For many working parents, the holiday season is a difficult time. While children are off from school, they still have to work. The result? This year, children needed child care and too many parents couldn’t provide it. And if parents were lucky enough to have child care lined up, they […]
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BOUDREAU MICHAEL ‘BUD’ FRIDAY It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of our husband, father, and grandfather, great-grandfather, Boudreau Michael “Bud” Friday, 80, on Friday, Jan. 12, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Bud was born Aug. 10, 1926 at Pipestone Lake, near Seine […]
MORRIS EUGENE ASH Morris Ash passed away peacefully Jan. 10, 2007 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. with his family at his side. Morris was born Aug. 11, 1925 in Fort Frances to Mary and William Ash. On Jan. 1, 1952, Morris married Patricia Watson and they made […]
It is with great sorrow I announce the passing of my loving brother, Richard “Dick” Leroy Hayes. He was born in Barwick, Ont. on June 21, 1928 to Lloyd and Vera Hayes, and was the grandson of Richard “Dick” Edgar and Charlotte Mary Hayes, and Robert and Rosanna Irvine. He […]
Joseph Munroe Plumridge Joseph (Joe) Munroe Plumridge, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Tuesday, January 16, 2007 after a lengthy illness. Joe was born August 4, 1925 to Art and Elizabeth Plumridge, the third of eight children, all of whom grew up in McIrvine. He quit high school in his […]
Patti Jorgenson, right, handed Bethany Friesen a cinnamon dolce latte Monday morning at the Starbucks Coffee counter at Canada Safeway. The coffee outlet, which just open there that day, is part of the renovations the store has undergone in the past few months. The grand opening of Safeway’s makeover will […]
Chandler Borger, four, worked on delivering the stone while holding the proper sliding position on Friday during the “Little Rockers” curling program in Stratton. —Heather Ogilvie photo
A group of local youngsters sold tickets for the upcoming NHL “Legends” game prior to last night’s Muskie hockey games. The kids wore the jerseys of the former NHL stars who will suit up against the local Hopper’s Bruins in the charity game this Friday night. Tickets, which cost $15 […]
Lt. Meredith helped Alyssa Spence, a Grade 7 student at J.W. Walker School, put on a heavy tactical vest during a visit to the school on Thursday. Three representatives from the Canadian Armed Forces, two of whom had recently returned from Afghanistan, spoke to students about their experiences. —Melanie Béchard […]
The driver of this tractor-trailer lost part of his load at the corner of Central Avenue and Third Street West this morning, blocking the right-hand westbound lane. Fortunately, no other vehicles or pedestrians were at that spot at the time. Treaty #3 police were on the scene. —Melanie Béchard photo
Patti Jorgenson whipped up a caramel macchiato yesterday at the new Starbucks Coffee counter at Canada Safeway. The coffee outlet, which just open there yesterday, is part of the renovations the store has undergone in the past few months. The grand opening of Safeway’s makeover will kick off with a […]
FORT FRANCES—With the town poised to award the tender next Monday to reconstruct the Portage Avenue underpass, the project finally should get underway this spring. But whether the town has to pay for it out of its own funds, or whether it can be done entirely through outside sources, remains […]
