Flooding in the aftermath of torrential rainfall Sunday night and all day Monday all but cut off Rainy River District off from the rest of the province—causing millions of dollars in damage. Late Tuesday, Emo was the latest community to declare a state of emergency, joining Rainy River, Atikokan, Dawson, […]
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Local participants took home their share of medals at the District 1A Senior Games here last week. The 70-strong contingent earned a total of 21 medals (seven gold, eight silver, and six bronze) during the three-day event. “This was our most successful senior games we’ve had here,” said convener Nick […]
Dave Allison got tired of calling family and friends back home to inquire how the Borderland Thunder was doing in their inaugural season this past winter. Well, the longtime coach will get the closest look possible next season. The 43-year-old Fort Frances native signed on to coach the team Monday […]
Arthur “Doc” Johnson, the unofficial spokesperson for the 1952 Allan Cup-winning Fort Frances Canadians, took the crowd of nearly 100 people attending the inaugural town sports banquet here Friday night back to a spring a half-century ago. And as the 78-year-old led off his speech by reciting a letter he […]
The Muskie boys’ soccer team scored their first goals—and earned their first win—at the all-Ontarios in Sturgeon Falls this morning but were on the outside looking in for a playoff berth. The black-and-gold edged host E.S. Franco Cite (Sturgeon Falls) 2-0 this morning to finish pool play with a 1-1-1 […]
Three district communities have declared a state of emergency in the wake of intense thunderstorms and torrential downpours over the past two nights that closed highways, caused flooding, and sparked power outages. “Lake of the Woods Township and Rainy River have declared states of emergency,” Fort Frances OPP Sgt. Dave […]
The Town of Fort Frances Municipal Control Group was officially on standby as of 11 a.m. today after evaluating the impact of severe storms that have ravaged the area over the past few days. “There is no emergency being declared at this time. But we’ll be meeting tomorrow morning and […]
About 100 local Safeway employees voted 92 percent here Sunday night on the tentative deal reached with the company late Thursday after about nine hours of bargaining. “It went very well,” said Dan Belluz, who had been in Kenora negotiating with the company and union teams from Safeway’s Dryden and […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce will propose the use of special tokens to commemorate next year’s centennial celebrations here in a presentation at Monday night’s town council meeting. “They’re a $3 high-quality coin that we’re having made to celebrate the Fort Frances centennial,” said Tannis Drysdale, president of the […]
Intense thunderstorms bringing torrential rains overnight washed out roads and caused power outages across the district. And work crews are bracing for even more flooding as up to 100 mm more rain is expected by Monday night. As of press time at noon Monday, motorists hoping to get to Atikokan, […]
The Muskie boys’ soccer team opened play at the “A/AA” all-Ontarios in Sturgeon Falls this morning with a 0-0 tie against Glengarry (Ottawa). They earned one point in their first of three pool games. They faced Bower District this afternoon (results weren’t available by press time), then wrap up pool […]
The first fastball tournament of the season is set to start tomorrow at Couchiching, but the host Bulldogs didn’t get the turnout they had hoped for. Just five of the eight teams competing are Rainy River District Fastball League squads—the Bull-dogs, Hyatt’s Construction, Sight and Sound, Barwick Blue Knights, and […]
