Diana Nixon Dear editor: On Aug. 1, 2007, the I35W bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed. The new bridge is ahead of the contractually committed date of Dec. 24, 2008, and is anticipated to be open to traffic between mid-September and mid-October with a 100-year life span, 10 […]
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While tick season seems to be dragging on a little longer than usual this summer, there’s been few signs of their Lyme disease-causing cousins, the deer tick (or black-legged tick), in the Kenora-Rainy River catchment area. Al Mathers, environmental health officer with the Northwestern Health Unit, said they’ve been on […]
FORT FRANCES—Construction work on the Noden Causeway is moving along according to schedule, with the first phase—work on the 138-metre east low level portion—to completed by the end of October. MTO regional director Larry Lambert said in an interview last week that since work began this spring, the existing asphalt […]
Despite weather wreaking havoc on the opening day of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship yesterday, John Janousek and Chad Johnson (Team #17) were able to overcome the elements and reel in a tournament-leading catch of 18.98 pounds. “We fished the south arm,” Johnson noted. “We caught a couple of […]
“Getting Hooked” fishing show anglers Aaron Shirley, front, and Barry Pringle casted off the boat launch at the Noden Causeway before departing for a day of filming on Rainy Lake Monday.
Registering your son or daughter for minor hockey just got easier. The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association has updated its registration process, allowing interested players to sign up online on the FFMHA’s website at www.fortfranceshockey.com “FFMHA has worked with both Hockey Canada and Hockey Northwestern Ontario to be one of […]
FORT FRANCES—While there will be areas of open water on Rainy Lake for Minnesota anglers on their walleye-opener this Saturday, the North Arm of Rainy Lake remains iced in. While it all depends on the good graces of Mother Nature, at least two local pilots were hopeful “ice-out” would occur […]
The provincial government’s five-year renovation program for the Noden Causeway will start this spring, Northern Development and Mines minister Michael Gravelle announced here last week. “Certainly one of the issues of great importance to all of us here in the northwest, but particularly here in Fort Frances, is our highways […]
FORT FRANCES—Northern Development and Mines minister Michael Gravelle was in town Thursday to announce the beginning of the provincial government’s five-year renovation program for the Noden Causeway here. The first in a series of contracts has been awarded to Bruno’s Contracting of Thunder Bay. With a value of $6.58 million, […]
Mayor Roy Avis presented Northern Development and Mines minister Michael Gravelle with a print of an airplane flying over the Noden Causeway by local artist Cher Pruys yesterday. Gravelle was here to announce the first stage of causeway reconstruction to take place this year.
FORT FRANCES—If you are planning a summer vacation over the next several years that takes you east of Fort Frances, you’d better be prepared for construction delays. Ray Krisciunas, with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, outlined plans to rehabilitate the Noden Causeway east of Fort Frances for members of the […]
It was great to see so many people, particularly those new to the sport of cross-country skiing, turn out for the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club’s family ski day this past Sunday. With Borderland finally seeing a “normal” winter again, club organizers say the 11-km network of trails off Rocky […]
