It is with profound sadness that we want to inform you that after a brief but courageous battle with a very aggressive return of cancer, Juanita Susan Bruce (nee Bragg) passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at her family log cabin by Pony Lake. Juanita loved the outdoors and was […]
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It is with great sadness that the family announces Virginia Elaine Cameron, 84, of Stratton, Ont., passed away Sunday, July 27, 2008 in Thunder Bay, Ont. after a courageous battle with cancer. Virginia was born June 21, 1924 to Victor Petri and Clara (Roen) in the small town of Redby, […]
Alex Keszler, left, and son, Darrell, held two of their prize bass up for the crowd to see during the final day of weigh-ins Saturday afternoon. The pair ended up placing second overall.
Terry Gill, left, and Rueben Gibbins trolled around Rainy Lake on Saturday looking for the lunker to vault them up the standings of the 14th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The pair produced their biggest catch of the three-day event at 10.91 pounds, but still finished in 70th place.
Sunday afternoon’s hot weather saw Pam Hawley sitting near the rapids at the Ranier bridge, where she was painting and drawing “A Day in the Life of Ranier” for an upcoming art display Aug. 16 to mark the community’s centennial celebrations.
Jack Kyle, OMAFRA pasture specialist from Lindsay, talked about the merits of the different pasture varieties to those on hand for the Emo Agricultural Research Station’s annual open house last Tuesday evening.
Thrilled with the new CT scanner at La Verendrye Hospital, X-ray technologist Kelly Taggart, centre, posed with the equipment that arrived last Thursday along with Patti Johnson, left, manager of diagnostic imaging, X-ray/ultrasound technologist Bernie Rittau, and X-ray technologist Mark Addison.
Joe Thrun netted a “smallie” his partner Jim Moynagh had reeled in Saturday that helped the pair capture the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship for the second-straight year and fourth time overall.
FORT FRANCES—After months and months of anticipation, the new CT scanner at La Verendrye Hospital arrived last Thursday afternoon, with hospital staff and those who helped raise funds for the equipment breathing a sigh of relief as they watched it get unloaded and wheeled through the halls. Few could be […]
After a year without a minister, Knox United Church here has a fresh face to lead the congregation. “I’m excited about the opportunity to work with some really talented and committed people at the church,” said Rev. Barb Miller. “I think we’ll be well-matched.” Originally from Woodstock, Ont., Rev. Miller […]
With “Quest for the Best” over for another year, there’s a new round of mini-local celebrities with new ambitions—and a thicker wallet. Kenneth Kellar won this year’s “Quest for the Best” singing competition last Tuesday night with his energetic and powerful rendition of Matchbox Twenty’s “How Far We’ve Come.” This […]
FORT FRANCES—Construction work on the Noden Causeway is moving along according to schedule, with the first phase—work on the 138-metre east low level portion—to completed by the end of October. MTO regional director Larry Lambert said in an interview last week that since work began this spring, the existing asphalt […]
