Getting into the spirit of the season, Northwoods Gallery and Gifts employees Penny Flatt, kneeling, and Nicole Gray arranged a harvest display outside the Scott Street business this morning. Several downtown merchants decorated their windows and storefront properties this week—not only to beautify the downtown core with fall colours but […]
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Eli Hart, from Coratina Construction Ltd. of Thunder Bay, “broomed” concrete poured for new curbing along Central Avenue yesterday. A layer of asphalt is expected to be laid down next week while interlocking bricks will be laid down for the sidewalk. Depending on the weather, the work on Central Avenue […]
While fall has only just begun, the local Business Improvement Association already is thinking about Christmas—having scheduled its 50th-annual “Parade of Lights” for Saturday, Nov. 24. “It’s going to be here a lot sooner than people realize,” BIA co-ordinator Patti Anderson said this morning. Celebrating “Christmas Thru the Decades” as […]
Beginning Oct. 1, hazard markers and regulatory buoys maintained by Voyageurs National Park will be removed as weather conditions allow. In addition, area lamplighters will begin removing U.S. Coast Guard-maintained navigational aids on Oct. 14. Due to low water conditions, boaters are advised to take added precautions while operating on […]
Massage therapist Suzanne Soucy, who practises in Emo, demonstrated her techniques on Jill Kellar yesterday during the inaugural seniors’ expo at the Emo Legion. About 60 seniors from the area stopped by to check out the booths and enjoy a light lunch. A similar event will be held in Fort […]
Children’s librarian Andrea Avis, right, led a group of moms and babies in some lap activities this morning during the start of the “Mother Goose” program at the Fort Frances Public Library.
An Emo resident faces numerous drug- and firearm-related charges as a result of a search warrant executed Friday. Fort Frances OPP, assisted by the Tri-Force Drug Unit, North West Region Emergency Response Team, and the North West Region Crime Unit, attended an Aylsworth Road residence at 9 a.m. and executed […]
If you’ve driven through Northwestern Ontario, you’ve seen roadkill—animals that have been killed by passing traffic. You may have run over a small animal on the road yourself. Or you may even have had the unsettling experience of striking a large animal. Last month, the Dryden OPP investigated 37 motor […]
Creating stained glass masterpieces has been a hobby of Emily Hyatt’s for more than 25 years. And while she has offered workshops and sells the products from her home in Barwick, she decided recently to expand her craft further by renting space at the Fine Line Art Gallery in Fort […]
Bowater CEO David J. Paterson yesterday joined employees and invited guests at the new Broadway Avenue and announced the company’s plan for the development of a new urban forest on adjacent property. As part of the celebration to commemorate Bowater’s 400 millionth seedling planted in the region, Bowater, in co-operation […]
On Sept. 20 around 12:03 a.m., Dryden OPP officers were dispatched to a garage fire at 135 Pine St. in Vermilion Bay. The fire caused extensive damage to three all-terrain vehicles, a trailer, and to a nearby garage. The total estimated damage is more than $35,000. With the assistance of […]
Since the fall of 1994, Ontario has implemented a Hepatitis B vaccination program. Thanks to the co-operation of parents, teachers, and Grade 7 students, the Northwestern Health Unit successfully has immunized more than 80 percent of the Grade 7 population in the Kenora-Rainy River districts. “Although participation in the Hepatitis […]
