Shirley Nedland, 88. of Dawson Creek B.C., passed away Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. Shirley was born Dec. 3, 1922 in Rainy River, Ont. to Gladys and Jack Gillies. She grew up in Rainy River District, leaving home at age 17 for Winnipeg, Man., where she and her best friend, Ilene, […]

Peacefully, with family at his bedside, Syd Coppen passed away Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011. Born on Saturday, Jan. 28, 1922 in Emo, Ont. to Sid and Jessie Coppen, he resided in the Fort Frances, Ont. area. Syd served overseas during World War II and was wounded. After a lengthy recovery […]

SZEDER–Born to Eufrocina and Frank, of Emo, Ont., a boy, Frank III, weighing 10 lbs. 1 oz. on February 17, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

MCGINNIS–Born to Ian and Natasha, nee Tom, of Manitou Rapids, Ont., a girl, Serenity Ada, weighing 9 lbs. 8 oz. on February 16, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

BRUYERE–Born to Johnna Bruyere, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Zoey Aaron, weighing 7 lbs. 10 oz. on February 10, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Staff Severance pay for senior administration, an alleged confidentiality breach, and the actions of the former Rainy River District School Board once again will be on the table as the current board holds its regular monthly meeting tonight. Slated for 7 p.m. at Donald Young School in Emo, the issues […]

Staff The Muskie boys’ hockey team will have its playoff life on the line here tonight. The top squad during the NorWOSSA regular season finds itself knotted at a game apiece in their best-of-three semi-final series with the fourth-seeded Rams, who stunned the black-and-gold 9-5 yesterday afternoon in Red Lake. […]

Duane Hicks As a two-week shutdown of paper production continues until March 7 at the AbitibiBowater mill here, another two-week shutdown is in the cards for later this month. “We have notified our employees that due to challenging market conditions, paper production at our Fort Frances operation will be temporarily […]

Staff With the SIJHL regular season now in the books, the Fort Frances Lakers are preparing to kick off their post-season run this weekend against the league-leading Wisconsin Wilderness. The top two teams from the regular season are squaring off in a pair of two-game, total-goal mini series, with the […]

the OPP On Saturday (Feb. 26) around 10:20 a.m., Rainy River District OPP officers responded to the intersection of Scott Street and Central Avenue following the report of a commercial tractor-trailer losing a partial load of pulp logs onto the roadway. When officers arrived on the scene, they observed a […]

Heather Latter Ashley Johnson of Betty’s showed the location of the new front counter there this morning, which has been moved to the centre of the store as part of its recent renovations. Changes, including lower shelving, new carpeting, and painting, will be ongoing throughout the month while the basement […]

Heather Latter Kiwanis Club member Joan Foley drew the winning ticket for the Trip of the Month draw for March this morning at International Travel Services while fellow club member Robin Wright looked on. Robert Bourré of Dryden will be heading to Jamacia, a prize valued at $4,600. April’s prize […]