Press Release The Fort Frances Service Canada Centre for Youth (SCCY) will close for the season this Friday (Aug. 7). “This summer was extremely successful,” said Youth Services Officer Dayna DeBenedet. “We helped many young people with their job searches, résumé and cover letter writing, and information on employment standards, […]
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the OPP At approximately 7:45 a.m. today, Fort Frances OPP officers responded to a motor vehicle collision at the intersection of Scott Street and Central Avenue in Fort Frances. The collision involved a small red car and a tractor trailer unit. There were no injuries as a result of the […]
the MNR The forest fire hazard remains “low” across the province as the result of continued cold, wet weather. There are now about 570 Ontario fire personnel supporting the firefighting effort in British Columbia, including the 232 FireRangers, support staff and Incident Management Team members who traveled out on the […]
Duane Hicks Christie Scott, along with her daughter, Kara, and son, Gordy, used the recently-completed new sidewalk on the west side of the Portage Avenue underpass during a morning stroll yesterday. The public is reminded the underpass is completely closed to vehicular traffic today until 4 p.m. on Friday due […]
Staff Construction of the new Boston Pizza franchise in the west end of town is moving along as planned. Dale Fortes, who is co-franchisee along with wife, Elizabeth Leishman-Fortes, said they expect to open their doors for business in late October. Work began in May.
Heather Latter Local volunteer Marjorie Katerick, right, who has been nominated for the national Therese Casgrain Volunteer Award, drew the name of the lucky winner for the Kiwanis “Trip of the Month” draw for August this morning at International Travel Services. Kiwanis member Irene Laing then announced that Kathi Gagne […]
Mitch Calvert The Lakehead Thunderwolves Hockey Skills School put participants through the paces in a variety of skill-orientated drills, including this one that focused on one-on-one puck battles. The camp—which ran all week long here—wraps up today at the Ice For Kids Arena.
Elisabeth Heslop Local musician Dale Gustafson demonstrated the best way to remove used strings on a guitar to a group of about 10 teens who gathered in the library yesterday evening for a workshop. The focus of the workshop was on technical aspects of working with a guitar, from replacing […]
Staff The Portage Avenue underpass was reopened to one lane access today, but will be completely shut down to all through traffic, including emergency vehicles, starting at 9 a.m. on Tuesday (Aug. 4) and remaining that way until 4 p.m. on Friday (Aug. 7). This complete road closure, which will […]
Mitch Calvert The stars of the Rainy River District Fastball League will be out in full force next Tuesday (Aug. 4) at VanJura Field here for the league’s annual all-star game. The festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. with an old-timers’ showdown featuring retired RRDFL players. Any former players interested in […]
Staff The Rainy Lake Conservancy’s planned nature outing, which was set to go yesterday, has been postponed due to weather. The rain date for the event was today, but since that forecast didn’t looking promising either, they’ve decided to wait and hold the outing in August. While the Conservancy holds […]
Elisabeth Heslop Research technician KimJo Bliss explained the various crop trials being grown at the Emo Agriculture Research Station during its annual open house yesterday evening. A farm tour started at 11:30 a.m. with brunch at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market and then culminated at the research station with a […]
