Missing Boys Found in Fort Frances

Canadian Customs officers are being credited for helping find two missing boys from Missouri.

The boys were with their father when they attempted to cross the border at Fort Frances Saturday afternoon.

The children, aged six and three, had been subjects of an Amber Alert.

Police in Missouri says the father was arrested and the boys taken into the care of Canadian authorities after Customs officers learned they had been wanted.

Service Centre Proposed

An Alberta developer is looking at building a large vehicle service centre in the west end of Fort Frances.

Danny Lizotte is in the process of purchasing a piece of property at the corner of Pit Road 2 and Highway 11 and is looking to have a sewer line connected.

Lizotte says the centre would employ five people to start and provide services to large vehicles currently not available in the district.

Following Election Twitter

A Lakehead University professor is counting the tweets.

Livio DiMateo says he is checking out which of the local candidates in the federal election are on Twitter and seeing what kind of following they have.

"I weas very interested in knowing how the candidates were making use of some of the newer social media," says DiMateo. "What I've been doing is following the number of twitter followers on my blog called 'Northern Economists'."

DiMateo says he wants to see if the number of followers a candidate has matches the vote count at the end of the election.

Victims of Crime Awareness Week

It's National Victims of Crime Awareness Week.

Peggy Loyie of the Rainy River District Victims Services says they're using the week to promote its services.

"We are here to work with police," says Loyie. "In our area that with OPP and Treaty 3. We work with emergency medical services, fire, hospital. If there's a crisis, our volunteers are ready to go in and provide those practical supports."

Loyie says the agency has about twenty-one volunteers who make themselves available to help victims.

Province Helps Victims of Crime

The Ontario government is spending $900-thousand to help victims of crime and their families deal with the justice system.

The province is spending the money to tackle some of the challenges victims and their families face when attending trials.

Cellphone Tower Opposed

An environmental group is going to court today to try to block AT&T's plan to build a 450-foot cellphone tower near the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.

The Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness says the flashing lights would be visible from several lakes and waterways within the remote area.

AT&T Mobility says the tower will extend cell service to residents and cabins east of Ely and allow paddlers in the waters to call for help in emergencies.

Festival Resumes

The Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts enters its second week today with vocal performances taking the stage.

They begin at Knox United Church beginning at 9 a.m.

Dean Jobin-Bevan of Thunder Bay will adjudicate.