Donald Kuchma, 84, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2008 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Don was born Aug. 13, 1923 in Stuartburn, Man. He moved to Fort Frances in 1956, where he had lived since. He had worked as a bartender for a few […]
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Ruth (Davis, Campbell) Garner, daughter of Edwin and Ida Davis, passed away Dec. 31, 2007. She is survived by son, Duane, and wife, Joyce; three grandchildren, Mary Jane, Kenneth (Kim), and Karen; five great-grandchildren, Richard, Marissa, Jon, Matthew, and Sarah; and two great-great-grandchildren, Elizabeth and Gwendolyn. A burial and graveside […]
Michael Edgar Amirault passed away suddenly at his home in Edmonton, Alta. on Friday, June 6, 2008, at the age of 51. Mike, or “Eddy” as he was known to his friends, was born May 19, 1957 in Fort Frances, Ont. He lived most of his early life in Fort […]
Peacefully, at his residence on Thursday, June 5, 2008, Donald N. Roth of Fort Frances, Ont. passed away at the age of 74. Donald was born Aug. 2, 1933 in Rainy River, Ont. to Norman and Germaine Roth. He resided in the Fort Frances area, working at the local […]
A private family memorial service and interment at Hamilton Cemetery in rural Racine, Mn., for Aila O. “Eileen” Milender, 90, of Stewartville, Mn., will take place at a later date. Mrs. Milender passed away Friday, May 23, 2008 of natural causes at the Stewartville Care Center where she had resided […]
A great outcry roared across the land last week. No, it wasn’t over whether Foreign Affairs ministers should be dating women linked to organized crime. It did not revolve around legislation aimed at curbing greenhouse gases or the Liberals repeatedly skipping confidence votes in the House of Commons to avoid […]
The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres aren’t resting on their laurels three months before the puck drops on their second season in the Superior International Junior Hockey League. Head coach Wayne Strachan has been busy re-signing and acquiring players to hit the ice in hopes of improving on a fifth-place finish […]
COLLINGWOOD—Watching the Muskie girls’ soccer team play their fourth and final game at this year’s all-Ontario ‘AA’ championship, one would never guess they were not moving forward in the competition. The black-and-gold held nothing back, working the field and the ball as if they were playing in the gold-medal game. […]
There may be grass on the fields and open water on area lake, but that hasn’t meant the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association is on hiatus. FFMHA president Wayne Strachan, who also doubles as head coach of the Jr. Sabres, has been busy securing qualified people in the local ‘AA’ […]
Cornell Farms of Devlin, along with Gammondale Farm of Thunder Bay, were recognized Friday morning in Thunder Bay after earning the Premier’s Award for Agri-Food Innovation Excellence regional awards. The award was presented to beef farmers Kim Cornell and Pat Clysdale-Cornell for their shift to direct marketing to better respond […]
The public is reminded that, as of last Wednesday, the town has relaxed the previously-announced water restriction for the month of June, and will review it again in July once the hotter, drier weather is expected to arrive. “When we first came out with the water restrictions, we weren’t sure […]
The “beautiful game” is alive and well here in Fort Frances. That point was solidified Saturday when 21 kids from the newly-formed under-12 soccer program took to the pitches at St. Francis School to work on furthering their skills. Program organizer Sarah Noonan said more kids are signing up for […]
