Chuck Lambert in the 60X car stayed ahead of Kendal Gamsby (#33) during hot laps before the first heat of the Borderland Racing Associatoin’s season-opener Saturday night at the Emo Speedway. Gamsby took third in the Midwest Modified feature race while Lambert caught a few bad breaks and was out […]
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Treaty #3 Grand Chief Arnold Gardner and Janice Henderson, chief of Stanjikoming First Nation, cut the ribbon for the raising of the First Nation banners in the atrium at the Fort Frances High School this morning. Also on hand at the ceremonies were Education Director Jack McMaster, left, Earl Klyne, […]
Shannon Darby demonstrated her violin virtuosity last night at the Townshend Theatre during the Borderland Community Orchestra’s spring concert, “Stars of the Future.” The concert featured young musicians such as Darby, Tyler Mixa, Kenneth Kellar, Lauren Gurski, and Allison Barron, performing alongside the BCO. —Heather Ogilvie photo
This part Tuesday (May 15) saw 54 ladies kick off the golf season with their annual opening banquet at Kitchen Creek. New club manager Real Curé helped greet the ladies and announced that all 18 greens were now open to play. The ladies enjoyed several casual games and draws while […]
The Northwestern Health Unit is gearing up for a sixth season of monitoring the West Nile virus in the Kenora-Rainy River districts and, starting May 28, once again will be accepting dead crows and ravens suspected of virus-caused deaths. Al Mathers, environmental health officer with the health unit, said the […]
The OPP will be highly-visible across Rainy River District this Victoria Day weekend targeting those individuals who choose to speed, drink and drive, fail to buckle up, and drive aggressively. This weekend brings a close to the National Canada Road Safety Week and launches the beginning of North American Safe […]
Fort Frances OPP investigated an accident involving a school bus and another vehicle on the 300 block of Third Street East on Tuesday around 8:45 a.m. The driver of the southbound school bus, while turning east onto Third Street from Portage Avenue, struck a vehicle that had been stopped at […]
A Cessna 180 float plane with two occupants went down yesterday while en route to a northern camp near Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. The plane was reported overdue by a local airways service to the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre at CFB Trenton at 9:45 p.m. A search and rescue unit […]
Charlotte Bombay was one of about 160 Robert Moore students who participated in the “Jump Rope for Heart” fundraiser for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada yesterday. While some collected pledges, others just did it for fun. —Duane Hicks photo
Bev Thomson, second from left, and Kim Roy of the Cabin Country Quilt Guild, donated a quilt to Ruth Caldwell, left, of the Fort Frances Friends of the Library and Mark Kowalchuk, chair of the “Building for the Future” campaign. The Friends of the Library will be raffling off the […]
No new fires were reported in the Northwest Fire Region yesterday, the Ministry of Natural Resources said this morning. Meanwhile, all ongoing fires received some precipitation overnight Monday and Tuesday. As a result, very little perimeter growth was recorded on these. This, in turn, has allowed suppression staff to make […]
The Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA), together with Kenora District Camp Owners Association (KDCA), were scheduled to present potential solutions that will address the current border issues in Northwestern Ontario at the joint meeting of the Border and Federal Outdoor Caucus in Ottawa today. “Border crossings have become the single […]
