A 29-year-old Fort Frances man was charged with impaired driving, driving with a blood alcohol level over 80 mg, and possession of marijuana on Saturday. Fort Frances OPP officers observed the man operating a 1976 motorhome in an erratic manner on Scott Street shortly after 1 a.m. The man was […]
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Mental Illness Awareness Week (Sept. 30-Oct. 6) is an annual national public education campaign designed to help open the eyes of Canadians to the reality of mental illness. The week was established in 1992 by the Canadian Psychiatric Association, and is now co-ordinated by the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness […]
An Atikokan man is facing several charges in conjunction with a motor vehicle accident there in July that killed one person and seriously injured two others. Joseph J. Benjamin, 28, was charged with criminal negligence causing death, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, impaired driving causing death, impaired driving causing bodily […]
Paul Dalseg, who was born and raised in Rainy River District, surprised the Riverside Foundation for Health Care last week with his very generous donation of $30,000 in memory of his parents, Paul and Bricken Dalseg, on behalf of the Dalseg Family. “My father raised us to be generous,” Dalseg […]
WILLCOTT–READMAN–Born to Deseree Willcott and Micheal Readman, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Halen Joseph Micheal, weighing 7 lbs. 6 oz. on September 25, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
WHITECROW-SPOON–Born to Joanie Spoon and Rudy Whitecrow, of Seine River, Ont., a boy, River Jayden, weighing 9 lbs, on September 25, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
With the arrival of October and early November, gardening thoughts start turning towards ignoring the garden and leaving the clean-up until spring. But there still are a number of gardening tasks that can be carried out on the pleasant autumn days—right up until the ground freezes. Certainly yard and garden […]
It was beastly hot and there was no way we were going to roast the house—and ourselves—just to do up a chicken for our guests that Sunday. They were special guest, but not that special. “Why don’t you do something up on the barbecue?” suggested my wife, The Pearl of […]
Ag rep, Emo Throughout the year, but largely during the summer and fall, I get telephone calls from people who have had wolves, coyotes, or dogs take a liking to their livestock or poultry—and help themselves to a quick meal. These people usually are not sure who to call and […]
With the Muskies football team sitting on an 0-4 record and no major changes on the table, quarterback/receiving coach Andrew George spoke to the team following a 37-8 loss last Friday to Grant Park. George spent a few winless seasons with the Muskies and knows what the team is going […]
Once again, the Fall Bass Classic at Birch Point Camp proved to be a success. Although the weather was unco-operative, the anglers managed to finish the two-day tournament. Winning first place—and the $5,000 top prize—were Alex Keszler and his son, Darrell, with a weight of 39.56 pounds. Ted and Louise […]
