Around 5:45 a.m. Friday, officers of the Dryden OPP detachment were dispatched to a motor vehicle collision on Highway 17, near Mutrie Township. A tractor trailer unit driven by Jean-Francois Lanoie of Sainte-Helene, Quebec, carrying livestock was eastbound on Hwy. 17 when he collided with a pickup truck driven by […]
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Mark Libitka and Dave Bennett won the 12th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship this past Saturday in front of a large crowd of spectators under the tent at the Sorting Gap Marina. The angling duo caught 17.82 pounds of bass on Day Three of the tournament giving them a three-day […]
An information session discussing exploration activity in Northwestern Ontario will be held this Thursday at the Fort France Volunteer Bureau. Sponsored by the Kenora Geology Office, this event will include presentations by government and industry personnel. This free session runs from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., with a one-hour lunch break at […]
More than 3,000 Hydro One customers in the west end of the Rainy River District—from Rainy River to Crozier—were without power this morning after a thunderstorm swept through the area overnight. “It is related to the weather that went through the area in the middle of the night,” confirmed a […]
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Dave Bennett of Sioux Narrows, left, and Mark Libitka of Kenora held aloft the trophy as winners of the 12th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship on Saturday afternoon under the big tent. The anglers brought in a three-day total of 54.23 pounds.
Sight & Sound began its quest for another Rainy River District Fastball League title with a 12-6 win over Sabaskong at VanJura here last night. The Wolves displayed the same combination of quality pitching and potent bats in their opening playoff game as that which led them to the regular-season […]
Chip Leer and Jeff Gustafson found themselves atop the leaderboard after the first day of the 12th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship courtesy of their 19.06-pound catch yesterday. Team #89 was pleased with the positive early results, but they also know they’ll need two more solid days of fishing if […]
Abitibi-Consolidated’s plans to spin off its hydro generating facilities in Ontario into an income trust and then use money raised to invest in the U.S. is being condemned by the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada. “We have overall concerns about the spin-off itself and the potential impact it […]
With no end in sight to the dry conditions the region has been experiencing of late, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported six new fires in Northwestern Ontario in the past 24 hours. Fire information officer Travis Moffatt said this morning that one of those fires was in Fort Frances […]
Kenora OPP has charged 12 individuals in relation to the blockade at Separation Bridge on English River Road. Police responded to the illegal blockade on Tuesday afternoon, when it was reported that protesters had set up a roadblock on the bridge and were preventing logging trucks from passing. On Wednesday, […]
Jeff Gustafson, left, and Chip Leer held their catch up for all to see during yesterday’s weigh-in under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina. They led the pack after Day One with a bag of 19.06 pounds. —Alex Cruickshank photo
After being entertained by hypnotist Michael Leach last night under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina, three nights of rock ’n roll are now on tap in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. At 9 p.m. tonight, Thunder Bay-based “The Sensational Hot Rods” will take the […]
