the OPP At approximately 5 a.m. today, the Rainy River District Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a disturbance at a residence located on the 1000 block of First Street East. When the officers arrived at the scene, a male barricaded himself inside the residence. For the […]
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Lucas Punkari Thunder Bay Chill defender Paul Dillon passed the ball to Max VanDrunen during the Chill’s youth soccer clinic at the Struchan Gilson pitches here. A total of 30 Fort Frances Youth Soccer players took part in the two-day clinic, which wrapped up yesterday afternoon.
Heather Latter Seven-year-old Brookelyn Marchuk (above left) worked in her garden plot yesterday during the Kids’ Garden Club at the local community garden up on Lillie Avenue North while Clara Anderson, four, was busy watering plants. After tending to their crops, the youngsters made a mobile decoration for their gardens […]
Thunderstorms are possible tonight, with an overnight low of 16 C (61 F) and north winds at five m.p.h. Tomorrow also brings a risk of thunderstorms, along with a high of 28 (82) and low around 17 (63). Look for southeast winds at five-10 m.p.h. Sunday will see showers, with […]
Press Release Resolute Fort Frances Division and CEP Locals 92 and 306 reached an agreement yesterday for manning the #7 paper machine here for eight-12 weeks starting July 17. Resolute had laid off almost 240 staff and unionized employees in Fort Frances due to the curtailment of the kraft mill […]
the MNR Multiple forest fire starts caused by lightning are putting pressure on the firefighting resources in the Northwest Region. More than 40 new fires have started up in the past three days, including five by yesterday evening. By day’s end on Wednesday, a total of 13 new fires had […]
Sarah Pruys FORT FRANCES—All “Caramel” needs is to have his passport photo taken—then the guinea pig will be all set for his summer travels around the district. “The idea is that Caramel is going to visit all of the libraries in our surrounding area,” explained Alicia Subnaik Kilgour, CEO of […]
Sarah Pruys “Caramel” enjoyed a dandelion while admiring his brand new passport yesterday at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. He begins his summer-long travels to the Rainy River, Emo, and Atikokan libraries this weekend, where he’ll be promoting the children’s travel-themed summer reading programs, bringing his favourite book […]
Sarah Pruys “Curvy Chick” owner Jennifer Horton pulled out the July winner of the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club’s “Trip of the Month” draw as Kiwanian Robin Wright looked on Tuesday at International Travel Services. Bev McCool won the trip to Hawaii, valued at $4,000. Next month’s trip is an Alaskan […]
Sarah Pruys All “Caramel” needs is to have his passport photo taken—then the guinea pig will be all set for his summer travels around the district. “The idea is that Caramel is going to visit all of the libraries in our surrounding area,” explained Alicia Subnaik Kilgour, CEO of the […]
Staff The forest fire situation in Northwestern Ontario is intensifying rapidly, with 28 new fires reported in the past couple of days. Five new fires were reported in the region by the end of yesterday, including four in Red Lake District and one in Thunder Bay District. By day’s end […]
Lucas Punkari Chris Sinclair of Manitou Forest Products rounded his way around Tim Campbell of Senior Pharmasave during a Borderland Soccer League men’s division game yesterday evening. Although Sinclair would set up a goal by Ahamadou Idrissou moments after this photo was taken, Senior Pharmasave had the last laugh in […]
