too many people continue to drop off their empties at the blue recycling bins on Wright Avenue. And the town’s manager of Operations and Facilities […]
the OPP Rainy River District OPP is investigating the theft of a motor vehicle. The public is asked to contact police if they see a 2001 GMC Sierra pickup truck, silver in colour, bearing Ontario licence plate 907 0EB. It is a regular-size cab pickup with a red fuel tank […]
Peggy Revell Reality TV will have a bit of a Fort Frances flavour to it this Wednesday evening. Former resident J.J. Witherspoon is set to appear on The Food Network’s “Dinner Party Wars,” which airs at 8 p.m. (CDT). “There’s not much reality in reality TV, I’ll say that,” Witherspoon […]
the MNR No new fires were reported in the West Fire Region over the weekend. Currently, there are no active forest fires anywhere in Ontario. Thunder Bay Fire #62 was declared out last Monday (Sept. 13). To date, there have been 352 fires, consuming 9,598.2 hectares, in the West Fire […]
the OPP On the night of Saturday, Sept. 11, Red Lake OPP received a complaint about a nuisance bear in Balmertown. Police were advised that the bear was aggressive, and had charged a man while he was outside in the business section of town. The man was not harmed at […]
Staff Local Terry Fox Run organizers are hoping district residents turn out Sunday afternoon to show their support for the 30th anniversary of the “Marathon of Hope.” “We’re crossing our fingers for a really good turnout,” said Ted Brockie, who has helped set up the course for this year’s run, […]
Emily Gedde With the summer months winding down, the Borderland area is seeing less boats being pulled through town, motels aren’t as full, and there aren’t as many people coming in and going out on airplanes. Because the tourism season is coming to a close, Delta airlines—the flight provider to […]
Staff With the municipal election slated next month, the Northwest Catholic District School Board will be making appointments to the compliance audit committee at its board meeting tomorrow morning in Dryden. As per the Municipal Election Act, school boards are required to appoint a compliance audit committee that will last […]
Press Release Canada’s largest forestry union welcomes this week’s announcement that AbitibiBowater creditors have approved the company’s restructuring plan, paving its way out of bankruptcy protection this fall. Communications, Energy and Paperworkers president Dave Coles stressed, however, that the sacrifices made by workers to put the company on a secure […]
From time immemorial, North American culture has maintained that “anything is possible”—that one can be whatever one wishes to be. This has been repeated almost mantra-like to each generation. In the 18th century, Alexis de Tocqueville wrote a brilliant book in which he stated that one characteristic of people on […]
Peggy Revell Local MP John Rafferty will be sticking to his campaign promise and voting to abolish the long gun registry when the House of Commons resumes sitting next week. “I will be voting to continue debate on the bill, and I will be voting for the [private member’s] bill […]
