Dave Ogilvie Weekly work bees will be taking place at the community garden in Emo each Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. (weather permitting). When the produce is ready, it will be available for everyone to access! The community garden is located at 6287 Highway 11 (beside Tompkins Road). If you have […]
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Jessica Smith The inking of a much-anticipated power purchase contract has ended almost two years of uncertainty around the future of the Atikokan Generating Station. The 10-year agreement between Ontario Power Generation and the Ontario Power Authority—announced last Thursday in Thunder Bay by Thunder Bay-Atikokan MPP Bill Mauro—means the conversion […]
Staff With a successful second growing season well underway, the Fort Frances Community Garden committee is making several requests to town council, including putting up fences to keep out deer. In a letter to council from committee member Krista Nielson, she noted “one of the frustrations that gardeners are dealing […]
Robin McCormick The 18th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is set to go this Thursday to Saturday (July 26-28). As always, several Devlin/La Vallee anglers will be competing. The community sends you all the best of luck and much success in bringing in the greatest weight. As always, there are […]
the NDP TORONTO–Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath and Aboriginal Affairs critic Sarah Campbell, MPP for Kenora-Rainy River, last week issued the following statement on the re-election of Shawn Atleo as national chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN): “We extend our sincere congratulations to Chief Atleo. Alongside our caucus, […]
Press Release A Fort Frances native will be among those going into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in Thunder Bay during its 31st-annual induction dinner and ceremonies set for Sept. 29. Bill Selman, who is being inducted in the “Builder” category, learned the game of hockey growing up […]
Sarah Pruys Of all of the anniversaries being marked, one of the most important to Rainy River District is when the international bridge linking Fort Frances and International Falls turns 100 on Aug. 1. “The Canadian Customs turns 100, too, and I think that both the bridge and the Customs […]
Press Release The Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts’ cash calendar winners ($40) for July included Henriette Verhoef and John Rafferty of Fort Frances. Other winners from Rainy River District were Tami LeBlanc (Stratton), Patricia Stoyka (Pinewood), and Don and Rachel Marquis (Rainy River). They are joined by George Hulmes, […]
Lucas Punkari Over the course of his season-and-a-half dominance in the WISSOTA Modified division at the Emo Speedway, Gavin Paull usually has had an easy time of things when it came down to the feature race each week. This past Saturday night, however, Paull faced arguably his toughest test in […]
Lucas Punkari After 18 months of discussions on future fishing regulations for lakes from the Manitoba border to the boundary of Quetico Provincial Park, the Fisheries Management Zone 5 advisory council now is ready to hear what the public has to say. This past week, the council set up feedback […]
Duane Hicks Need to get rid of your old TV, VCR, or phone? How about that laptop computer which has become woefully outdated, or that first generation iPod? Thanks to a partnership with Ontario Electronic Stewardship, Asselin Transportation and Storage Ltd. is now a permanent drop-off depot for area residents […]
Lucas Punkari Even though weather conditions are almost identical to what they were here a year ago, some of the anglers who have been pre-fishing prior to the start of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship tomorrow are finding things to be a lot more difficult. In the lead-up to […]
