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 […]
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Bernie Zutter and John Miller (Team #81) sped off across Sand Bay this morning to start their first of three days of fishing in the 12th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. Today and tomorrow’s weigh-ins begin at 3:30 p.m. under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina, with Saturday’s […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources reported only one new fire in the region in the past 24 hours—a small blaze in the east end of Fort Frances District. But this lightning-cause blaze, which was located in the northeast corner of Quetico Park, was declared “out” by the end of the […]
The Atikokan OPP is seeking public assistance regarding three separate investigations in which motor vehicles were stolen from there. In the first incident, a 2002 blue Ford F-150 Super Cab pickup truck, bearing Ontario licence plate 351 2N1, was stolen from the driveway of a Birch Road residence early in […]
The OPP has arrested several protesters who had illegally blocked the English River Road at Separation bridge since Tuesday afternoon. Members of the Kenora OPP and neighbouring detachments had responded to the report Tuesday that environmental protesters had blocked the road about 75 km north of Kenora. Although local and […]
BARWICK—About 25 district farmers and agricultural enthusiasts gathered at Mark Husser’s farm in Barwick on Tuesday morning for the start of the Rainy River Soil and Crop Improvement Association’s annual farm tour. “The purpose is to share information and see if we can pick out some farms across the Rainy […]
The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board managed to settle on the controversial apportionment formula at its meeting here last Thursday night by maintaining the status quo. DSSAB members had trouble agreeing on which of three different formulas to use because the decision required a double majority—meaning the consensus […]
DEVLIN—It’s a summer job unlike any other—and it all comes down to what happens at the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual fall fair coming up Aug. 14-19 in Emo. Sisters Jolene and Samantha Stahn and their cousin, David Donaldson, members of the local 4-H Junior Beef Club, already have […]
Spiny water flea (Bythotrephes longimanus), a predacious zooplankton species introduced to the Great Lakes from Europe, has been confirmed in U.S. waters of Rainy Lake, the local Ministry of Natural Resources revealed yesterday. It has not yet been confirmed in Ontario waters of the lake, the MNR added. Even so, […]
The Pictograph Gallery in Atikokan presents “The Gentle Side of Nature,” a watercolours exhibit by Thunder Bay artist Lee Fidler. This exhibition runs Aug. 5-26 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (CDT), with the artist’s reception slated for the opening day. The gallery is located downstairs in the Voyageur Mall. Admission is […]
Effective at midnight last night, the Ministry of Natural Resources has lifted the Restricted Fire Zone previously imposed in the far northern sections of Red Lake and Sioux Lookout districts of Northwestern Ontario. But the fire ban remains in effect in the territorial districts of Fort Frances, Kenora, Dryden, and […]
Laura Mills, the superintendent of business for the Rainy River District School Board, will be leaving her position at the end of August to accept the position as superintendent of corporate services with the Lakehead District School Board in Thunder Bay. Mills came to Fort Frances in June, 1999 from […]
