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It's the final week of the regular season in the Winnipeg High School Football League. Beaver Brae from Kenora is on the road today to take on the St. Norbert Celtics. Tomorrow, the Dryden Eagles will wrap up their schedule with a home date against their rivals from Fort Frances. Play-offs will begin next week.

There is a new location for this year's Rainy River Trail of Terror. The popular Hallowe'en-themed attraction will move indoors to the Rainy River Rec Centre. It has been running for the past five years, but the venue used was not available this year. Spokesperson Shannon Hagerty says the rec centre does provide the ab...

A head-on collision east of Atikokan has resulted in charges against one motorist. A pick-up truck and a passenger car came into collision near Huronian last week. One person was hurt and treated at the scene. Provincial Police say the driver of one of the vehicles was found to be impaired by drugs and his vehicle cros...

Fort Frances is facing a huge hike in policing costs. The contract with the Ontario Provincial Police for 2025 is estimated at over $3.4 million. Mayor Andrew Hallikas says it is a $700 thousand increase from this year's estimate. "I want to emphasize that it's an uncontrollable budget item. We have no control ove...

A search for a missing Fort Frances woman has come to a tragic end. Provincial Police say members of their Northwest Region Emergency Response Team found the body of the missing 23-year-old late Thursday afternoon. She had been reported missing last week. OPP says they do not consider her death to be suspicious but are...

Burning restrictions have been imposed in northeastern Minnesota., including Koochiching County. Campfires, burning of brush or yard waste and the use of fireworks are prohibited. The restrictions also apply to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness and Superior National Forest. The recent stretch of warm daytime te...

Fort Frances council is being asked to continue a summer ice pilot project for another year. Summer ice was installed at the Ice for Kids Arena for the first time in July and August. Almost 600 of the 770 available hours were used by community groups and programming such as public skating and shinny. That represents 77...

An electrical issue is to blame for an early dismissal at Falls Elementary School. Students and staff were forced to leave their classrooms on Thursday following the smell of smoke and a power outage that impacted a specific part of the building. School officials on Facebook stated there was no fire, but students and s...

Tbaytel continues its rollout of 5G cell service in the Rainy River District. Crews will be in Rainy River next week and Crozier a week later. As part of the upgrade, the 3G will be shut down, resulting in customers experiencing degraded service and intermittent outages of voice, text and data service. Users will still...

The name of the National Park Service Park Ranger who died Sunday in Voyageur National Park has been released. He is 55-year-old Kevin Grossheim. He died after a boat he was in capsized on Namakan Lake Sunday morning. Grossheim had rescued three campers prior and was towing their boat through strong winds and rough wat...