Ice-fishing is the fastest-growing sector of the fishing industry today—thanks to advancements in technology. Electronics have many uses in ice-fishing. Anglers can use GPS, underwater cameras, and especially flashers to catch more fish. I was fortunate last week to spend a few days with some of the guys from MarCum […]
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Dear editor: I have to say that your reporting on the “racist video” incident has been atrocious, and has done a great disservice to not only the six girls and their families but also to the community as a whole. •The Intent I am amazed how this video’s intent has […]
Dear editor: The mayor and council probably all agree Fort Frances is a great place to be and live. But my question is where are we going? I realize that we, and mayor/council, have many challenges every day and every month, as many things need to be fixed and issues […]
Dear editor: I am writing in response to the Jan. 30 article in the Fort Frances Times entitled “Ainsworth needs district’s help quickly: Hampton.” The article makes several inaccurate references to AbitibiBowater’s forest management and fibre procurement practices that I would like to clarify. I specifically would like to clarify […]
MARY BAY Mary Bay, 92, of Rainy River, Ont., passed away Monday, March 3, 2008 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral arrangements are pending.
In loving memory of Ronald Arthur Olsen, who passed away Feb. 24, 2008. Ron was born Feb. 15, 1957 at the Red Cross Hospital in Emo, Ont. He was raised in Rainy River District and attended Emo public school and Fort Frances High School. He later joined forces with his […]
Robert Medicine, 79, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances with his family by his side. He was born Jan. 7, 1929 in Manitou Rapids to Dave and Maggie Medicine. He was raised in the Manitou Rapids. As […]
George Lowell Olson Jr. passed away Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the LakeWood Care Center in Baudette, Mn. at the age of 80. George was born June 4, 1927 in Ada, Mn., the youngest child of Bella (Dekko) and George Olson, Sr. He graduated from Ada High School in 1945, […]
There’s perhaps nothing more frightening than being roused from your bed in the wee hours of the morning by police or firefighters pounding on the front door with orders to get out. Still in the fog of sleep, you may have mere minutes to basically leave with the clothes on […]
Given their love of cooking, the mother/daughter team of Peggy Johnson and Rhonda Howells recently decided to start up a catering business in town, which they named “Cooking with Care.” “We want people to know that quality is more important than quantity . . . . And that we take […]
Work carries on at the site of the new AbitibiBowater biomass boiler, with the project still on track to fire up this October, mill manager John Harrison said yesterday. “We’re on schedule,” he said. “The height of the building you see now is as tall as the building’s going to […]
Geoff Gillon, regional economic development manager of the Rainy River Future Development Corp., recently was elected president of the Economic Developer Council of Ontario for the next one-year term. “I’m looking forward to it. It’ll be exciting working with people from across the province,” Gillon enthused, though noting the new […]
