The thermometer may have read minus-18 C on Sunday, but with the sun shining so brightly, it definitely felt much warmer. The air had a feeling of spring, and Marnie and I added extra distance to our daily walk as we skirted the large puddles in the street. The outside […]
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Paper is the bane of my life. I have five four-drawer filing cabinets—that’s a total of 20 large drawers. And I have file folders for everything, from appliances to recipes. My recipe folders go from appetizers to soups, but my appliance folders are more numerous. There’s a folder for each […]
Believing that one of Saturn’s moons appears to contain liquid water (and therefore possibly also life in some form despite the severe cold up there), could they also suspect that liquid seen with their long-range telescopes just might be some form of alcohol because alcohol doesn’t freeze? And that might […]
HAZEL ALMA ANN ANDERSON Hazel Anderson (nee Benjamin), of 113-1301 Elizabeth St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006. Hazel was born in Rainy River, Ont., on Aug. 21, 1933. She was raised in North Branch, Ont. and married Leonard Anderson on Nov. 22, 1950. Hazel and […]
CLIFFORD WILLIAM BENNELL Clifford William Bennell, who was born Dec. 16, 1926 in Kingsford, Ont., passed away Monday, March 20, 2006 in Prince George, B.C. Clifford is survived by his wife, Elaine; daughters, Bonnie Lynn (Randy) Block, and Tammie (Cody) Thibault and children, Dylan, Rebecca, Cody, Melissa, Tyrell and Fletcher; […]
With the OFSAA boys’ hockey championship getting underway here tomorrow, local merchants such as McTaggarts clearly have Muskie fever and are showing their support of the home team by decorating their store windows in black and gold. Action starts tomorrow at 8 a.m. with the Gonzaga Bulldogs (Mississauga) playing St. […]
Having initially implemented low-level sanctions back on Feb. 20, local occasional teachers will move to the next stage in protest of their lack of a contract with the Rainy River District School Board. Andrew Hallikas, chief negotiator for the OSSTF District 5B Occasional Teachers’ Bargaining Unit, said Monday that starting […]
Faith Moen, communications/public relations co-ordinator for Community Living Fort Frances and District, is looking for volunteers to take several of its service users to some of the OFSAA games here this week. “I’m sure there are people who are going to OFSAA who wouldn’t mind taking someone else along,” said […]
Having first got underway in late October, the Northwestern Health Unit actually has given out more shots during its annual influenza immunization campaign than in 2004-05. “In the district we distributed 34,000 doses. That would be to all health-care providers,” noted Cindy McKinnon, program manager for infectious control for the […]
Shortly after 1 a.m. on Friday, Fort Frances OPP arrested a male driver on the 300 block of Scott Street. The 26-year-old Northwest Angle man was charged with impaired driving and failing to provide a breath sample. He was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in court April […]
Fort Frances High School students Kenneth Kellar, left, Melissa Friesen, and David Barron rehearsed a scene from “Les Miserables” yesterday at the Townshend Theatre. The musical production is set to run there April 5-8. Tickets cost $10 for adults and $7 for students, which will be available at Northwoods Gallery […]
Brenden Laur made a shamrock necklace this morning during a St Patrick’s Day party at the Fort Frances Day Care. With children out of school this week for March Break, a full slate of activities were held there for all age groups. —Duane Hicks photo
