Beavers which had built a dam flooding a trail in Caliper Lake Provincial Park near Nestor Falls have been successfully “baffled” by members of the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club’s junior conservationists. On Saturday morning, the groups, their guides, and a park employee hiked 1.5 km into the bush with their […]
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Richard Bellamy, who is the first to admit he enjoys doing “oddball things,” is gaining a reputation as one of Rainy River District’s more colourful characters. Inside his trailer, workshop, and dotting his yard along Highway 11/71 just west of Devlin are a number of machines and inventions he spends […]
The Barwick and Morley Park beaches remain closed due to high levels of bacteria after being declared “unsafe for swimming” last Thursday. “The second set of samples came back bad,” said Bill Limerick, environmental health team leader with the Northwestern Health Unit. The beaches will remain closed until two consecutive […]
With one final antic–a tree-planter putting in his last 20 trees in the nude–another season of tree-planting has ended for Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. Altogether this year, Abitibi has had roughly 5.5 million trees planted in the district’s forests by hand, and as much as double that by aerial seeding. As required […]
Mike Allison has quit as head coach of the Borderland Thunder hockey team after several discussions with management on the lack of time he was able to put into the team. Wayne Strachan has been named head coach while a new assistant will join Shane Bliss as his aides as […]
A new $500,000 abattoir hopefully will draw even stronger support after the Rainy River Future Development Corp. promotes it at a booth during the Emo Fair next month. The decision was made during a meeting Monday evening in Stratton, where the RRFDC and district cattlemen further discussed the project. “We […]
After days–if not weeks–of pre-fishing, it’s now do-or-die time for the 130 teams hitting the water Thursday morning in the seventh-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. But while pre-fishing may have helped anglers find the hot spots, or at least discover fishing patterns they can use during the real thing, […]
Fort Frances OPP is advising the public to be aware of counterfeit money circulating here after a fake $100 bill was returned to a local bank yesterday. Anyone suspecting any Canadian note to be counterfeit should retain the bank note, record the details of the money, and contact the OPP […]
In this remote community that has been called the suicide capital of the world, another young person has fallen prey to the “devil of suicide.” Family, friends, and community members buried 15-year-old Cynthia Keeper yesterday in the backyard of her family home, as is the custom here, a simple wooden […]
Firefighters have been busy as storm activity across the region resulted in 43 new blazes since Friday–and the hazard continues to climb. Sioux Lookout remained the hot spot in the West Fire Region, seeing a total of 25 fires–many of which are threatening communities such as Bearskin Lake. About eight […]
Town council agreed Monday night to hire a computer consultant before money is invested in new software for the Civic Centre. Council plans to proceed with purchasing new software but will get advice from a qualified consultant so that the money spent on it is invested wisely. “They will look […]
Erica Strom, who teamed up with Cos and Cory Costa, took top honours Sunday in the fourth-annual Kid-Pro tournament held in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. They had a total weight of 13.14 pounds–.76 pounds more than runner-up Riley Kellar, who was fishing with Dave Lindsay and […]
