the OPP The Rainy River District OPP detachment conducted marine patrols on Rainy Lake over the July 1 holiday weekend as part of the OPP Long Weekend Traffic/Marine Initiative focusing on preventing marine-related tragedies. As a result, several charges were issued for a variety of offences. On Sunday around 6 […]
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Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will not be selling off the property known as “Nelson Street Park” for residential development after Ontario Municipal Board chair J.E. Sniezek ruled in favour of residents who opposed the re-zoning and ordered the pertinent bylaw repealed. In a decision issued June 28, […]
Staff A local man was killed in a fiery single-vehicle accident early Tuesday morning on Highway 11 about two km east of the Arctic Watershed. The victim was identified as Jack Tiefenbacher, 88, of Fort Frances. Police said the eastbound vehicle crossed the centre line and struck a rock cut […]
Press Release The Ministry of the Attorney General has taken the precautionary measure of closing the Fort Frances Courthouse due to water damage. Full court services will be restored there as soon as it is safe to do so. Ontario Court of Justice hearings scheduled at the Fort Frances Courthouse […]
Staff Two new lightning-caused fires were reported in the district yesterday. Fort Frances Fire #21, a 0.1-hectare blaze, was burning “not under control” far north of Fort Frances near Missus Lake. Fort Frances Fire #22, meanwhile, is 0.5-ha blaze located near Jackfish Lake, north of Devlin. It also was listed […]
Lucas Punkari Recently-retired CEO and chief librarian Margaret Sedgwick, left, admired the new wall fountain that was donated to the Fort Frances Public Library by Olive Eisenhauer, right, and her husband, Irvin (Ike). The Eisenhauers have been long-time supporters of the library. A farewell party for Sedgwick was held last […]
Duane Hicks The Town of Fort Frances will not be selling off property known as “Nelson Street Park” as it had planned, as Ontario Municipal Board chair J.E. Sniezek has decided in favour of residents opposing the rezoning of the property in question, and ordered the pertinent bylaw repealed. In […]
Lucas Punkari The process of bringing back youth football to the area is moving forward here, as the Fort Frances Junior Football team had 30 prospective players sign up for the team during a registration night on Monday, June 18 at Fort High. “Overall, it looks like we are going […]
Staff The expansion of the annual Canada Day beach volleyball tournament from a one-day event into a two-day affair proved to the perfect move for the fourth edition of the Fun in the Sun beach volleyball tournament at Pither’s Point Park on Saturday and Sunday. “The format was well received […]
Lucas Punkari As the playoffs are edging closer and closer in the Borderland Soccer League, the top two teams in the men’s league are set to battle one another for the chance to have the top seed heading into the post-season. Heading into a head-to-head contest last night (game details […]
Press Release Our Lady of the Way School is very pleased to announce that it has been chosen to be the 2011-12 recipient of the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club Henry Miller Award for Best Classroom Contribution to Area Conservation. Our Lady of the Way School staff and students have always […]
Lucas Punkari Although he said he was going on very little sleep, Joey Galloway was all smiles in the pits Saturday night at the Emo Speedway. Galloway, who grew up in Emo but now lives in Manor, Sask., was the man to beat in the WISSOTA Modifieds as he swept […]
