With the deadline to file a claim under the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program (ODRAP) coming up tomorrow, the local office manager said yesterday that district residents have filed $5.28-million in claims so far. “I’m sure we’ll see more than 400 claims by the end of today,” noted Ian Mollett. […]
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Council agreed Monday night to return a nuisance bear removal agreement to the Ministry of Natural Resources unsigned after citing numerous problems with a document presented to the town last month. “It was pretty one-sided,” Administration and Finance manager Darryl Allan said Tuesday. “The proposal agreement places additional responsibility on […]
Statuesque and secretive, she sat silently as her life was recounted to an eager crowd. The mysteries of the Rainy Lake mermaid were revealed last Thursday night during an art show in her honour at the Fort Frances Museum, where, among other things, listeners learned she wasn’t as old as […]
Local MP Robert Nault will be at 400 Scott St. tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. for a funding announcement regarding the Rainy River Future Development Corp. Residents also are invited to attend. “As far as I know, [the announcement] will be concerning the $250,000 of operational money for the RRFDC,” said […]
About 160 local residents will be getting phone calls starting tomorrow to complete a survey regarding citizen satisfaction with the services the town provides. Town council last night approved the survey, which was drawn up by the strategic planning committee during its planing process over the past year or so. […]
With the start of Muskie football camp yesterday came promise of resurrecting the ‘C’ program this fall. Muskie ‘A’ head coach Bob Swing said students entering Grade 6-8 this fall who are interested in playing football are welcome to attend an information meeting this Thursday (Aug. 15) at 5:30 p.m. […]
Pat Handorgan of Morson teamed up with Fred Greene (Shoal Lake) to win the 15th-annual Kenora Bass International over the weekend. The duo bagged 49.69 pounds over the three days en route to the $20,000 first prize. They also won “big catch” prizes for Day Two and Day Three, and […]
The annual Kitchen Creek Ladies Open on Saturday left Christin Thomson looking for more competition. The 19-year-old carded a one-under 73 (74 is par for women) to capture her third Open title in four years. Her closest competition in the first flight was Laureen Hill (87). “A lot of people […]
Quarterback Nealon Greene showed that he is as good a reliever as he is as a starter for the Saskatchewan Roughriders yesterday afternoon. Greene came off the bench to give the Roughriders a 30-14 victory over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Expecting to stay on the sidelines with a tender hamstring, Greene […]
In the early-morning hours of Saturday, Fort Frances OPP responded to a report of a boat and its occupants in distress on Sand Bay. It was reported that five people had been swimming from the boat around midnight when strong winds carried it out of the reach of three of […]
A residence at 945 McKenzie Ave. here was destroyed by fire around 1:30 a.m. on Monday, the Fort Frances Fire Department reported. “The small house was fully involved on our arrival,” said Fire Chief Steve Richardson. “But our firefighters were able to knock it back pretty quickly.” He noted two […]
The Town of Fort Frances wants to know if residents think it’s doing a good job and will undertake a citizen satisfaction survey in the near future—if council approves the questionnaire at Monday night’s regular meeting. CAO Bill Naturkach said the telephone survey, which “covers everything,” came out of the […]
