Receiving about 68 mm of rain in less than 12 hours Monday night was more than the Atikokan drainage sewers could handle–causing many basements there to flood. “Over 50 would be my estimation right now but I really don’t have a clue,” noted Peter Kerr, director of operations for Atikokan. […]
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The deadline for youth to enroll in the River Theatre’s Summer Musical Theatre Program is fast approaching. “I want to let people know the deadline is Friday [July 20] and we need more participants. We need about 15 to run the camp,” said Renee Martin, the camp’s music director. The […]
The Emo Research Station will be open to anyone interested in research projects, industry news, or just studying crop success next Tuesday (July 24) at 7 p.m. The station, owned and operated by the University of Guelph, hosts the open house each year to share its ongoing projects with the […]
The new recycling truck added to the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association’s fleet for Fort Frances back in May is out of commission after catching fire Saturday. “The truck was going very well until Saturday, when it started on fire,” noted Cindy Buttner, owner of Buttner Enterprises which picks up the […]
Those attending the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship next week once again have an alternative to alcoholic drinks during the evenings thanks to the local chapter of Ontario Students Against Drinking and Driving (OSAID) “We had a really great time [making ‘mocktails’] last year, and it was great success–we broke […]
Until recently, Casa Ampara did not have a problem with advanced education–the girls at the orphanage never expected to receive any more schooling than what they already had. Few had even finished secondary school. And those who did generally left the Casa fully unprepared for the outside world. The girls […]
For Stella Keast, comfort comes in the form of a dress. Keast, who is critically ill with auto-immune hepatitis, dons the traditional Ojibway “jingle” costume whenever she can to take part in pow-wows and other cultural events that lift her spirits. Since her illness, these customs have taken on a […]
With less than a week to go before a two-day kayakers’ symposium kicks off here, Eric and Caren Fagerdahl of Rainy Lake Boatworks have more news to report. Earlier this week, they received two phone calls from people offering to contribute their own expertise to the family’s second-annual symposium. The […]
Now on Day 69 of their strike against the Association of Community Living here, CUPE Local #65 members were buoyed by Friday night’s fundraiser at the local Legion. “After the social, people’s spirits are really up and they’re already talking about the next event,” Local #65 president Gwen Miller noted […]
With less than a month to go before his fourth-annual bike tour, Donny Little of Kenora already has raised some $4,000 for the Brain Injury Services of Northern Ontario (BISNO)–a cause near and dear to his heart. Little, now 32, was a typical teenager in the summer of 1985, spending […]
Every Thursday for the next six weeks, the Fort Frances Public Library will hold a special event for children–ranging from a morning of games to an afternoon cooking lesson. “We have had no problem getting children to sign up for these ‘Thrilling Thursday’ events,” said librarian Margaret Sedgwick. “We have […]
Momentum is gathering in the push to have both a provincial jail and young offenders’ facility in the district. After meeting with a private consulting firm, the Jeffery Group, from Toronto last Thursday, Emo Reeve Russ Fortier, Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, Rainy River First Nation Chief Jim Leonard, and […]
