The Fort Frances OPP Crime Unit, OPP Drug Enforcement Section, and detachment officers executed a search warrant at 611 Armit Ave. here earlier this month, resulting in charges against four people. The crime unit has been investigating allegations of drug trafficking occurring from this residence. On Jan. 16, a warrant […]
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The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team downed the Lake of the Woods Bears (Baudette) 59-50 in an exhibition match Tuesday night. Travis Stromness led the black-and-gold with 17 points, with Garnett Cornell and Joey Theriault each netting 14. Due to exams, the squad doesn’t resume NorWOSSA season until Thursday, Feb. […]
Municipalities now can apply for a share of new provincial funding to fix roads, bridges, community centres, and other public facilities. The provincial government’s $300-million Municipal Infrastructure Investment Initiative will help communities restore and revitalize public infrastructure. This could result in safer local roads and bridges, cleaner, safer water, better […]
The Coffee Landing Metro in International Falls provided the venue for the international duplicate bridge tournament held annually in conjunction with Icebox Days. The Thursday night winners were U.S. Rainy Lake residents Ralph and Cathy Awe (67 points), followed by Falls duo Rita Ruelle and Toni Shermoen (60 points) and […]
The Fort Frances Museum will be holding art programs for both children and adults in conjunction with the current exhibition of the works of local artist Millie Eide Gladu. The children’s program will be held next Wednesday (Jan. 30)—a school P.D. day—while the one specifically for adults is scheduled for […]
It may have been well below zero outside, but Kiwanis members had their hearts warmed last week when Kiwanian Irene Laing introduced Donna Lowey of Lowey’s Greenhouses as guest speaker at the club’s regular meeting. Lowey and her husband, Blair, are the owners of Lowey’s Greenhouse and Market Gardens. Their […]
Fourteen local entrepreneurial women attended the first Women’s Business Network meeting back on Jan. 10 at the Coffee Landing Metro in downtown International Falls. The event was organized by Jenny Dougherty, business consultant for the local Small Business Development Center. The purpose of the network is to provide a time […]
The Fort Frances Area Tribal Health Services Inc. will be offering the Grief Recovery Outreach Program, which will run Tuesdays from 7-9 p.m. beginning Jan. 29. “I think it’s really important for us First Nations people to begin doing our recovery work with issues that are most important to us. […]
Stemming from an incident that occurred while he was off-duty in the summer of 2006, Cst. Dan Bailey, a K-9 officer with the Rainy River District OPP detachment, received a medal of bravery from the province Friday afternoon. Lt.-Gov. David C. Onley invested a total of 14 police officers and […]
An Ear Falls trapper has been fined $700 for illegally-possessing a wolverine, an animal designated as “threatened” on the Species at Risk in Ontario list. Court was told that James Buckner, 58, sent a letter in late December, 2006 to the Ministry of Natural Resources office in Red Lake indicating […]
Two men have been fined $3,000 for illegally hunting and abandoning white-tailed deer. Stephen Whan, 37, of Cambridge and Douglas Johnson, 58, of Fort Frances were fined $500 each for hunting deer during the closed season and $1,000 each for abandoning meat suitable for food. They also are banned from […]
There were seven more winners in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $30 for Jan. 13-19 were Pierrette Campbell (Sarnia, Ont.), Peggy Armstrong (Fort Frances), Ronald Hosken (Dryden), Doug Baird (Fort Frances), Samantha and Joel Taplin (Winnipeg), Vi Fulton (Thunder Bay), and Bea Gushulak […]
