In 2000, I thought I’d conquered my genetic predisposition to being a pack rat when, before trekking off to British Columbia on a new life adventure, I sold three-quarters of everything I owned and all of Pete’s stuff in a gargantuan sale. He’d gone ahead of me to break trail […]
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I dread long weekends. For most, holiday weekends represent a chance to spend time away from work with family and friends. And the effect a little time off can have on a person is usually pretty amazing. The same person who looked tired and ready to snap prior to the […]
Mel’s on one side. I’m on the other. And our beloved “Byron” (Mel’s Lab/Irish Setter/German Shepherd mix) and “Gus” (my cat) are at the heart of our rivalry. Having each lived at one point or another with both dogs and cats, Mel and I have seen the advantages and disadvantages […]
It is a great love story. She was a young lady from Hudson, Ont., who came with her sister to Fort Frances to go to high school. He was a young man from here who was blinded by the beauty of the older Kleven girl. Sixty years ago, Ron Anderson […]
Kiwanis catcher Braden Webb tagged out the Super One runner at the plate as pitcher Nolen Ross looked on during the Little League Major ‘B’ Championship game last Friday evening. Kiwanis won the title with a convincing 12-2 victory. —Alex Cruickshank photo
Savannah Hughes, left, Elyssa Hughes and Kayla Stang were in the summer spirit portraying hula girls in the Barwick Canada Day parade on Saturday. The trio kept the crowds cool by tossing water balloons. —Heather Ogilvie photo
Five-year-old cousins Spencer Murphy and Ava-Mae Gardiman showed off their teddy bear friends during the Teddy Bear Picnic on Friday at the Legion Park. Organized by the “Friends of the Library,” the annual event saw hundreds of kids, parents, and teddies eat lunch in the park and take part in […]
Ontario NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton, left, and Volker Kromm were two of 50 local residents who participated in the tug of war over the Rainy River on Friday as part of the “Meet Me at the Border” festivities. Their muscles helped Team Canada beat their American counterparts. […]
Connie Cuthbertson, left, and Doug Anderson, stood proudly by the new “The Great Canadian Main Street” sign, which was erected Thursday on the 100 block of Scott Street. The sign, designed by Cuthbertson and made by Burton Penner of Vermilion Bay, was an initiative of the Downtown Core Committee and […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our daughter, mother, and grandmother, Sherrie, after a brief illness, on Saturday, July 1, 2006. Left to cherish her memory are her mother, Gwen Hubbell of Winnipeg, Man.; daughter, Tracy Newman and her husband, Dale, of Brampton, Ont. and […]
In loving memory of Kaden Mathew Friday, who passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2006 in Fort Frances, Ont. Left to cherish his memory is his mother, Jennifer Friday; siblings, Jennessa and Brayden; great-grandparents, Bud and Jessie Friday; grandparents, Thomas George and Valerie Friday; aunts, Ginette George, Tammy George, Brenda Friday, […]
Clinton Ira Wood, of Atikokan, Ont., who was born June 1, 1936 in Emo, Ont., passed away suddenly on June 28, 2006 at the Atikokan General Hospital. He survived by his wife of 49 years, Marlene; sons, Rolie of Merrrit, B.C., Wayne (Jan) of Edmonton, Alta., and Steven (Valerie) of […]
