Staff Chapple residents interested in the sites being considered for the proposed transformer station will be able to get some information next week. Hydro One is planning to hold a public information centre at the Chapple recreation centre on Tuesday (Aug. 25) from 4-8 p.m. The purpose of the meeting […]
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Elisabeth Heslop Alberton council’s decision to deny a re-zoning amendment application last Wednesday night is not necessarily the end of the long and controversial story. According to council’s resolution, its decision was based on concerns the proposed use of the land does not sufficiently conform to the township’s official plan […]
Heather Latter Dark clouds and rain may have loomed over the district but they couldn’t extinguish the spark from the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair in Emo last Thursday through Saturday. “People still came out despite the rain and, for the most part, I think they had […]
Heather Latter Tanner McCormick has spent the first few years of his life battling the effects of being born with an interhemispheric cyst inside his brain, but miraculously the now four-year-old is just like any regular kid. “He likes to do all the things a typical boy his age likes […]
Elisabeth Heslop For years his was a household name in Fort Frances—at least when the subject of local hockey came up. Dave Allison is well-known here for his contributions to sports, both locally and at higher levels. Now he’s being honoured for those years of contributing by being inducted into […]
Peggy Revell After years of hard work and planning, Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation is set to celebrate this weekend with the community’s newly-built pow-wow grounds. “This is designed for our people, for many generations,” Chief Gary Allen said about the new grounds that overlook a sandy beach on Rainy Lake’s Swell […]
Heather Latter Several local fire crews with the Ministry of Natural Resources have returned home from battling fires in British Columbia—and they’ve brought back with them plenty of experience, skills, and the satisfaction of knowing they helped a community. “We were bused to the fires and one day we stopped […]
Peggy Revell Internships and employment programs have meant that youths are no stranger to the Fort Frances office of the Ministry of Natural Resources throughout the years, and the establishment of the Ontario Stewardship Ranger program locally this summer is providing new opportunities for them. “The program is about teaching […]
Duane Hicks The miserable weather this summer appears to have put a damper on any West Nile virus activity in the Kenora-Rainy River Districts. Al Mathers, environmental health officer with the Northwestern Health Unit, said they once again have been trapping mosquitoes on a weekly basis in the Fort Frances, […]
Ken Johnston Despite heavy rain all weekend, competitors at the fifth-annual Morson Bass International tournament perservered and wowed the crowds at both weigh-ins with impressive baskets of fish. On Day 1, the father-and-son team of Almer and Bill Godin (of Rainy River and Devlin, respectively) finished the day with five […]
Mitch Calvert Back-to-back titles for Gillons’ It was young versus younger in the Borderland Soccer Association’s men’s final last Wednesday evening at the Struchan L. H. Gilson Soccer Pitches, so it seemed only fitting that a rookie notched the game-winning goal in Domino’s 2-0 win over Emo. Mike Sande’s goal […]
Staff There’s a new ambulance joining the fleet of emergency response vehicles in the district. Mainly to be stationed at the base in Emo, one of the new features on this ambulance is a directional light bar that’s meant to direct traffic it may encounter, explained Dan McCormick, Health Services […]
