There is no substitute for experience. Heron Landing Golf Club member Mike Dick played the role of wily veteran to near perfection en route to winning the second-annual Men’s Open there over the weekend. The 57-year-old Dick, who competed in the championship flight against golfers nearly half his age, shot […]
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Dear editor: An article by The Canadian Press (June 22, 2006) was carried by the Fort Frances Daily Bulletin. It was based on an interview given by Cliff Chadderton, chief executive officer of The War Amps, concerning lack of action by the Conservative government in regard to compensation for aboriginal […]
Dear sir: This letter to the editor, albeit somewhat late, is my personal response to the “Downtown Core Committee Report” and the public meeting held at the Memorial Sports Centre on June 13. I attended the meeting and, indeed, would commend those individuals who have spent hours and hours of […]
Dear editor: Rainycrest is very fortunate to have strong community support. Our spring/summer is a busy time of year (all times are busy) and for those of you who help out with providing special events throughout the year, we really appreciate all that you do. We would like to thank […]
To the editor: I’m writing in regards to a problem that is occurring all over Rainy River District. We have a huge deer problem. In the last three nights, I have had my petunia bed completely destroyed by deer who pulled up the plants, bit them off, and stomped all […]
Dear editor: My name is Jonah McFarlane. I am seven years old and I live on Fourth Street East in Fort Frances. On Monday morning when I went outside to ride my bike, it was gone. It was taken between Sunday at 11:30 p.m. and Monday at 9 a.m. It […]
The Downtown Core Committee deserves applause for having the wisdom—and backbone—to pull the plug on the roundly-criticized proposal to change some traffic flow patterns in Fort Frances, particularly the plan to close Central Avenue and instead re-route U.S.-bound vehicles down Mowat Avenue towards the bridge. Kudos, too, to the majority […]
COPENACE–Born to Janine Copenace and Darrell Johnson, of Sabaskong First Nation, Ont., a boy, Connor Seth, weighing 8 lbs. 7 oz. on June 18, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
WATSON–Born to Gord and LaRae, nee Glover, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Deagan Ray, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. on June 19, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
RICHARDS–Born to Todd and JoAnna, nee Hagen, of Devlin, Ont., a girl, Trinity Eleora, weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz. on June 19, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
WROLSTAD–Born to Todd Wrolstad and Stephanie Lawson, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Teagan Crue, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. on June 22, 2006 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
FERREIRA–Born to David and Sabrina, nee Massei, of Rainy River, Ont., a boy, Matteo David Luca, weighing 8 lbs. 7 oz. on June 22, 2006 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
