Mitch Calvert With the all-star game commencing last night (see front section for results) and the playoffs just around the corner (beginning Aug. 11), the local Rainy River District Fastball League is officially heating up. A few make-up games are still to be played, but there won’t be much jockeying […]
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Donald Grant Cameron passed away at La Verendrye Hospital, in Fort Frances, Ont. on Monday, August 3, 2009 at the age of 77. Don was born at the family farm in Lash Township, Ont. on April 2, 1932. He resided with his mother, Mabel, in Emo for 55 years before […]
Ross Allen Cameron passed away in Seattle, Washington, on July 9, 2009 at the age of 80. He was born on the family farm in Lash Township, Ont. Ross is survived by his wife, Anna; his three children; and by his grandchildren and great grandchildren. He is also survived by […]
Jim Gibb, age 82, of Stratford passed away peacefully at the Stratford General Hospital on Tuesday, August 4, 2009. He was born in Stratford, son of the late George and Bessie Gibb. Jim and Muriel farmed all of their life in Downie Township before moving to Stratford in 2002. Jim […]
Heather Latter Gage Mitchell, who is almost two-years-old, stopped by the Fort Frances Museum with his dad yesterday morning to check out some of the exhibits there. The upstairs features permanent displays focussing on the Rainy River District, while the downstairs level is currently featuring an exhibit called “At the […]
Heather Latter Sydney Kellar, centre, seen here with her dad, Donald Kellar, was the first-place winner of Beta Sigma Phi-Alpha Upsilon chapter’s “Bass Baby” contest. The second-place winner was Khadim Lawson, left, with mom, Jennifer Lawson, while the third-place baby was Shayna Shute, with her mom, Randi Fulford. They received […]
Dave Ogilvie Logan Teeple, far right, won the popular watermelon eating contest for contestants five and under during the Chapple Heritage Days celebration at the Both farm on Saturday. Each participant in this category was given one piece of juicy watermelon and the winner was the person who finished their […]
Mitch Calvert Justin Bujold of International Travel Services drove one that eventually found the back of the net against the Rendez-Vous Voyageurs in men’s Borderland Soccer league action at the St. Francis Sportsfields last Thursday night. The game was halted midway through the first-half due to weather and is scheduled […]
If Lakefield College School were applying for rezoning in Alberton to establish a private boarding school, would the council of Alberton be hesitant to act on the application? If the University of Guelph were considering establishing an agriculture college in Alberton, would the community be upset with a change in […]
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer despite all of the rain and economic challenges we are currently facing. It may seem like the recession will never end, but like the weather the economy will eventually take a turn for the better. The main difference between the two though is […]
I have been on holidays for the past two weeks. During the first week, I was preoccupied with fishing. Traditionally, my wife and I have taken the last week of July and relaxed at the cabin. This year was no different. Normally, it is one of the hottest weeks of […]
The hard deadline for emailing my weekly column is 8 a.m. Monday morning. Any later, I’m liable to get a message from one of my editors asking for the column. So sometimes, I burn the midnight oil, not because of absence of ideas, but because I’m a hard-core procrastinator. As […]
