COVEL–Born to Tyler Covel and Jessica Foran, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Arianna Maleya, weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz. on May 7, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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A graveside service to celebrate the life of Mary Ann Dutka will be held Friday, May 25, 2012 at 2 p.m. at the Riverview Cemetery in Fort Frances, Ont. Fr. Wayne McIntosh will officiate, followed by interment in Riverview Cemetery. Mary Anne passed away on Sunday, Dec. 18, 2011 at […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Alvina Zrum announces her peaceful passing, with her family at her side, on Friday, May 18, 2012 at Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. in Fort Frances, Ont. Alvina was born Jan. 20, 1925 in New Westminster, B.C. to Ernest and Ester […]
Ingried Gushulak, 77, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Saturday, May 19, 2012 with her family at her side. Funeral arrangements are pending, and a complete obituary to follow.
Staff Local fitness instructor Arlene Georgeson and Krista Nielson, with the Northwestern Health Unit here, are co-ordinating a six-week “Walk Fit” program. It started yesterday, but it is not too late to sign up for the challenge. “We will still be taking sign-ups during Week 1 of the program,” noted […]
Heather Latter Dozens of people turned out Saturday afternoon to join local MPP Sarah Campbell’s rally at the former Ontario Travel Information Centre (OTIC) here in support of tourism and to show the provincial government that the OTICs in Northwestern Ontario are not for sale. Campbell is urging the public […]
Duane Hicks Aaron Meyers enjoyed a walleye dinner Friday during the 42nd-annual Manitou fish fry at the Rainy River First Nations’ pow-wow grounds. Despite the heat, more than 800 people from across the district came out to eat fried walleye, smoked sturgeon, fried potatoes, bannock, wild rice, coleslaw, and macaroni […]
Staff A total of six fires are burning in the Northwest region, including a new blaze reported yesterday in the west end of Rainy River District. Fort Frances District Fire #10 is a 0.1-hectare blaze located near Morley-Chapple Road. It probably was caused by people, and currently is classified as […]
Sarah Pruys Krista Nielson, left, a health promoter with the Northwestern Health Unit here, helped avid volunteer Vivian Callaghan measure out garden plots Saturday at the community garden. Located on Lillie Avenue in the north end, the site has expanded this year and now contains two large gardens. Volunteers have […]
Staff Fort Frances native Steve Arpin did not fare as well in his second Nationwide Series start of the season Sunday at the Iowa Speedway. After coming 10th at the Texas Motor Speedway last month, Arpin—again behind the wheel of the #30 Mike’s On The Rocks Chevrolet Impala for Turner […]
the OPP OPP North West Region Emergency Response Team (ERT) members, with assistance from the OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit, located and recovered the remains of a missing Atikokan man on Thursday. Eric Natti, 49, was reported missing to police when he failed to arrive at his place of […]
