Staff Portage Avenue between Scott Street and First Street East was blocked off for a couple of hours yesterday afternoon following a multi-vehicle accident that occurred when a 65-year-old male went into medical distress while driving his Ford 150 pickup truck southbound on Portage. His vehicle hit a southbound pickup […]
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Sarah Pruys Station manager Kim Jo Bliss, far right, showed the roughly 70 people on hand the performance trials in the fields at the Emo Agricultural Research Station during its annual open house Thursday evening. The trials test different varieties of plants, such as oats and alfalfa, to see which […]
Lucas Punkari Defending champs Mark Ravelling, left, and Mike Luhman handed over the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship trophy to Jeff Gustafson and John Peterson on Saturday under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina after the long-time contenders won the 2013 tournament with a three-day weight of 55.42 […]
Dear editor: Did you know you can walk into almost any business or government agency across Canada, including a police station, but you can’t walk into a Ministry of Natural Resources office because the doors are locked? Instead, you must call them up and go through an interrogation before you […]
Linda Anne Dick, 64, of Red Lake, Ont., passed away died peacefully on Friday, July 26, 2013 at the Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital in Red Lake. Linda was a nurse who touched many lives in both her personal and professional life, both at Red Lake hospital and the Red Lake […]
Mae Mary DeGagne passed away March 26, 2013 in Whitby, Ont., where she was visiting her son, Dale, and family. Mae was born May 1, 1935 to the late Karl and Annie Bodnarchuk. She married her only love, Guy, who passed away June 14, 2010. They were married in 1952. […]
Robert D. Lindholm, 78, of Cloquet, Mn., passed away Monday, July 29, 2013 at his home with the love of his life, Isabelle, at his side. He was born March 16, 1935 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Victor and Anna (Persson) Lindholm. Bob was the youngest of nine brothers and […]
James John Carson McQuaker passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at the Emo Health Centre in Emo, Ont. in his 93rd year. He was born Sept. 5, 1920 in Pattullo Township, Ont. on the farm his parents, William and Annie McQuaker, homesteaded. He attended Pattullo #8 School. He met Iris […]
James Edward (Jim) Armstrong passed away Monday, July 29, 2013 in Thunder Bay, Ont. with loved ones at his side. A complete obituary will follow.
Mother Nature certainly didn’t play along but it was great to see the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship back where it belongs—under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina. The storm that rolled through Thursday put a damper on the “Comedy Night” staged by the Fort Frances Curling Club […]
