Heather Latter Ashtyn Dokuchie, left, and Nicole Gage volunteered to help fill sandbags at the Point yesterday evening to help combat the rising waters. The emergency measures truck has since relocated to the Sorting Gap Marina, where workers this morning were filling and placing sandbags from the west end of […]
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Joey Payeur Ian Jodoin of La Place Rendez-Vous Voyageurs U18 team, right, wound up eluding Sheldon Demers of Manitou Forest Products on this first-half foray in Borderland Soccer League men’s division action yesterday evening. Jodoin scored twice as the Voyageurs won 4-2 to hand Manitou its first loss of the […]
Heather Latter Arthur Cox concentrated on painting a “camera” for his dad as a Father’s Day gift on Saturday afternoon at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. There are plenty of activities and events planned for children at the library. Check its website for more information.
Haley Anderson Sandbags have been piled up to help protect the deck at La Place Rendez-Vous but the barrier may have to be built even higher as Rainy Lake continues to rise.
David Ogilvie The Lions Park in Emo has been flooded over the past few days, with waters now into the playground area as well as covering the picnic pavilion. Downstream, the township has been sandbagging around the well that provides water to the water treatment facility and has requested that […]
Joey Payeur The ninth fairway at Kitchen Creek Golf Club looked more suitable for a regatta than golf on Monday following last week’s torrential rains caused the creek to jump its banks. The club hoped to be open again by today after being closed since last Wednesday.
Haley Anderson Ontario Clean Water Agency manager Larry Wachter provided some perspective to the height of sandbags laid down to protect the company’s equipment at the sewage treatment plant on the lower river here.
Duane Hicks The government dock on Sand Bay, already in a state of ill-repair, has broken apart due to the high water levels on Rainy Lake.
Haley Anderson Secondary school graduate Dacia Cloud was excited to accept her diploma from Sean McTaggart yesterday during the Seven Generations Education Institute’s 23rd-annual graduation ceremony at the Memorial Sports Centre, where more than 140 students crossed the stage before feasting and enjoying the “Traveling Song.”
Heather Latter Teagan Rousseau, four, was all smiles after receiving her Fort Frances Nursery School diploma yesterday at Knox United Church. The youngsters also received a baseball cap and a bag of goodies, followed by a celebration lunch with their families. The pre-school program will resume in September, with registration […]
courtesy of Patrick Hyatt This section of Highway 11, which washed out yesterday morning just west of Van Drunen Road in La Vallee Township, was one of the more dramatic examples of the effects of the torrential rain that fell on the district earlier this week. Traffic had to be […]
Duane Hicks Kaitlyn Chiasson, left, and David Loney are on the job handing out information to visitors outside the former tourist information centre here. Hopefully, they’ll soon be able to occupy the building instead of being set up under a tent.
