Staff Town council will have five bylaws on its agenda tonight, including one to authorize the entering into of a collective agreement with the Fort Frances Professional Fire Fighters Association. The agreement covers a three-year period from Jan. 1, 2013-Dec. 31, 2015, and includes a 4.5 percent salary increase over […]
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the OPP On July 21, the Rainy River District OPP received a report of a suspected impaired driver operating a white Chevrolet Corvette near Reef Point Road. The vehicle was observed to be swerving all over the roadway. Officers in the area east of Fort Frances began to patrol and […]
Lucas Punkari As the clock ticked down to 11 a.m., Kurtwood McGuire sharpened up his voting skills at the Fort Frances Curling Club in preparation for the “Kraft Celebration Tour” showdown between the Fort Frances Curling Club and a Dryden track-and-field complex which wraps up tomorrow at 10:59 a.m. http://kraftcelebrationtour.ca/en/nominate/vote/
Sarah Pruys Julia Cawston, 13, worked on her community of skulls painting yesterday morning at the Little Beaver Cultural Centre, where Confederation College’s week-long “Art Camp” was being held. The camp for young teens saw them all paint pieces loosely following the theme “Unity in Community,” which were plastered at […]
the MNR Reports of new fires still were coming in yesterday in the Northwest Region, with six confirmed by early evening. As of press time, there are 40 active fires in the region, including two in Kenora District, 16 in Nipigon District, nine in Red Lake District, and 13 in […]
Heather Latter Brianna Eldridge sang Christina Aguilera’s “Beautiful” on Wednesday evening at the Lions Park in Emo during a “Music in the Park” fundraiser. Audience members were encourage to donate to the “I Am Awesome (and I know it)” girls’ retreat, with monies raised being split between those participants on […]
the OPP As a result of an investigation by OPP officers with the Fort Frances Community Drug Action Team (CDAT), Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB), Thunder Bay Drug Enforcement Unit, North West Region Crime Unit, North West Region Emergency Response Unit, and Rainy River District OPP, several district residents have […]
Heather Latter Rainycrest resident Eileen Sullivan visited with her great-grandchildren, Rylee Collins, Braydon Collins, and Cael Collins-Cholin, and her daughter, Alane Collins, on Tuesday afternoon during a garden party there. The gardens in the four courtyards were highlighted, although many found it too hot to spend much time outdoors that […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP is continuing to conduct routine marine patrol. As a result of recent patrols, the following charges were laid: •On July 14, a 53-year-old male from White Bear Lake, Mn. was charged after officers stopped a vessel on Rainy Lake and found there was […]
Staff Two power interruptions will affect district residents next Sunday (July 28). The Fort Frances Power Corp. has been told by Hydro One that power to town residents will be interrupted from 8 a.m.-noon. This interruption is necessary so Hydro One can upgrade its equipment. Meanwhile, a brief outage will […]
Sarah Pruys Raegan Woodgate, 12, left, Emma Cole, 12, Alina Eldridge, 12, and Gracie Petsnick, 10, showed off their sugar art creations in Fort High’s kitchen classroom last week. The youth, who were enrolled in a week-long “Cupcake Creations” course put on by Confederation College, were busy all week making […]
