Heather Latter Like many others across North America, Casey Marchant accepted the ice bucket challenge—dumping freezing cold water on her head in support of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The ice bucket challenge recently swept social media, […]
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Heather Latter The idea to host a district-wide Olympics will continue to be pursued after being floated at a meeting last week—despite not everyone being on board. “There’s a mixed bag of thoughts going on,” noted Gord Armstrong, co-ordinator of the local government networking group who initiated the idea. “They […]
Heather Latter The Watten Fire Department’s annual fish fry, held Friday at Sunny Cove, was deemed an overwhelming success, with attendance nearly double that of last year. “We were really happy with it,” enthused Brian Angus, who sits on the board and also is one of the 12 volunteer firefighters […]
Duane Hicks The field of candidates for Fort Frances council is shaping up to be a mix of new faces and incumbents. The most recent individual to file his nomination is Coun. Ken Perry, who is running for one of the six seats along with incumbent Coun. John Albanese and […]
Duane Hicks The race for mayor is on. Mayor Roy Avis filed his nomination papers Friday afternoon, meaning he’ll be running against Coun. Andrew Hallikas for the mayoral seat here in the Oct. 27 municipal election. “I think I’ve still got lots to offer the community,” said Mayor Avis, who […]
Duane Hicks The vacant Rainy Lake Hotel, dam funding, and forest tenure were among the topics local delegates discussed with ministers and parliamentary assistants last week during the annual conference of the Association of Municipalities Ontario in London. Mayor Roy Avis, who attended the conference with Coun. Paul Ryan and […]
Duane Hicks A question to the public as to whether they’re in favour of Fort Frances being considered as a possible site for a casino has been taken off the ballot for the upcoming municipal election. Council voted 4-2 in favour of doing so during a special meeting yesterday after […]
Ken Johnston Rainy River First Nation is getting close to harnessing the sun! Progress on its 25 mega-watt solar farm is about two weeks behind schedule right now due to the wet spring but RRFN Chief Jim Leonard said a second shift of workers will be added Sept. 1 to […]
Joey Payeur For a last-minute substitute, Bill Godin could have done a whole lot worse than a member of Northwestern Ontario’s first family of bass fishing. The Devlin resident turned to Kenora’s Dave Lindsay as a partner in a pinch—and the combination worked beautifully as they won the 10th-annual International […]
Duane Hicks Trevor Fitzgerald, vice-president of personal lines at Gillons’ Insurance, participated in the ALS “Ice Bucket Challenge” here Friday. Fitzgerald was challenged by Evan Woodland of Gillons’. He accepted and donated while sending the challenge out to Lori McDougall of Northbridge Insurance, Jon Evans of Dunwoody, and Dale Fortes […]
Heather Latter Bill and Patti Gersbach, left, along with Carole and Duane Rostie and Loretta and Karl Lipinski, enjoyed the fish fry feast hosted by the Watten Fire Department at Sunny Cove on Friday.
Giant steel screws were set by a machine-powered screw driver at the site of the new solar farm, located just northeast of Pinewood. The screws, which are spread as far as the eye can see, soon will hold up racks of solar panels across about 300 acres of land.
