Joey Payeur Dylan Kooner was a magic man with the puck—pulling off a neat stick-handling trick to elude Thunder Bay goalie Nathaniel Dupuis to score the Fort Frances Lakers’ first goal in the first period of Friday night’s 5-2 loss to the visiting North Stars at the Ice For Kids […]
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It’s that time of year again when the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce comes with hat in hand before town council to request funding to help with tourism-related expenses—just as it’s done for the past 20 years or more. Council has acquiesced, though at times seeming to do so grudgingly. […]
Shaun Loney Dear editor: Paul Olsen’s letter to the editor in last week’s issue of the Fort Frances Times highlights why Canada needs to move on reconciliation. He writes at length about my recent best-selling book called “An Army of Problem Solvers: Reconciliation and the Solutions Economy” but has never […]
Kevin Marusyk Dear editor: On Jan. 4, I drove to Winnipeg via the Baudette-Warroad route to get family to the airport there. Highway 11 to Rainy River was in awful condition after the snowstorm that went through the area. I was glad to be driving in four-wheel drive with snow […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Rudy Roulston after a short battle with cancer on Monday, Jan. 2, 2017. Rudy leaves to mourn his daughters, Bonny and Elaine (Paul Kaiser); grandchildren, Bernice, William, Susan (Andrew Rae), Michael, and Melissa (Logan Galpin); and six great-grandchildren. He also is survived […]
Margaret Jeanette Nelson passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017 at Princess Court Long-Term Care in Dryden, Ont. Margaret was born in Gravelbourg, Sask. on Feb. 10, 1918 to Frances and Elias McFee. As a young child, they moved to Miscampbell, Ont., where she grew up. Mom lived her […]
The family of Mary Marsh, 91, would like to announce her passing peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017 in Bemidji, Mn. Mary was born on Feb. 12, 1925 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Nick and Polly Korman. She attended school in Fort Frances until Grade 10 and then went to […]
It is with profound sadness that our family announces the passing of LeRoy Kenneth Mathews, 69, on Dec. 18, 2016 after a short but courageous battle with cancer. He left peacefully and quietly with loved ones by his side. Dad graduated from Falls High School in 1965. He also served […]
Margaret Grace Rahn (nee Canfield) passed away at home, with her family, on Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 in Nanaimo, B.C. Margaret was born on Aug. 21, 1920 on the family farm north of Barwick, Ont. to pioneering homesteaders Jennie and Willard Canfield. She lived most of her 96 years on […]
With great sadness, the family announces the peaceful passing of Ross McLean, 93, of Rainy River, Ont., and formerly of Spohn Twp (Harris Hill), Ont., on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017 at the Rainy River Health Centre. Ross was born on May 16, 1923 to Sarah (nee Campbell) and John Francis […]
