Local News from Across the Rainy River District
You’ve probably heard that teenagers these days are lazy and will do anything to avoid work. Don’t believe it. Two grade 8 classes from Fort Frances High School laid that impression to rest. Over two days, they worked continuously planting trees in a gravel pit. The task was not easy […]
The Senior Games are in full swing. The first local event was billiards, held May 24. Les Baker, above, took the top spot, followed by Dave Jorgenson and Bill Naturkach, in second and third. Today, golf and floor shuffleboard are scheduled. The games will continue until June 7, with winners […]
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding motorists and passengers to Lock It OR Lose It when it comes to their vehicles and valuables. The annual provincial Lock It OR Lose It campaign (#LockItOrLoseIt) is sponsored by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) in partnership with the Insurance […]
Nearly 500 players have signed up for the Fort Frances Youth Soccer league this year, flooding the McIrvine Soccer pitch with a colourful crop of players several nights per week. The league has been forced work around the wet weather, resulting in several cancellations so far, but the season wraps […]
After a couple weeks of uncertainty, Mother Nature finally decided to cooperate for more than a day or two and let the racing action at the Emo Speedway get under way! Whether the cars have been fully prepped for the last couple of weeks or were just getting the final […]
Last week’s story about Borderland Jiu-Jitsu contained an error. In an effort to clarify wording, we changed the meaning of a quote. The quote which read: “It’s very similar to Judo,” Lockman said. “It’s a grappling martial art, it was basically created from Japanese Jiu-Jitsu which was also created from […]
Rainy Lake is expected to surpass 1950 flood levels this week, according to the latest release from the National Weather Service, out of Duluth, MN. Last night’s rain has yet to be fully integrated into the forecast – a new prediction is due tomorrow. According to the NWS, a rise […]
The 82-year old tug boat, a feature at the Sorting Gap Marina since 2009, has been taken out of the water to keep it from drifting away. According to Fort Frances Museum curator Kayleigh Speirs, “Attempts had been made to weigh the Hallett down using concrete blocks, however, due to […]
The Town of Fort Frances Municipal Emergency Control Group is continuing to monitor and take the necessary actions to ensure the protection of critical infrastructure, assets and properties directly affected by the high waters. As a result, the following closures (pedestrian and vehicular) have been implemented: Front Street between Minnie […]
The Public Health Agency of Canada says COVID-19 restrictions at the border will remain in place for at least another month. The agency made the announcement on Twitter, the day after Parliament voted down a Conservative opposition motion to revert to pre-pandemic rules for travel. Several pandemic restrictions are in […]
The mayor of Ottawa and the president of the region’s utility company are promising to launch a review into the local response to the May 21 storm as thousands of residents remain without power nine days later. As of Monday afternoon, nearly 8,000 hydro customers in more than a dozen […]
Elections Ontario says it has sent significantly more mail-in ballots to voters this time around. Voting kits have been mailed out to 126,135 eligible residents who sent in requests be- fore last week’s deadline. That’s a sharp increase from 2018, when only 15,202 ballots were doled out that way. Voting […]
