From the MNRF Ten new fires were confirmed in the Northwest Region from May 19-25 in the districts of Dryden, Kenora, Nipigon, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, and Thunder Bay. Three new fires occurred May 19, two on May 20, and one on May 21. Then after no new fires were […]
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Joey Payeur There almost were as many smiles as there were fish in the water for the first-ever “Kids Gone Fishing” event to kick off the 16th-annual Emo Walleye Classic yesterday. The combination of Ophelia Lucas-Engberg from Devlin, above left, and Emo’s Tia Wagar were guided by Amber Hughes and […]
Kiera Kowalski Pamela Murray of Reiki White Rose Holistic Healing offered free 10-minute sessions at “Market Thursdays” here yesterday. Reiki is a Japanese form of touch therapy that is beneficial for those suffering from headaches and body pain. The weekly market, which sets up by the Fort Frances Museum courtyard, […]
Duane Hicks While the gulls have been back in Borderland for a couple of months now, American white pelicans returned in full force over the past few weeks, including this colony (the pelican-specific term for a flock during breeding season) spotted offshore at Seven Oaks on Wednesday afternoon.
Nicholas Donaldson Members of the organizing committee were recognized for their hard work at the fifth-annual banquet of the Mill Alumni (formerly the Old-timers’ Club). About 100 former mill workers attended the social hour and dinner, which took place last night at the local Legion.
Duane Hicks Local MP Don Rusnak announced infrastructure funding for Fort Frances, Emo, and Chapple yesterday morning at the Civic Centre. Fort Frances got a total of $957,000 to replace pipes under Second Street East from Mowat Avenue to Portage Avenue while the Township of Emo got $164,000 for upgrades […]
The Canadian Press VERNON, B.C.–More than two dozen great blue heron chicks and one adult bird are dead after their nesting site in Vernon, B.C. was heavily-damaged in a windstorm. Vernon-based wildlife expert Pete Wise said he walked through the heron nesting colony in a protected grove of cottonwood trees […]
The Canadian Press STEINBACH, Man.–The RCMP have issued an appeal asking for the public’s help in finding the remains of a 13-year-old boy who vanished in July, 1978. David Wiebe was last seen by his mother, riding away from his home in Steinbach, Man. on his bicycle. In December, 1994, […]
The Canadian PressStephanie Levitz OTTAWA–The 13 candidates vying to lead the federal Conservatives make their final pitches to party faithful today–at which point, the marathon leadership race will be all over but the crying for 12 of them. Indeed, it likely will be over even before the leadership hopefuls make […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON–Another Albertan who lost a home in Fort McMurray has had a change of luck, winning a luxury condo and an Italian sports car in an Edmonton hospital fundraising lottery. Michael Marchand was shopping for flowers when a representative from the Full House Lottery phoned on Wednesday […]
From the OPP Shortly after 8 a.m. on Monday, members of the Rainy River District OPP investigated a drinking-and-driving related offence on Highway 622 in Atikokan. As a result, a 29-year-old Atikokan woman was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level over .08 mg. She is […]
From the OPP On May 18, the OPP received video footage of a near head-on collision on Highway 17 in Coyle Township. The driver of the pickup truck captured the video on its dash camera. The tractor-trailer unit was westbound at the time and crossed over the centre line into […]
