Ken Johnston Firefighters battled a blaze at the CN Hotel in Rainy River on Monday morning as the 109-year-old building burned down. The fire call came in at 7:39 a.m. as a passer-by noticed smoke coming out of the upper floor. By 11 a.m., most of the structure was gone. […]
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Lucas Punkari Muskie quarterback Tobijah Gerber got ready to throw the ball towards an open receiver here Friday afternoon as the black-and-gold hosted the Elmwood Giants in the WHSFL season-opener. The game—Gerber’s first since 2010 after he missed all of last season due to an ACL injury—saw Fort High fall […]
Duane Hicks Fort Frances will do its part to help the disaster relief effort in Thunder Bay after town council agreed last night to donate $1,000 to help flood victims. While the Administration and Finance executive committee originally recommended the town simply receive a financial request from Thunder Bay and […]
the OPP A male is facing several charges in connection with an incident Sunday afternoon near the Legion Park here. A Fort Frances woman called 9-1-1 to report she had been threatened by a man with a knife while out for a walk with her two children around 4:30 p.m. […]
Ken Johnston The first leg of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s “Together We Can” fundraising campaign for a new digital mammography unit at La Verendrye Hospital here pedalled off from the Rainy River Health Centre this morning, with Corrie Wiersema, left, Ron McAlister, Pat Giles, Bob McGreevy, Bill Langner, […]
Ken Johnston The CN Hotel in Rainy River, built in 1903, burned down yesterday morning. The fire call came in at 7:39 a.m. as a passer-by noticed smoke coming out of the upper floor. By 11 a.m., most of the structure was gone. No one was in the building at […]
Heather Latter Robert Laboucane, of Aboriginal Awareness Canada, spoke to employees of local businesses and organizations at La Place Rendez-Vous yesterday during a day-long training session focused on creating a greater understanding and enhancing communications between aboriginal and non-aboriginal people.
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers still are looking for their first win of the SIJHL exhibition season after losing twice to the Dryden Ice Dogs over the weekend. In their first game of the pre-season here Friday night, the Lakers fell 4-1 as the Ice Dogs capitalized on a number […]
Staff Town council and administration are getting ready to begin work on next year’s budget, with a timetable expected to be approved at tonight’s regular meeting. If approved, the process will kick off with a public input meeting slated for Monday, Sept. 24 in conjunction with the regular council meeting […]
Staff A new fire was confirmed in Fort Frances District yesterday, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported. Fort Frances Fire #60—a 0.1-hectare blaze located just south of Kaiashkons Lake—was listed as “being held” as of press time today. The cause of the fire was not known at this time. Meanwhile, […]
Duane Hicks Duncan Rostie of International Falls, a graduate of the Class of ’51, looked over some of the class photos on display during Fort Frances High School’s “Reunion 60” here Saturday. Students who attended Fort High from the late 1940s to the late ’50s met at La Place Rendez-Vous […]
Heather Latter Town sustainability co-ordinator Travis Rob helped sort items dropped off during the Municipal Special or Household Hazardous Waste Day here Saturday. A total of 232 vehicles hauling household hazardous waste came by the Public Works yard on Wright Avenue. Waste Day has been held here since 2001.
