MacKenzie DegagneGrade 2St. Mary School drawing The winners of the Fort Frances fire and Rescue Service Fire Prevention Poster Contest are in! The contest was open to all classes in Fort Frances, from Grade 1 to Grade 3.

Nolan KadikoffGrade 1J.W. Walker School drawing The winners of the Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service Fire Prevention Poster Contest are in! The contest was open to all classes in Fort Frances, from Grade 1 to Grade 3.

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To celebrate Fire Prevention Week, The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service held a poster contest, for students in Grades 1 to 3. One lucky winner from each grade received a fire prevention prize pack, and a pizza party for their class. A total of 48 students took part in […]

Ken Kellar
Staff Writer

Time is running out to nominate the Citizen of the Year. At last week’s council meeting, Councillor Mike Behan reminded the public that there are only a few short days left to submit nominations for the annual honour. “As a member of the citizen of the year committee, I just […]

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According to the Northwestern Health Unit, babies who were born from March to July this year may have missed their routine newborn hearing screen. Due to COVID-19, infant hearing screens that normally occurred in hospitals before discharge were halted. Services resumed in July and any new babies will receive their […]

Press Release

The province’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 37-year-old man in Atikokan Sunday night. Preliminary information suggests that at approximately 6:30 p.m. on October 18, 2020, two Ontario Provincial Police officers with the Atikokan detachment observed the man on Mercury Avenue East in breach […]

A Night in Pink Spa evening, will be hosted by the Seven Generations Educational Institute (SGEI) Esthetician students, today, from 3:30 – 6 p.m. To pre-register, e-mail spadays@7generations.org. For a small donation, participants can enjoy a relaxing hand massage, with proceeds benefiting the Canadian Cancer Society. The Christmas Hamper program […]

Megan Walchuk photo Last weekend’s cattle sale was a big one! The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association hosted the fall sale, which saw 1613 head of locally raised cattle auctioned for $1,727,509.79 at the Stratton Sales Barn. One more sale is scheduled, before local cattle farmers hunker down for winter.

Tonight will be cloudy with periods of snow and a low of -2 C (28 F). Tomorrow will be mainly cloudy with a chance of flurries during the day and remaining cloudy overnight with a high of three (37) and a low of minus-three (27). Thursday will be cloudy with […]

By Martin Crutsinger The Associated Press WASHINGTON–U.S. home construction rose a solid 1.9% in September after having fallen in the previous month, as home building continues as one of the bright spots of the economy. The increase last month pushed home construction to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.42 […]

The Associated PressJill Lawless LONDON–The British government and officials in Manchester, England’s second-largest city, were still talking Tuesday after a noon deadline passed for the city to agree to tighter coronavirus measures. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is struggling to impose his plan for localized restrictions on restive regions, spoke […]