Duane Hicks Part of the Memorial Sports Centre will be brightened up with art created by local youths after town council agreed Monday night to allow a mural to be installed on the wall in the ’52 Canadians Arena, by the doorway to the Ice For Kids Arena. The mural […]
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Staff The 2011 Rainy River District Fastball League champs could be crowned tonight. Beef’s Warriors, who finished atop the regular-season standings, will take on the third-place Sight & Sound Wolves, the two-time defending champs, at 6:30 p.m. at Couchiching. If the Warriors are victorious tonight, the first-year team will claim […]
Staff The death of a Wisconsin man, visiting a cabin in Rainy River District with his family late last week, has been ruled not suspicious by the OPP. In the early evening of Friday, Aug. 19, the 38-year-old male began to suffer a serious medical emergency and was rushed to […]
Staff Storm systems tracked across the Northwest Region on Tuesday and yesterday, dropping the fire hazard to “low” in most parts of the region except the far southern portions which received less rainfall, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported. But heavy lightning also was recorded with these storm systems, so […]
Submitted “Timmy’s World,” a large-scale mural installation created by Harvey Revus, Chase Badiuk, Cameron Cawston, Julia Cawston, Jordyn Ahrens, Jada Eide, Kennedi Handberg, Emma Smith, and Max Sovereign, will be put up at the ’52 Canadians Arena sometime this fall.
Heather Latter Mya McKenny took her turn manoeuvering under the limbo bar yesterday during a carnival held at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, which marked the final “Wacky Wednesday” event of the summer. Children had a blast taking part in a variety of outdoor games.
the OPP On Sunday at 10:50 p.m., Rainy River District OPP officers conducted a routine traffic stop on the 400 block of King’s Highway in Fort Frances. It was revealed that the male driver from Manitoba was prohibited from driving, and also currently was serving a court order stemming from […]
Press Release The RecycleYourElectronics.ca tour stopped by Fort Frances on July 18-19, seeing local residents drop off 17.06 tonnes of discarded electronics during the two-day period. From May through August, thousands of residents in cities across Northern Ontario participated in the RecycleYourElectronics.ca tour to learn about end-of-life electronics and, through […]
Staff The Borderland Roller Derby League has been granted a one-time exemption from the town’s watering bylaw in order to hold a fundraiser car wash this Saturday (Aug. 27) at 300 Third St. W. The league is hosting a charity bout to rise money for “Rachel’s Challenge” on Saturday, Sept. […]
Staff Following up on a press release from the Ministry of Natural Resources published in yesterday’s Daily Bulletin, which asked residents to be aware of bears in the Fort Frances area, the Town of Fort Frances wanted to clarify that there has not been a big bear problem within town […]
Robin McCormick This year, as always, was a hustle and bustle of contests, agricultural events, games, the midway, and the many other activities that make up the annual fall fair in Emo. However, perhaps the main reason district residents continue to go to the fair is to visit with people […]
Dave Ogilvie Since 1989, Kelvin Caul has been a dominant force at the annual loggers’ competition held in conjunction with the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s fall fair in Emo. Only once during that period has the title of champion gone to anyone else except Caul. At this year’s competition, […]
