Angus Freeman Hyatt, 92, of 851 Colonization Rd. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Tuesday, May 24, 2011 with his family at his side. He was born March 4, 1919 to Noble and Annie (Wicks) Hyatt in Emo, Ont. He was raised on the farm in Lash Township, where he […]
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Mrs. Jane Jones, 87, passed away Monday, May 23, 2011 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. A private family viewing will be held at Jenkens Funeral Home, followed by cremation and interment in Garden River First Nation Cemetery at a later date. A complete […]
Doris Dennis passed away peacefully on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at Riverside Health Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Doris was born Dec. 22, 1922 in New Liskeard, Ont. On July 1, 1946, she married the love of her life, Lester V. Dennis. They moved to Fort Frances in 1950 when […]
Staff Tonight’s council meeting will include a public meeting regarding a proposed zoning bylaw amendment at 505 McIrvine Rd. (Peterbilt Fort Frances). The property currently is zoned Highway Commercial (C3), but parent company Thunder Bay Trucking Centre Holdings has applied to have it changed in order to add a key/cardlock/bulk […]
Staff The Muskie girls’ soccer team returned with a 1-2 record after playing three exhibition games in Duluth over the weekend. Maryam Seid netted the lone goal for the Muskies in their 1-0 victory over the Denfeld U16s on Saturday afternoon. That came after Fort High dropped a 3-0 decision […]
the OPP On Friday around 7:10 p.m., OPP officers and an ambulance responded to the report of a vehicle being struck by a CN freight train at Highway 617 in Stratton. The driver, Donald Robert Bolen, 92, of Morley Township, died when his southbound vehicle collided with the westbound train. […]
Staff A fire yesterday caused extensive damage to a building in downtown International Falls. Firefighters were called to “No Place Like Home” on 3rd Street early yesterday. The Falls Fire Department got additional help from the Fort Frances and Littlefork fire departments. The fire was extinguished by late yesterday afternoon, […]
Without doubt, the Department of Immigration has been among the worst branches of the federal government for many decades. Its incompetence epitomizes the troubles of bureaucracy. Unfortunately, all this was compounded by the cynical direction of the government of the day. Clearly, reforms are long overdue. In the l970s the […]
Zoey Duncan Hannah Myers, Cee-Jay Bombay, Lyle Cameron, Terri-Lynne Pickard, Tommy Manning, and Britnee Hunter (clockwise from front left) enjoyed plates full of deep-fried walleye to kick off the long weekend as hundreds attended the 41st-annual Manitou Rapids fish fry at the Pow-Wow Grounds there Friday afternoon with family and […]
Lucas Punkari Emily Hyatt, left, and Aaron Kellar battled for field position here yesterday evening as Team “Red” played Team “Blue” to a 2-2 draw in Fort Frances Youth Soccer Division V action.
Heather Latter Jill Berry, a summer student with the Fort Frances Museum, unlocked the doors on the “Hallett” on Sunday so people could check out the historic boat along the La Verendrye Parkway. The “Hallett” and lookout tower opened for the season last week, with the cost to visit the […]
Heather Latter The “Hallett” and lookout tower along the La Verendrye Parkway opened for the season this week, with residents and visitors invited to check out the local heritage sites. Having relocated there last year, Fort Frances Museum curator Sherry George noted they are great attractions that also are a […]
