Closed highways and washouts played havoc with big businesses that transport goods throughout the district—and are expected to continue causing headaches for weeks ahead. Abitibi-Consolidated had to divert trucks and wood chips, and halt use of hundreds of logging roads in the region, following two days of torrential rain last […]
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With the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing having declared the entire Rainy River District a disaster area Friday, town council officially agreed with the decision during a special meeting Monday night. “It’s a very good thing to do,” said Mayor Glenn Witherspoon. “All kinds of people don’t have insurance […]
Rainy Lake water levels have exceeded those from last year—and are still rising. “The lake level is still rising but the rate of rise is slower,” Rick Walden, engineering advisor for the International Rainy Lake Board of Control, noted Monday morning. “It is six cm higher than the peak from […]
Despite the fact there’s no fires currently burning in the Fort Frances District, Ministry of Natural Resources FireRanger crews have had a hectic schedule over the past few weeks. “After last week’s storms, we’ve been very busy,” said Matt Myers, the MNR’s fire management supervisor here. He noted FireRanger crews […]
A dozen of the 18 holes at Kitchen Creek golf course were re-opened over the weekend, with the pro shop predicting a full opening within the next day or so. The six holes along Kitchen Creek—#7, #8, #9, #10, #17 and #18 (under the new holing system)—remained closed because bridges […]
It didn’t take long for Shane Bliss to find himself behind a bench again. Bliss agreed to join the coaching staff of the Muskie boys’ hockey team for next season, it was announced Wednesday. “I’m very happy to be part of the Muskie program,” Bliss, 31, said Friday morning. “I’ve […]
The Town of Rainy River lifted its state of emergency declaration Friday morning. Despite almost all the flood gates now open at the dam at Fort Frances, the water levels in have dropped by several inches since Wednesday. “Since 10:30 p.m. Thursday to 8:30 a.m. [Friday], the river has dropped […]
Four more gates in the Rainy Lake dam were opened yesterday—two in the early afternoon and the other two in the late afternoon, the International Rainy Lake Board of Control announced. The two gates already had been opened earlier Thursday. The IRLBC authorized the opening of the four other gates […]
With July 1 only a little over two weeks away, “Fun in the Sun” organizers are looking to make this year’s Canada Day parade better than ever. “We’re always trying to make the parade bigger,” parade co-ordinator Dawn Booth said this morning. “We want to encourage businesses and service clubs […]
All main highways will be opened soon, Rainy River and other communities have been downgraded from a state of emergency, and flood waters are receding as communities get back to normal. As reported in Thursday’s Daily Bulletin, Highway 71 to Kenora is now open to daytime traffic, with a detour […]
Municipal Affairs and Housing minister Chris Hodgson on Friday declared the entire Rainy River District a disaster area, making it eligible for funding under the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program. The declaration covers the 10 municipalities and unorganized areas in the district, including Fort Frances, as well as the Township […]
The Northwestern Health Unit is advising all people not on municipal water to boil drinking water until their wells are tested. “We’ve been in touch with the Ministry of the Environment and all municipal water supplies are fine,” municipal and environmental health consultant Bill Limerick said Thursday morning. But Limerick […]
