A total of 15 new fires, caused by both human activity and lightning strikes, were reported in the region over the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Natural Resources said this morning. “We’ve got a real mixture going on out there,” MNR information and marketing specialist Deb MacLean said this […]
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The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce already is planning its 11th-annual business awards banquet, which will take place Oct. 28 at La Place Rendez-Vous. But it is up to district residents to nominate those deserving to walk up on stage and be in the spotlight that night. Chamber office manager […]
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff said yesterday he cannot vote to reject the softwood lumber agreement with the U.S. when it comes before Parliament later this fall. “I condemn the Conservative government for making such a raw deal and I am disgusted that the government has refused to continue […]
The Muskie football team’s training camp is in full swing as the squad prepares for its regular-season opener here Sept. 8 against Kildonan East. But despite having had less than a week of practices to evaluate his players, head coach Bob Swing has been impressed with what he’s seen so […]
This cub was found up a tree in the yard of a Church Street residence yesterday. The OPP and bylaw enforcement officers immobilzed the young bear and relocated it without incident. This is the 59th bear reported here so far this summer. —Submitted photo
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FORT FRANCES—Gas prices began to drop in Fort Frances on Thursday, but Northwestern Ontario continues to be paying higher prices than elsewhere in the province and across the country. At Mohawk here, the price already has dropped three cents a litre to 114.4 from 117.4 earlier Thursday. Tina Selman, who […]
FORT FRANCES—With the annual Terry Fox Run coming up Sunday, Sept. 17, the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau is seeing a great response so far to its call for participants, volunteers, and sponsors, say organizers. “Plans are well underway,” Maureen Fitzpatrick of the Volunteer Bureau noted Wednesday. “The community is showing […]
With the fire hazard remaining “high,” 11 new forest fires had ignited in the region by the end of yesterday, the Ministry of Natural Resources’ regional fire management headquarters reported this morning. One fire of note is Sioux Lookout #97—currently a 40-hectare blaze located 30 km west of Savant Lake. […]
Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff and his local constituency officer, Wanda Botsford, held up a banner signed by district residents at the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair in Emo earlier this month. The banner offers best wishes to Canadian Forces, and will be sent to a […]
