While 15 people at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital (McKellar site) are believed to have contracted the Norwalk virus, no cases have been reported yet in the Kenora-Rainy River Districts, the Northwestern Health Unit said Thursday. “There’s none that we know of,” said Dr. Pete Sarsfield, CEO and medical officer […]
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Emo OPP is continuing to investigate a single-vehicle accident on Frog Creek Road around 11 a.m. yesterday that left one female teenager dead. The teen, who was a passenger in the vehicle, was taken by ambulance to La Verendrye hospital, where she was pronounced deceased, police said. Her identity was […]
Local Christmas shoppers once again will be greeted by the jingling of bells this holiday season. The Fort Frances Salvation Army kicked off its annual Christmas kettle campaign yesterday morning in front of the SAAN store on Scott Street. Mayor Glenn Witherspoon was on hand to take the first shift […]
The Fort Frances Power Corp. was told yesterday that its customers won’t be getting the $75 rebate promised by the province because they are ineligible for it according to regulations accompanying Bill 210. “It’s very surprising,” FFPC CEO Mark McCaig said this morning. “We were under the impression our customers […]
The Borderland Thunder’s latest acquisitions will be moving from the outhouse to the penthouse. Head coach Dave Allison announced yesterday the addition of forwards Ryan Sinclair and Christopher “Critter” Nagurski in two separate cash transactions as the Thunder head into this weekend’s two-game set here against the Thunder Bay KC […]
Jared Catholique-Bruyere stared his nemesis in the face—and then put him on his backside. The 15-year-old judoist from Couchiching beat archrival Mike Grunberg to win the 81+ kg division final at the Canada Winter Games qualifying meet in Ajax, Ont. last weekend. Catholique-Bruyere earned his spot at the Games, slated […]
Cliff Hagen must have tree sap running through his veins. He built his first log home at the age of 12, and then his second at 17. “I haven’t looked back since,” said Hagen, who now owns a log home business called Hagen Log Homes up Highway 71 in Finland. […]
Trustees with the Northwest Catholic District School Board went online and interactive at their monthly meeting here Saturday morning. As part of the meeting, trustees got a hands-on demonstration of the wireless laptop network St. Michael’s School, and other schools in the district, have been running since September. Cindy Glavish, […]
Employees at the Voyageur Panel OSB mill in Barwick were praised Monday and Tuesday for their exceptional safety record. It has been two years since the mill had a lost-time incident and it was having a party to celebrate the occasion. Balloons were hung up, punch was made, and employees […]
Starting in January, you won’t have to go across the border to International Falls to see movies in a theatre setting. Fort Frances High School has acquired a license from Criterion Pictures to show movies at the Townshend Theatre as a fundraising project, including some months before they are available […]
The Kiwanis skate park project is looking to get a big fundraising boost this Saturday afternoon when a “skateboard-a-thon” is held at the ’52 Canadians Arena. “It’s been great,” said Gord McQuarrie, owner of Skates and Blades and the adult rep on the youth committee that’s been organizing the skateboard-a-thon, […]
After several months of talking with the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care, and recently getting its blessing, the Rainy River District Social Services Administrative Board is looking to establish landing pads for helicopters to transport people for emergency medical purposes in Fort Frances, Rainy River, and Emo early next […]
