Laura Mills, the superintendent of business for the Rainy River District School Board, will be leaving her position at the end of August to accept the position as superintendent of corporate services with the Lakehead District School Board in Thunder Bay. Mills came to Fort Frances in June, 1999 from […]
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For Katie Weatherston, running a hockey school means more than just teaching the basics of the sport. The Thunder Bay resident, who won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy back in February as a member of Canada’s women’s hockey team, has brought her girls’ hockey school […]
EMO—Although he wouldn’t call himself an avid cyclist, one of Emo’s former ministers is spending the summer cycling across the country with about 60 others from the Canadian Bible Society (CBS). Wib Dawson, who was the minister at Knox United Church there from 1972-75, and the group of cyclists set […]
GALLAS–Born to David and Karen, nee Dalke, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Justin Thomas, weighing 8 lbs. 7 oz. on July 18, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
YERXA-PARISE–Born to Tara Yerxa and Terry Parise, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Madisyn Grace, weighing 8 lbs. 15 oz. on July 19, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
MCARTHUR–Born to Randy and Marcia, nee Bagacki, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Randall Robert, weighing 8 lbs. 10 oz. on July 19, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
MITCHELSON–Born to Reece and Angela, nee Bujold, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Roen Trace, weighing 6 lbs. 14 oz. on July 19, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
GEORGE–Born to Rudolph Bruyere and Camille George, of Manitou Rapids, Ont., a boy, Deacon Frost, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. on July 21, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
I am sitting at the Sorting Gap Marina shortly after 6 a.m. The fishermen are launching their boats being greeted by Doug Cain and Paul Morrison. For 12 years, part of the morning routine has had Doug on the waterfront talking to the anglers. Doug has a great memory for […]
It’s finally here. From the minute I arrived in Fort Frances just over three months ago, everyone I’ve met and had the pleasure of chatting with has said the same thing: “Just wait until bass.” “Bass,” of course, referring to the annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, which officially kicked […]
For the love of Pete, I’m pooped out. I’m sitting here at my computer staring at a photograph on my desktop of my oldest daughter holding her son on her shoulder as he bids me a wide, two-toothed grin that smacks of more energy than what’s generated over Niagara Falls. […]
Alfred William Boshey, 55, of Lac La Croix First Nation, Ont. passed away Friday, July 21, 2006 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. Al was born March 14, 1951 to John and Elizabeth Boshey in Fort Frances, Ont. He resided at Lac La Croix First Nation […]
