Heather Latter “Anders the Magician” showed Jessica Ogden the original card she had selected during his act at the Townshend Theatre here Monday evening as part of the Kids & Company entertainment series. The final show of the season will be “Project Soul,” a street dance group, performing on April […]
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Heather Latter James Marengere, a student completing the two-year Police Foundations program at Seven Generations Education Institute here, demonstrated proper fingerprinting techniques using fellow student Brady Cawston.
Lucas Punkari Muskie Colton Craig (at left) looked to dish off the ball to an open teammate while being tightly guarded by Mohammed Syed (#14) and Jarred White during the black-and-gold’s 59-53 victory in Game 1 of the best-of-three NWOSSAA final here Friday afternoon. Meanwhile, above, Will Anderson drove by […]
In what has become a regular plea around this time of year, more volunteers must step forward if a full slate of Canada Day festivities is to go ahead here. Local celebrations of our country’s birthday were on life support a few years ago until a group of residents banded […]
Robert Gary Loveday, 50, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away unexpectedly, with his family by his side, on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Gary was born in Emo, Ont. on May 18, 1961 to Lawrence and Beatrice Loveday. He worked as a logger and […]
Doreen C. Antonson, 78, of Rainy River, Ont., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 at the Rainy River Hospital with her family by her side. Doreen was born Jan. 1, 1934 in Rainy River to Les and Annie Calder. She was raised in Rainy River and was united […]
In loving memory of Sandra Adams, 66, who passed away Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012. She was born Nov. 30, 1945. Sandra is survived by her children, Rodney Angus of Fort Frances, Ont. and Lara Leigh Angus of California; three grandchildren; sister, Sally Coulson of Dryden, Ont.; and brother, Trevor Tew […]
Pat Bird Dear Mike: On behalf of the Friends of the Fort Frances Library, I would like to extend sincere thanks to everyone who contributed baking or donated items to the penny auction table for our annual Valentine’s bake sale. The success of any fundraising event would not be possible […]
Marg Rousseau Dear editor: The Meals on Wheels committee of Fort Frances would like to acknowledge Gaby Hanzuk for receiving the Tony Beyak Memorial Volunteer of the Year Award at the Chamber of Commerce business awards dinner on Thursday evening. Gaby is very well-known in our community as a dedicated […]
Last week I gave an overview of the Drummond Report. This week, I would like to take the opportunity to look more closely at a few of his recommendations. While there are some recommendations that many consider to be bad, such as scrapping full-day kindergarten, limiting spending growth in health […]
Watching the Oscars on Sunday night, it was refreshing to see Ellen DeGeneres spoofing the current hassle of returning products to stores and a time when shopping was done differently. If only politicians could return to a time when they focused on their abilities and ideas. The Oscars seemed to […]
As I was writing my “Moos” column last week, my favorite cow (“Daisee”) was calving. I actually didn’t even know, but I had her in the barn since I did think she would be my next one. So in the hour-and-a-half between morning chores and my next check, she had […]
