Joey Payeur Kraft isn’t finished with its generosity toward Fort Frances just yet. The company said yesterday it plans to cover the roughly $600 cost of purchasing water for the crowd at the Sorting Gap Marina for Sunday’s festivities as part of the “Kraft Celebration Tour” stop here. The Fort […]
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Staff The Fort Frances Community Garden committee is being allowed to keep its existing fence, with the option to build a permanent one down the road once funding becomes available. This would be done under the guidance of the town’s bylaw department. Town council gave the nod during its regular […]
Duane HicksJoey Payeur The final stop of this year’s “Kraft Celebration Tour” was such an attraction that people were spilling into Fort Frances from out of town, out of province—and even from across the Atlantic. Fort Frances earned the honour after amassing 518,082 online votes to defeat Dryden in a […]
Sarah Pruys This year’s “BizKids Camp,” run through the Northwest Business Centre, attracted seven youth, who spent last week learning all about how to run a business before testing out their own ideas at “Market Day” on Friday. Many of their businesses were based on baking—selling their treats and crafts […]
Sarah Pruys Moving to Stratton from southern Ontario to farm is not a decision many families would make. But for Jamie Hackett, Deja McAdams, and their newborn son, Rhyland, it was the right one. Hailing from near Kincardine, located along Lake Huron about two-and-a-half hours from Toronto, they moved north […]
Heather Latter The Township of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls is looking at taking on the operation of Caliper Lake Provincial Park, which was one of seven that did not open this year due to budget cuts within the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. “In their wisdom, they [MNR] decided it wasn’t […]
Heather Latter A group consisting of municipal leaders, service providers, and community members took part in a public consultation here Monday morning to provide input on a housing and homelessness plan for Rainy River District. Hosted by the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board and facilitated by OrgCode Consulting, […]
Staff With rats continuing to be a problem for some local residents, the public is being urged to report their rodent run-ins with the town. Mayor Roy Avis said as far as he’s aware, nothing about rats has been reported to him or the town’s animal control staff. “We get […]
Duane Hicks The vacant Ontario Travel Information Centre here hopefully will be opened as a joint venture next spring. Regional economic developer Geoff Gillon told town council Monday night that the Rainy River Future Development Corp. continues to be in contact with Infrastructure Ontario regarding the sale of the building. […]
Duane Hicks With the Rainy River Gold Project north of Barwick anticipated to enter the construction phase next year, town council is letting Rainy River Resources know it wants to work with company in any way it can. Kyle Stanfield, the company’s vice-president of environment and sustainability, told council Monday […]
Sarah Pruys Although the Emo Fair may be over, people now have the Clark and Barnes Family Fun Circus to look forward to at the fairgrounds. The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society is bringing in the circus on Wednesday, September 11 as a fundraiser for the new exhibition hall it […]
Joey Payeur The lake portion of the International Falls Bass Classic has not been kind to Nathan Brigham and Brett Meyers in recent years. It was about time the lake gods smiled on them. And as it turned out, that grin was just wide enough to give the Emo-based duo […]
