Iola Pearl Seed, 84, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 10, 2006 at Calgary’s Rockyview Hospital after a short illness. A retired schoolteacher who began in the one-room schoolhouse days, she was a good person whose life was centered around family. She was born in 1921 in Emo Township, Ont. […]
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Lucile McCoy, beloved wife of the late Tom McCoy, passed away peacefully at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Friday, March 10, 2006 at the age of 89 years. Lucile was born in Osage, Sask. to Ray and Grace Thompson. She married Tom on Sept. 8, 1937 and […]
AGNES BENEDIX (HANDORGAN) MOOZ DODEM (MOOSE CLAN) It is with great sadness that the family of Agnes Benedix (Handorgan) announces her sudden passing on Tuesday, March 7, 2006. Agnes was born Feb. 2, 1946 in Rainy River, Ont. to the late William and Clara Handorgan. She spent the early years […]
After years of trying to pay for services downloaded from the province, especially policing, Pickle Lake council threw in the towel this week and basically invited the McGuinty government to take over its affairs. The mess Pickle Lake faces certainly isn’t because the township has been fiscally irresponsible or that […]
Dear editor: Why is it a young person has to move from beautiful Fort Frances to pursue a career. Why can’t Fort Frances have more opportunities for the youth. We left Fort Frances five years ago to find better opportunities and it was the best move we made. My daughter, […]
Dear Mr. Editor: This “maxim” will never be obsolete: “Liars figure, but figures don’t lie.” Canadian soldiers are fighting and dying for democracy in foreign lands while they themselves and their families live in Canada, where monarchy rules. Is there anything wrong with this picture? According to the Canadian government, […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team may have gone winless in four matches at the all-Ontarios in Dryden last week but they are banking on the experience helping next year’s squad. “To be able to be [at OFSAA] and see how these teams play was a great experience,” said head […]
Metalcorp Ltd., based in Thunder Bay, has discovered high-grade platinum mineralization over 3.7 m on its North Rock property near Bear’s Pass, about 25 km east of Fort Frances. A total of 21 holes totalling nearly 4,000 m have been drilled during the Phase 2 drill program, with results available […]
Town council voted Monday night to pull $68.053.30 from the Operations and Facilities revenue fund to pay for a sidewalk running from Canadian Tire to Wal-Mart. This was one of three capital expenditures from last year that were accounted for in a report from treasurer Laurie Witherspoon. All three transactions […]
Alberton council is concerned about the condition of Frog Creek Road and spent the beginning of its regular meeting last Wednesday night discussing funding with Fred Davies and Myles Kinnear of the Ministry of Transportation. “It’s quite a unique road with a lot of heavy travel,” noted Alberton Reeve Mike […]
There was a big change in how much Fort Frances residents recycled between 2004 and 2005, according to a report to council from Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown on Monday night. “The tonnage is up quite a bit,” noted Brown. “We were at 240 tonnes that we diverted in […]
