The process of establishing a non-profit corporation to run the Fort Frances Clinic, and to apply to be a Family Health Team, is the mandate of a new board formed here last month. “In order to move forward with a non-profit, a committee has to be formed,” Coun. Todd Hamilton […]
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Deena Christian perused all the books for sale this morning during the local Alzheimer Society’s second-annual book sale at Revco Carpet (950 Fifth St. W.). The book sale will continue tomorrow from 9 a.m.-4 p.m., and again Saturday from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Proceeds from the book sale will go towards […]
It is with great sadness to announce the passing of Marg Wilson, after a long but always strong and courageous battle with cancer, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006. Marg was strong and positive until the very end and gave strength to every one close to her, and always was worried […]
Mabel Louise Gillies, 97, passed away Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006 at the Riverside Health Care Centre in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born in Pincher Creek, Alta. on Sept. 27, 1908 to Archibald and Louise Borrett. Mabel is survived by her children, Kent (Leah) Gillies and Neil (Linda) Gillies; two […]
Fran completed her earthly journey on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. at the age of 64. She was born and raised in Sioux Lookout, Ont. to Frank and Lena Mehaffey, who settled there from the Maritimes. She visited the East Coast several […]
It is with heavy hearts and deepest sorrows we announce the passing of our mother. Marion Audrey Larson, 73, of Emo, Ont., passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006 at the Emo Health Centre in Emo. She was born on May 29, 1932 in Winnipeg, Man. to the late Romeo and […]
After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Helene Rekrut passed away at the Fort Saskatchewan Health Centre in Fort Saskatchewan, Alta. on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006. She was born Nov. 16, 1932 in Sundown, Man. to the late Steve and Annie Eluik. Mourning her loss are her children, Sharon […]
The ice at the Fort Frances Curling Club doesn’t make itself during the season—and it certainly didn’t make itself for the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts. Fort Frances native Kevin Busch, the ice-maker at the local curling club, has been preparing for more than a year for one of the […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. pitched a 42.8 percent increase in per capita fees—from $7 to $10—at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual meeting Saturday in Bergland. Economic development officer Geoff Gillon highlighted several ways the money contributed by the RRDMA has been used to leverage a great […]
Two teens from Europe and one from “Down Under” are among five foreign students in the fifth month of their exchange program at Fort Frances High School, where they are enrolled in Grade 11. Valerie Romann, 16, who lives near Zurich, Switzerland, Cassie Jenkins, 16, from Sydney, Australia, and Svenja […]
A meeting to discuss the closure of the local French school here last Wednesday night drew no one from the local community. Classes have been suspended at the school since the 2004-05 school year when no children registered. The Conseil scolaire de district catholique des Aurores boréales advertised the meeting […]
Dr. Taylor Scarr, a provincial forest entomologist with the Ministry of Natural Resources in Sault Ste. Marie, was on hand at the Adventure Inn here last Wednesday to answer questions about the jack pine budworm infestation in Rainy River District. The jack pine budworm caused severe defoliation of nearly 90,000 […]
