The Ministry of Northern Development and Mines announced Monday it would be releasing funds to three communities in Rainy River District to help pay for upgrades at water treatment plants. “We are committed to strengthening communities across the north,” Northern Development and Mines minister Rick Bartolucci said in a press […]
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A substantial increase in funding this year means the Kenora and Rainy River Community Care Access Centre will be able to put more money into essential programs like acute and chronic home care services. The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care announced July 9 that it would be providing $73.2 […]
Nearly 100 concerned citizens came out to a meeting at the Backus auditorium in International Falls last night to discuss how to raise the needed renovation funds to prevent the complex from being permanently closed. “We’re kind of at a roadblock, another little hurdle,” said Kay Arnold, chair of the […]
Early on Monday, Randy Amenrud woke up around 2 a.m. not able to sleep and not knowing what to do. He got dressed in his fishing outfit, readied the boat, loaded the rods, reels, and tackle boxes, and went back inside his room at the Rainbow Motel here. He went […]
Fort Frances Coun. Tannis Drysdale was notified last week that she’ll be sitting on the Ontario Parks board of directors for a three-year term. “It should be interesting work,” she said Friday. “Provincial parks are crucial to the promotion and furthering of tourism in Ontario,” Coun. Drysdale added. “Throughout Northwestern […]
Whether or not the town has the right to declare certain property on the 1100 block of Nelson Street as surplus, and possibly divide it into lots for sale, is the question to which a group of residents called “Citizens to Preserve Williams Avenue Park” are determined to get an […]
Jim Barnick lived the high life Monday. He was able to do the two things he loves most in this world in the same day—fishing in the morning, with baseball coming in the afternoon. Barnick, from Hollywood, Fla., is an angler competing in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship later […]
The fire hazard is listed as “moderate to high” in the Fort Frances District, with pockets in around town, as well as in the Caliper Lake and Mine Centre areas, reaching “high to extreme,” the Ministry of Natural Resources reported Tuesday morning. But whether that means a rather quiet fire […]
While fish will be the focus for a lot of people at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship later this week, dogs will be in the spotlight briefly tomorrow when the Four Paws Pet Supply retriever contest gets underway. “It’s a great thing to come out and watch, and cheer […]
The Backus complex in International Falls, the former high school that was saved from permanent closure two years ago thanks to the efforts of concerned citizens, again is in danger of being condemned if the building does not undergo some costly renovations. The board of directors of Citizens for Backus/AB […]
Following a meeting Friday morning where local residents confronted the town’s Planning and Development executive committee with evidence that certain property on Nelson Street had been designated a “park,” the Superintendent of Planning and Development found more recent documentation that showed this was not accurate. Rick Hallam reported Friday afternoon […]
Some 4,500 members of the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada have ratified a new five-year contract with Abitibi-Consolidated. Results of the week-long vote by CEP locals across Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland were announced late Friday night by Brian Payne, CEP national president and chief negotiator. “This agreement will […]
