Duane Hicks Doug Kitowski, left, was sworn in by Mayor Roy Avis on Monday evening, making him the newest member of town council. Kitowski, who has been on boards such as the Committee of Adjustment, Planning Advisory Committee and Fort Frances Family Health Team, replaces the late Sharon Tibbs, who […]
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Heather Latter Stephan Brown showed off his skills while demonstrating how to skin a beaver on Saturday during a workshop at Crossroads School hosted by the Rainy River District Trapper Council.
Lucas Punkari Tanner Alcock, left, and Byron Stewart battled in front of Fort Frances Canadians’ goaltender Matt Booth at the Ice for Kids Arena on Sunday afternoon during the home side’s 4-1 win over the Kenora Thistles in the final game of the NWO PeeWee ‘AA’ League playoff tournament held […]
Dear editor, Congratulations to the Rainy River Future Development Corporation for bringing the “Go Local Rewards” concept to Fort Frances. The Rainy River District Federation of Agriculture would like to see this concept extended where Rainy River District businesses provide products to their customers that are truly local. As reported […]
Dear editor: I am writing to inform everyone of the changes that have happened to Fort Frances Little League baseball in the last year. The area that our league covered has been consolidated with the International Falls Little League. The Canadian players now will sign up directly with International Falls. […]
(July 24, 1963-March 15, 2013) Peacefully, at her home in Port Perry, surrounded by her loving family, on Friday, March 15, 2013 at age 49, Lorraine Elizabeth Posthumus (nee Kaemingh), dearly loved wife of Terry Posthumus, passed away. She was the loving mother of Theodore and his wife, Laura, and […]
Florie (Flora) Mills fell asleep in death on Saturday, March 16, 2013 after a year-long struggle with congestive heart failure. She would have been 87 on April 21. In 1920, Florie’s parents, Ekaterina and Wilhelm Kliner, fled the Bolshevik revolution in Belarus and sailed to Canada aboard the White Star […]
Betty Marsh (Aug. 1932-Feb. 2013) passed away peacefully in Calgary after a lengthy illness. Betty is survived by her daughter, Heather Battle, son-in-law Trevor, and grandson Abel Battle, as well as many sisters and brothers-in-law and many much loved nieces, nephews and friends. “Because I have loved life, I shall […]
It is great that there is now a full council at the table in Fort Frances. We congratulate Doug Kitowski for stepping forward to fill the vacancy left with the death of Sharon Tibbs. Fort Frances’ council is now on unfamiliar grounds. They face a major decline in tax revenue, […]
MORRISSEAU–Born to Lonny Morrisseau and Roslyn Tuesday, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Lonaya Phyllis, weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz. on March 11, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Heather Latter Eden Waldner put a felt bunny up on the board at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre during “Storytime” this morning, as librarian Evelyn Norris led the group of youngsters in Easter songs and rhymes. The public is reminded that despite the library’s change of hours, all […]
Heather Latter Diane Redsky of Shoal Lake First Nation offered up a presentation on human trafficking last night at the Métis Hall, focusing on what human trafficking is, as well as how to address and prevent it in our community. She noted human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation […]
