Just as the ice was officially “out” on the North Arm of Rainy Lake on Monday, local golfers got an early start hitting the links—a sure sign spring is here. Jorma Johnson lined-up his final putt of the day at the ninth green. at Kitchen Creek Golf Club on Monday […]
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Rochelle Suarez, four, and her brother Charel, two-and-a-half, enjoyed some treats they received during an early visit from the Easter Bunny at the Fort Frances Nursery School last Wednesday. —Melanie Béchard photo
Mark Vancook, new project officer for the Rainy River First Nations’ Watershed Program, was on hand yesterday afternoon to help with the community clean-up there. Program staff and adults took the early-afternoon shift while the children helped out once school was over. As part of Earth Week, they worked to […]
Wayne Riches of the Fort Frances Fire Department ignited some dry grass yesterday afternoon during a prescribed burn on York Avenue and Eighth Street. The fire department has been conducting prescribed burns for the past few days in the west, east, and north ends of town as a preventive maintenance […]
Abbie Kenny, from the toddler class at the Fort Frances Day Care, took her turn trying to break open the colourful Easter egg piñata last Thursday. Once it was broken, the children enjoyed sharing the tasty candy that had been inside. –Heather Ogilvie photo
Edward James Ward, 92, of St Andrew’s Centre, Edmonton, Alta., passed away peacefully and in faith on Friday, April 7, 2006. Edward was predeceased by his wife, Kathleen Lorreto Ward; parents, Edward and Edith Ward; and siblings, Margaret Oster, Thomas Ward, Sidney Ward, and Martha Reynolds. Edward, although without children […]
It is with great sorrow that the family announces the passing of Francis Allan Haw, 70, of Fire Lake, Ont., on Thursday, April 6, 2006 at the Atikokan General Hospital in Atikokan, Ont. Francis was born Nov. 30, 1935 in Shenston Township, Ont. to the late Allan and Isabel Haw. […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of their beloved father, uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Harold Peterson, into the hands of God on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances, Ont. Harold was born in 1918 in Saskatchewan and then […]
Ingrid Arlene Stevenson passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at home in Fort Frances, Ont. with family after a long and courageous battle against ovarian cancer. Ingrid was born Feb. 15, 1952 in Kenora, Ont. She was predeceased by her parents, Roald and Joan Stevenson. She is survived by her […]
Residents who have spotted smoke in the air over town for the past few days need not panic. It’s the Fort Frances Fire Department that’s been doing the burning. “It’s spring, and with a lot of dry materials and dead grass around, the firefighters are doing prescribed, preventative maintenance burning,” […]
Just one day after the U.S. side, “ice-out” was declared on the North Arm of Rainy Lake on Monday, Melaire Ltd. reported Tuesday morning. “You could have got to the Cascades yesterday [Monday], but the day before you wouldn’t have been able,” noted Gord Melville of Melaire Ltd. He added […]
The sky was filled with smoke in the east end of town yesterday afternoon, as firefighters conducted a prescribed burn at the end of Williams Avenue. The Fort Frances Dept. has been carrying out the burns in various parts of town the past few days to prevent uncontrolled fires from […]
