Sam Odrowski The Chapple, Emo, La Vallee & Alberton Fire & Emergency Service is running its annual recruitment drive up until this Sunday (Sept. 30). The service currently is looking to fill five vacant positions in Alberton, two in Chapple, two in Emo, and two in La Vallee. Chief Josh […]
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Sam Odrowski The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has recorded more than 6,000 deaths of residential school students out of the estimated 150,000 children who attended. Statistics show the odds of a child dying in the residential school system was higher than that of a Canadian soldier dying in World War […]
Sam Odrowski Creating a fire safety plan, and having all the proper alarms in place, has become more important now than ever before. “Thirty years ago, you had approximately 15-17 minutes to escape a house fire,” noted Chapple, Emo, La Vallee & Alberton Fire Chief Josh Colling. “But in today’s […]
From the OPP Members of the Rainy River District OPP will be out patrolling district roadways, specifically targeting seat belt offenders during the fall seat belt campaign from Sept. 26-Oct. 5. Some 257,475 seat belt charges have been laid over the last 10 years, with 25- to 34-year-olds being issued […]
Sam Odrowski Fort Frances native Haven Labbe visited the Swiss and French Alps late last month in an attempt to climb several peaks more than 4,000 metres in height. She embarked on the trip to help fundraise for the Fort Frances Women’s Shelter of Hope and spread awareness about the […]
Duane Hicks Forty years after opening its doors at 259 Scott St., the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre is now more than ever a “vibrant and thriving” part of the community. An exhibit marking the Fort Frances Museum’s 40th anniversary, and the 120th anniversary of the building which houses […]
Duane Hicks The town may enter into an agreement to provide landfill and recycling services for Naotkamegwanning (Whitefish Bay) First Nation. At its Sept. 10 meeting, council received a request from Naotkamegwanning, which then was reviewed by the Operations and Facilities executive committee. It recommended entering into an agreement if […]
It will be partly cloudy tonight, with an overnight low of three C (37 F) and southwest winds gusting up to 17 km/h. Tomorrow will see mostly cloudy skies and a little rain, with a high of nine (48) and low around minus-one (30). Look for west-northwest winds gusting up […]
of Clint Bruyere Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Brett Hahkala jumped to avoid the oncoming check from Nicholas Koch of the Minnesota Iron Rangers during his squad’s 6-2 win Saturday night at the Hoyt Lakes Arena. Hahkala scored twice over the weekend to help the Lakers roar out to a 2-0-0-0 […]
Jamie Mountain The competition was good during the first session of the Muskie girls’ hockey team’s annual try-outs Monday afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena. Those on hand engaged in various drills in hopes of impressing head coach Chris Sinclair and the rest of the coaching staff. The sessions […]
Jamie Mountain Muskie quarterback Brady Meeks rambled his way down the left sideline en route to a 14-yard touchdown to open the scoring in the second quarter of his squad’s 14-8 victory over the Elmwood Giants on Friday afternoon. The pivot had six carries for 17 yards in a winning […]
Jamie Mountain Tatum Glowasky wasn’t about to give Julie Jones of the Dryden Eagles any room to breathe during the Muskie junior girls’ basketball team’s 41-24 win last Thursday afternoon in the NorWOSSA season-opener at Fort High. Keisha DeBungie scored a team-high 10 points to pace the Muskies’ offence.
