BURKHOLDER–Born to Byron and Gladys, of Mine Centre, Ontario, a boy, Forest Boyd, weighing 8 lbs. 10 oz. on March 1, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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GOODCHILD-MAJOR–Born to Norman Copenace and Kelly Major, of Nestor Falls, Ontario, a girl, Niisha Kree, weighing 5 lbs. 9 oz. on February 27, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
LaFRENIERE–Born to Justin LaFreniere and Alyx Barnard, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Carter Adrian, weighing 9 lbs. 2 oz. on February 24, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Kenneth Munn, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Monday, March 11, 2013 at his home. A celebration of his life will be held Friday, March 15, 2013 at 1 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow. Online condolences may be […]
Heather Latter Despite the lingering of winter, children participating in a special March Break “Family Storytime” sang some songs about spring this morning at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Other activities this week include the “I Wanna Be . . .” junior career fair there tomorrow from 1-4 […]
Lucas Punkari Denise Miault prepared to deliver a rock down the sheet while her husband, Peter, held her wheelchair in place as the Kenora Curling Club’s wheelchair curling team took to the ice this morning against local men’s senior teams at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The wheelchair rink, led […]
Staff The Fort Frances Lakers are back on track. The local Junior ‘A’ squad snapped their two-game mini-skid with a 5-3 win over the Thunder Bay North Stars last night at the Fort William Gardens. That victory, which improved the Lakers’ record to 35-17-1-2, also meant the playoff match-ups for […]
Staff Food security is everybody’s business. Next Tuesday is Food Security Gathering Action Day and here in Rainy River District, a food security gathering will take place from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Emo Inn. Food security is the notion that food a basic human right—the idea that everyone has […]
Staff After nearly a week of participants sculpting snow near the former Huffman School, the “Snoasis” community event wrapped over the weekend, with “Building Bridges” by Lindsay Hamilton and Joe Galbraith earning “Judges’ Choice.” Event organizer Samantha Manty said the race was “extremely close” between all three entries but in […]
