Emo, Rainy River, and Dryden have been included on the latest list of communities ordered yesterday to step up operations at their water treatment plants after failing to meet stringent standards for drinking water. And that’s news to the plant managers in both Emo and Rainy River. “They never told […]
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With much of the field trials already harvested at the Emo research station in Northwestern Ontario, manager Kim Jo Bliss isn’t expecting bumper yields. Cold, wet conditions throughout most of the summer made it a poor year for crops, Bliss said, noting the area is some 200 heating degree days […]
It’s not on a map of Northwestern Ontario or Ontario, or even a municipal one, but just south of Devlin lies Mud Lake City–“Population one, sometimes two.” Founded in 1976, the “city,” located about 20 km west of Fort Frances, has grown to include a bank, courthouse, blacksmith shop, garage, […]
Alberton will only have one referendum question on the ballot for this fall’s municipal election after all. After a public session July 20, Alberton council had decided to include four questions on the ballot in a referendum over building a new community hall there. But after talking to ministry reps, […]
Atikokan residents have been urged to boil their drinking water after regular samples were found to contain harmful bacteria. “We issued a boil-water advisory because we had adverse water in test results,” confirmed Bill Limerick, environmental team leader for the Northwestern Health Unit. The boil-water advisory went into effect last […]
Although they’ve received only a dozen or so surveys back from anglers after last month’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, the director of angler services is liking what she’s seeing on the forms. “This provides a good source of information for next year–and there’s been lots of positive feedback so […]
“Safeway.” Not many 11-year-olds would say that when asked what their favourite part of Fort Frances is. But that’s exactly how Dmitry (Dima) Fedoruk, a native of Belarus, answered. “In his country, they don’t have such a place where everything is there,” said Fedoruk’s host mother, Cathy Zin, explaining his […]
Caring for and reviving the fish caught during the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship–which had been taken from live wells, weighed, displayed to audience, held in tanks, and then measured and aged before taking them back to Rainy Lake–requires much effort and a great number of volunteers. According to Leo […]
Construction of a new Canada Customs and Immigration facility on Church Street here could begin in a matter of weeks after Fort Frances council gave the go-ahead at a special meeting yesterday afternoon. “I’m not happy with the customs facility but it’s the best we can have with this location,” […]
Just days before the Human Resources Centre of Canada for Students (HRCC-S) closes its doors for the season, its placement officers are proud to announce a successful summer. The centre, a division of the federal government which works to match up students and employers for the summer, said they placed […]
The Terry Fox Run–which almost didn’t happen here in Fort Frances–now has a seven-person committee to head it after a meeting Tuesday afternoon. The Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau stepped in last Friday and has now organized a group to manage the annual run next month. “[The meeting] went very well,” […]
The director of education for the Rainy River District School Board said trustee representation for the November election has been firmed up–and nothing much has changed. “Rainy River will get one, Atikokan will get one, Fort Frances will get two, Emo will get one, and Devlin/La Vallee will get one,” […]
