They are quietly behind the scenes at most major events and this weekend, well over 100 amateur radio operators quietly converged in Fort Frances for their annual get-together. “Camp 807,” a network of radio operators in Dryden, Kenora, and Fort Frances, gathered at the Holiday Village Campground to swap ideas, […]
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The Emo Bulldogs, who sparkled in last year’s Division II NAFA World Series, won’t be making the trip there later this month due to travelling and player availability problems. Team manager Grant Swire said a major barrier was getting their core squad together to play in tournaments outside the Rainy […]
Despite the absence of defending champions, the fifth-annual “Ball Blast” tournament, hosted by the Borderland men’s and women’s soccer leagues, still is looking to provide a fun weekend of competition. The Kenora Rangers men’s team dropped out of the tourney at the last minute while MEC, the defending women’s champs, […]
Margaret Heyens had as a recent visitor her son, John, from the Canadian Army based in Edmonton. He also visited with his sister, Lisa, and family at Ignace and Jennifer in Nestor Falls, before returning to his home base. John served with the peacekeepers in Bosnia but is uncertain of […]
The old cliche–“three strikes and you’re out”–almost described the Devlin/La Vallee area last Tuesday as three storms and perhaps a tornado roared through the villages. The first storm hit about 6:30 a.m., showing signs that this wasn’t a typical storm for our area as several willow trees were ripped out […]
Thunder head coach Wayne Strachan was pleased with the turnout and effort at the team’s first-ever tryout camp last weekend at the Memorial Sports Centre. But he had to face the task of cutting more than half of 65 local and out-of-town hopefuls who took to the ice trying to […]
After tornadoes touched down in Morson and Devlin, and torrential rains hit the rest of the district, residents showed strong community spirit by helping each other out. The morning after wind storms tore apart numerous barns and houses along Highway 613 in Devlin, residents were out helping to clear trees, […]
Following last Tuesday’s high winds and torrential downpours, several district communities are considering sending in applications for emergency funding through the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program. While communities like Devlin, Morson, and Rainy River are still reeling from the storm damage, councils and administrators are beginning to look to the […]
Pither’s Point beach here is still off-limits to swimmers after routine samples taken by the Northwestern Health Unit found dangerous levels of bacteria. The beach was closed for the first time last Thursday and remains closed after follow-up samples–taken Saturday–found the bacteria count was still high. “Samples that we’ve taken […]
Preparations for Muskie football and hockey tryouts will be taking place all this week, with both springing into action next Monday (Aug. 13). The football coaching staff has player and family information packages available for pick up at the high school during office hours (Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. […]
The Fort Frances Horticultural Society is seeing who’s got the best “green thumb” when it stages its annual flower and vegetable show tomorrow. Running from 2-8 p.m. at the Robert Moore auditorium, organizers are hoping exhibitors once again will get creative since this year’s theme is “Storybook Gardens.” “The theme […]
Several northwestern Ontario communities remain cut off as roads are flooded or washed out following Tuesday’s storms. Near Morson water is running through Highway 621, what used to be the only access road to the community, and the four-foot culvert there has washed away. “We’re cut off because of the […]
