A second person has been charged in connection with the stabbing death of a 16-year-old male here July 31. Tara George, 20, of Thunder Bay was taken into police custody Sunday on a charge of manslaughter, Fort Frances OPP reported. She was escorted here from Thunder Bay yesterday and briefly […]
News
What is acceptable behavior and what is not is the basis for the provincial “Code of Conduct” introduced last year. Tonight, the Rainy River District School Board will vote to approve its mandated “code” at its regular meeting, which is being held at Rainy River High School this month. “This […]
Police charged a pair of men with drinking and driving over the weekend. A 25-year-old man was stopped on the 200 block of Scott Street on Saturday evening and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level over 80 mg. He is slated to appear in court […]
The Muskie court teams finished the NorWOSSA regular season on a high note here yesterday, claiming three out of four win against the Kenora Broncos. The highlight was the senior boys’ volleyball match. After losing the first two sets 25-19 and 27-25, the Muskies faced match point in the third […]
The manager of the Arthritis Society’s North West Region will be in Fort Frances on Wedneday to recognize the outstanding contributions of local residents. They include Sylvia Ottarson and Shirley Dolph of here, Steve Yeryk of Rainy River, and the Knights of Columbus (Rainy Lake Council #2766 here and the […]
The Borderland Thunder hit two road bumps this weekend—losing 5-2 on Saturday and then 4-3 yesterday to the Feathermen Hawks. The Hawks (9-3-2), who are unbeaten in their last nine games, leaped over the Thunder and Dryden Ice Dogs for first place atop the Superior International Junior Hockey League. The […]
Local MP Robert Nault responded angrily yesterday to the United States Department of Commerce’s preliminary determination in its anti-dumping investigation of softwood lumber from Canada. The department determined Canadian softwood lumber exports to the United States were dumped in the U.S. on average by 12.58 percent. “This decision is absolutely […]
Kenora OPP is investigating a two-vehicle accident that occurred yesterday afternoon Highway 17 near Royal Lake Road, resulting in the Trans-Canada being closed for about two hours. The accident occurred around 3 p.m. when a westbound tractor-trailer unit and an eastbound pickup truck collided about 30 km west of Kenora, […]
With the NorWOSSA playoffs set for a week from today here, the Muskies won just one out of four matches against the visiting Dryden Eagles yesterday afternoon. The Muskies will wrap up the regular season here Monday against the Kenora Broncos. The senior girls’ basketball team and both the senior […]
Local singers have their chance to join in on a holiday tradition when the Choraliers hold their first rehearsal for the Christmas cantata this coming Monday at St. Mary’s Church. “We desperately need men that can sing,” organizer Diane Maxey stressed yesterday. “We do have some good men who have […]
Kenora OPP is investigating the sudden death of 35-year-old Whitefish Bay First Nation man reported last night. A post-mortem was scheduled for later today but foul play is not suspected, police said. Police were notified around 8: 30 p.m. by the victim’s family when Daniel Joseph, a Whitefish Bay First […]
While town streets may have been filled with pirates, ghosts, zombies, and other creatures, police reported “monsters” pretty much behaved themselves on Hallowe’en. “We had a couple incidents of bigger kids stealing candy from younger kids but other than that, it was quiet,” Fort Frances OPP Cst. Cam Howard said […]
