Suzanne Danky, Health Educator from the Health Unit visited Fort Frances High School on Wednesday to show students the effects of smoking on your lungs. The $400 lung comparison kit was donated to the high school and it shows students the difference between a healthy lung and the lung of […]
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Kim, left, and Sabrina Miller stopped to give their five-month-old puppy Buffy a drink of water during the “Purina Walk for Dog Guides” on Sunday. The local Lions and Leo clubs organized the event, which raised $650 to train guide dogs for the blind. The inaugural event had walkers go […]
The hot day on Sunday did not deter 18 people from showing up for the annual “Walk for Memories’. All together, the participants raised $1584.15 for the Alzheimer’s Society. — Crystal Green photo
The volunteer group assembled the new playground equipment at Emo Lions Park on Tuesday morning. The committee has been fundraising for several years and received a grant from the Ontario Trillium FOundation earlier this year to help with the cost. —Tammy Kinnear photo
Brock Benjamen, Amanda MacDonald, Rob Gavel, and Mike Mckay were part of the eight person team from Fort Frances High school that took this car to the Supermileage competition in Minnesota on May 15 and 16. Their car ran at 430 miles per gallon which was good enough for them […]
Angler Jody Shypit displayed a huge walleye for the fans in the Emo – La Vallee Arena as part of the Emo Walleye Classic this past Saturday. Shypit’s fish weighed in at an impressive 6.30 pounds earning him $600 for the biggest fish caught on Day 2 of the competition. […]
It is with love and sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of James Maxwell MacDonald on Sunday, May 21, 2006. Jim was 68 when his journey of life ended peacefully with his loving wife at his side at their home in Rainy River, Ont. Jim was born July 19, […]
Vi Ross, 95, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2006 at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born March 3, 1911 in Farrington, Ont. to Edward and Nancy Calder. The family moved to Fort Frances and later she was united in marriage to Archie Ross. Vi […]
Jack (Robert John) Miller, 59, of Crystal Lake, Ont. passed away suddenly on Sunday, May 21, 2006 in Red Lake, Ont. Jack was born June 6, 1946 in Fort Frances, Ont. to the late Holmes and Edna Miller. He grew up in La Vallee, Ont., where he worked at the […]
Raymond Lyall Law, 90, of Carrie Street in Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away in April, 2006. On April 24, 2006, a memorial service was held at the Riverview Cemetery in Fort Frances, Ont., with Rev. Hugh Robert MacDonald officiating. Ray was born in Fort Frances, the son of Mr. and […]
Dorothy May Redford, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances. She was born Dec. 1, 1917 in Burriss, Ont. to Robert and Thurza Greenner. She was raised in the Burriss area, and sang in the local church […]
District residents voiced their concerns about the future of health care in the region at a public meeting on the North West Local Health Integration Network here Monday night. About 45 people turned out at the Memorial Sports Centre, many of whom were municipal representatives and health care professionals, as […]
