There were three new fires reported in the Northwest Region on Wednesday, but no new fires by early yesterday evening. One fire near Sachigo Lake in the Sioux Lookout District is “under control” at one hectare in size and two small fires in the Nipigon District posed no problems […]
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Robin McCormick, far right, helped residents from Lambton County, Ont. make “omelettes-in-a-bag” for breakfast yesterday at Cornell Farms in La Vallee. The group of nearly 40 was visiting a selection of farms in Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Children enjoyed a swim after getting rained out of their canoe time at the Memorial Sports Centre-hosted sports camp last Friday afternoon and shared the pool with the Rec’n Crew. Attendees were stuck playing indoor baseball earlier in the day and had the weather interfere with their football and golf […]
Robin Reed was busy this morning tightening-up the bolts that hold together the big tent, which will be on location at the Sorting Gap Marina for the next week-and-a-half as part of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. A slew of FFCBC activities will be going on all week long, […]
The Rainy River detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police assisted by the Criminal Investigation Unit is seeking assistance from the public in solving a break, enter and theft from three local businesses. Sometime between 5:30 p.m. on July 12, and 11:45 a.m. on July 13, suspects entered the […]
There were three new fires reported in the Northwest Region in the past two days, all three in the Sioux Lookout District. Two new fires were small and posed no problems Tuesday. A third fire was reported and responded to in the Sachigo Lake Area yesterday. With sunny weather […]
With downtown traffic being rerouted due to the construction on Central Avenue, the town is reminding motorists that parking is banned on the west side of Mowat Avenue between First Street East and Church Street. “We’ve put up the signs on the west side of Mowat Avenue, and […]
The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship board reviewed its system for daytime admission last week and have decided to make a change for this year’s event. “We will be asking for a silver collection for people to come in during the day,” noted FFCBC chair Jim Cumming, citing that […]
Pharmasave’s Scott Gurski dodged his pursuers from the Emo team on Monday evening. Borderland Soccer takes a break next week with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship in town, then kicks off the final week of the regular season starting July 30.–Justin Holmes photo
Students of River Theatre’s summer musical theatre program belted out the lyrics to the 1990s hit “From a Distance” on Friday at the Emo Legion. The group of about 30 eight to 13-year-olds spent the week preparing for the final concert entitled “Dateline: Rock and Roll Medley,” which they offered […]
Alex Carter-Foster, 18 months, made a big splash at Pither’s Point beach yesterday afternoon. The tyke and his family tried to keep cool during the recent heat wave that has hit the district. The beach will continue to be busy in the week ahead, with plenty of hot, sunny days […]
Mr. Editor, This past Sunday, the Borderland Ensemble conducted an hour-long concert in the kiosk at Lions Park at the corner of Shevlin and Second Street. Their repertoire was easily listening, Maritime, folk, among many other favourites. A crowd assembled to listen to the group and enjoyed it. The Lions […]
