Staff While staffing levels don’t always allow on-duty OPP officers to take part in community events like parades, off-duty ones can volunteer to participate and use police vehicles. Local detachment commander Insp. Steve Shouldice told the Police Services Board on Friday that it is hard to commit on-duty officers to […]
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Heather Latter The local Canadian Mental Health Association’s 1K and 5K walk/run, entitled “Steps Against Stigma,” was deemed a success despite the cold, windy, and rainy conditions Saturday. “Everyone was really motivated and good-spirited, and I think overall it was a really good event,” said CMHA rehab program assistant Kristi […]
Duane Hicks The Ontario government soon will be engaging communities to share its proposed new model for billing municipalities for OPP policing services, as well as get feedback on how this should be implemented. “It’s really early in the process,” noted John McTaggart, chair of the local Police Services Board. […]
Duane Hicks Saturday’s cold, wet weather was not enough to stop the undead from rising from their tombs for the second-annual Fort Frances Zombie Walk. The event drew about 30 ghouls of all ages, from infants to middle-age adults, who put on their best zombie costumes and then staggered and […]
Joey Payeur Mildred Lalond and Guthrie United Church spent their first days—and many more after that—within a stone’s throw of each another. But Lalond, the first person baptized in the Devlin church that was built in 1913 and a longtime member of its congregation, knows better than to cast the […]
Joey Payeur A month away from getting his team into action, Jamie Davis is like a kid counting down the days until Christmas. And the first-year head coach of the Muskie boys’ hockey team is fairly certain he’s going to like what he finds under the tree this season. “To […]
Duane Hicks Jason Gervais brought along a “snack” for the Fort Frances Zombie Walk on Saturday. For the second-straight year, Gervais won the prize for best costume at the community event.
Joey Payeur Michael Redford, left, and Taylor Chown surrounded themselves in autumn’s beauty during the fall trail walk put on by the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club at the Rocky Inlet trails on Sunday. The club offered tours of the trails to visitors, as well as a wild rice cooking […]
Dave Ogilvie Lt(N) Dawn Gray, left, the newly-appointed Commanding Officer of the 144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Fort Frances, signed the “Change of Command” certificates along with Area Cadet Officer Capt. Chris Johnston-Brown, centre, and outgoing CO Lt(N) Terry Newman, CD, during a ceremony in Emo last Tuesday. The […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Agnes Hill announces her passing on Monday, Sept. 23, 2013 at the UBC Transitional Care Unit in Vancouver, B.C. at the age of 92. Agnes was born in Nagyborzsony, Hungary on Aug. 8, 1921 to Martin and Agnes Kempf. She emigrated […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Louise Frances LaBossiere announces her passing on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. Louise was born May 18, 1938 in Prince Albert, Sask. to Gertrude and Harold Neufeld. She married Omer in 1965 […]
