After eight-and-a-half years of marriage, I’ve finally figured us out. “I am the ‘B’ channel and Pete is whatever channel competes against the ‘B’ channel.” I’d heard that analogy on TV a while ago, but didn’t clue in at the time to its significance in my neck of the woods […]
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Fort Frances was the place to be this past weekend if you were a hockey fan. Anyone who made it down to the Ice for Kids Arena between Friday morning and Sunday afternoon was afforded the opportunity to glimpse the game’s storied past, its current state, and its future. The […]
Tourism in Canada appears to be in trouble—and the sickness appears to be coming from a decline of American visitors here. The number of U.S. visitors appears to have been declining at a steady rate since 2001. In fact, Canada now attracts 28 percent fewer U.S. visitors today than it […]
QUENTIN DOUGLAS MacKAY It is with sadness that the family announces the passing of Quentin Douglas MacKay on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007 at Kingston General Hospital in Kingston, Ont. Doug is survived by son, Jeffery (Debbie) McKay of Sudbury, Ont.; daughter, Colleen (Larry) Pattison of Kingston, Ont.; and stepdaughter, Genny […]
RENA BLACK Funeral services for Rena Black, 98, were held Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007 at 2 p.m. from the Barwick Community Church, with Rev. Andrew Hall officiating. Born in Kingsley, Mich., her family moved to Alberta, then to Ontario in 1922. A long-time resident of Barwick, Ont., then to Fort […]
EDWARD NICHOLAS HILL It is with great sadness that the family of Ed Hill announces his passing on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Ed was born July 12, 1940 in Miscampbell, Ont. to Nicholas and Aino Hill. He lived in the Crozier […]
WILLIAM (BILL) WHIDDON William (Bill) Whiddon, 97, of Kenora, Ont., passed away at Birchwood Terrace on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007 after a short illness. Bill was born Aug. 2, 1909 on the family farm in Devlin, Ont. to the late Albert and Lulu Whiddon. On April 12, 1931, he married […]
MACIE DAWN VanDULMEN-ANTTONEN It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of our daughter, Macie Dawn VanDulmen-Anttonen, of 577 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. She was born Dec, 16, 2006 in Fort Frances. Macie is survived […]
ANNE MARRS Anne Marrs passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007 at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances, Ont. Anne was born June 20, 1921 in Willowbrook, Sask. to Onufri and Mary Chowhan, and moved as a child to Fort Frances. On April 8, 1939, she married […]
Robert Moore students Jessica Phung and Beth Ward, middle, acted as peer mediators in a “dispute” between Maddisyn Angus, left, and Danielle Jackson during peer mediation training there yesterday. The volunteers from Grades 5 and 6 learned how to be peacekeepers by teacher Rhian MacIver, and will spend one lunch […]
FORT FRANCES—With the fundraising total for the “Just Imagine” campaign to purchase a CT Scanner at La Verendrye Hospital now over $1 million, the campaign chair asked Fort Frances town council Monday night to help reach its $1.5 million goal. Deane Cunningham suggested the town give $25,000 to the campaign, […]
Town council is proposing to pass an amendment to the current business licensing bylaw to require parental consent for people under the age of 15 to operate amusement machines in businesses operating within the municipality. Clerk Glenn Treftlin said this morning the amendment stems from a recommendation of the Planning […]
