Local News from Across the Rainy River District
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden is offering formula manufacturers and retailers transportation and logistics support to ease the nationwide shortage of baby formula, as the administration works to bring the largest domestic plant back on line after it was shut down early this year due to safety issues. The […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The NCAA waited nearly a year to issue a warning that there are still rules to follow now that college athletes can earn money off their fame, sparking speculation that a crackdown could be coming for schools and boosters that break them. But the NCAA isn’t […]
Seattle Mariners (16-19, third in the AL West) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (18-17, third in the AL East) Toronto; Monday, 7:07 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Mariners: Chris Flexen (1-5, 4.24 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 22 strikeouts); Blue Jays: Yusei Kikuchi (1-1, 4.15 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, 27 strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Blue […]
Significant rainfall is forcing the Town of Fort Frances to change its plans for the annual free tipping day. Set to run tomorrow, Saturday, May 14, 2022, the rainfall received Thursday night into Friday morning has caused extremely wet conditions at the Fort Frances Landfill site, forcing the town to […]
Due to high-water levels, the town’s Emergency Control Group updated their emergency declaration to include flooding. Patrick Briere, emergency management specialist says the town is going to begin sandbagging efforts starting with protecting municipal infrastructure and assets. “We’re just looking to get ahead of the game,” says Briere. He says […]
Many people effected by the flooding may not have had overland flood and sewer back up coverage for various reason. Reason can be cost of the coverage can be too high, some areas are not eligible for the coverage and policy limits that may have been exceeded. Causeway owner John […]
Since Monday, carpenters in the industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) sector have been striking. The provincial-wide strike aims to increase the carpenter’s wages to keep pace with the rising costs of living. This is the first time the Union has been on strike in the ICI sector in 34 years. […]
At Monday night’s town council meeting, Fort Frances mayor June Caul provided a verbal update on many of the happenings that have been taking place in the municipality over the past few weeks. Beginning with the recent meeting of the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) at the Fort Frances Curling […]
On April 22, the White Pine Lift Station saw a critical infrastructure failure. The pump’s failure led to sewage backup in mostly the east part of Fort Frances. The town has been using a temporary pump which emergency management specialist Patrick Briere says has been no less effective then the […]
The Fort Frances landfill charges $72.80 per metric tonne, with a minimum charge of $18 per load. But on Saturday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., all garden waste can be dumped at no cost. Free Tipping Day is for garden waste only. This includes leaves, tree branches, […]
MAGRATH, ALBERTA – A fossil of a prehistoric lizard “on steroids” has been found at a mining site in southern Alberta. The partial fossil of a recently discovered mosasaurus was recently discovered at an ammolite mine south of Lethbridge. It lived in the inland sea that covered Alberta during the […]
LAKE LOUISE, ALBERTA – A Quebec resident has been fined $20,000 for taking 45 fossils from three national parks in the Rocky Mountains, including an internationally known fossil site. Parks Canada says in a news release that park wardens in Lake Louise, Alta., received a tip in 2020 from a […]
