Fort Frances OPP is asking for public help in identifying a suspect wanted in connection with a break-and-enter at an Emo residence on Friday night. Sometime between 10 p.m. and midnight, a male kicked open the door of the residence and confronted the lone occupant before fleeing, police said in […]
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As of Monday, the new Meditech system was up and running smoothly at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, with work underway yesterday to implement the system at the Emo and Rainy River health centres. Meditech is a health information system that ties into a regional database. The first phase […]
The Rainy River District School Board’s results for the 2008 Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test indicate the district’s students continue to perform well in the areas of reading and writing. Of the 277 Grade 10 students who wrote the test for the first time in March, 83 percent passed both […]
Welcoming its first golfers last Aug. 18, Spruce Creek Golf Course, located on Highway 619 just south of Morson, will hold its grand opening this Saturday (June 21). Owners Laurie and Ken Pentney felt there was a need for a golf course in that area and went about it the […]
Dear editor: I am writing this letter in hopes to help others with similar problems. Our Ontario travel grant program is supposed to help with expenses for tavelling for medical help outside our area. In the past year, we have had to travel to see a physician in Kenora (Morningstar […]
SMITH-DEBUNGEE–Born to Leanne Smith and Wade Debungee, of Northwest Bay, Ont., a girl, Keira Jordyn Ashlyn, weighing 7 lbs. 2 oz. on June 8, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Josette M. Koss was born Dec. 16, 1923 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Gaston and Mary (Godin) Camirand. She passed away at her home in Warren, Ore. on May 26, 2008 at the age of 84. She was educated in Canada and graduated in 1940. She married Alfred Koss in […]
It is with profound sadness and regret that we announce the passing of Alan Lloyd Tierney, with his family by his side at the F.J. Davey Home in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., on Friday, June 13, 2008 at the age of 90. Dear husband of the late Kathleen; loving father […]
Patricia E. Carroll, 70, of Kenosha, passed away Monday, May 26, 2008 at the Kenosha Medical Centre. She was born Aug. 16, 1937 in Winnipeg, Man., the daughter of William and Luella (Cullen) Holland. She was educated in the schools of Fort Frances, Ont. She married Conrad Carroll on Aug. […]
