It is with great sadness that the family announces Struchan Gilson, 63, of 1313 King’s Highway, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly at home on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2005. Struchan was born Jan. 24, 1942 in Coleraine, Great Britain to the late Eric and Elizabeth Gilson. Educated in Great Britain […]
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Jim, left, and Kelvin Caul worked hard to win the tea boil event at the annual Loggers’ Competition at the Emo Fair on Friday. Kelvin went on to take the overall title for the third consecutive year. See Wednesday’s Times for the complete story. –Michael Hilborn photo
Children of all ages and ability are invited to participate in a day of chess at Fort France Public Library tomorrow. The day will begin at 10 a.m. with “simuls,” where the youngsters will play against John Rutherford, known as “The Chess Guy,” of the Central Canada Chess League Tournament […]
Cooler temperatures and some much-needed rainfall have significantly reduced the fire hazard across Northwestern Ontario to “low” or “low to medium.” All out-of-province resources and firefighters are scheduled to return to their home bases over the next few days. As well, FireRangers who have been mobilized for up to three […]
A pre-trial date of Nov. 28 was set Monday morning for two people charged in connection with a series of armed robberies here. Neil Brown, 35, and Pamela Magel, 24, who were arrested Jan. 28 by Fort Frances OPP, each were charged with one count of armed robbery, one count […]
District OPP laid numerous charges in Fort Frances, Emo, and Rainy River over the weekend. Fort Frances OPP stopped an erratic driver yesterday at 10 a.m. on the 300 block of Minnie Avenue. A 20-year-old Fort Frances man subsequently was charged with driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol […]
Forget the 75-plus regular-season games now in the books, last week’s semi-final action, or any tournament and exhibition contests earlier this summer. Tonight, the Borderland Soccer Association’s best are playing for all the marbles. The champions of both the men’s and women’s divisions will be crowned tonight at St. Francis […]
The Civic Centre will be closed this Wednesday (Aug. 24) from 9:30 a.m.-noon so town administration and staff can attend the funeral service for Coun. Struchan Gilson. The service will be held at 10 a.m. at the ’52 Canadians Arena. Coun. Gilson was serving his third-consecutive term as a town […]
Work has begun on the stretch of King’s Highway from Keating Avenue to 30 metres east of Holmes Avenue to kick off Phase II of the $900,000 “Connecting Link” project. Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown said Thursday that workers started installing a new watermain this week. That’s just one […]
A wheelchair-accessible swing has been ordered by the Town of Fort Frances and is expected to be installed at the Lions Park here this fall. Bill Caul, airport and parks superintendent for the town, said the swing, called a “Sway Fun,” has been ordered along with equipment for other local […]
Tears and cheers were in abundance Thursday night as 15-year-old Kayla Lauzon of Barwick was crowned Emo Fair Queen 2005 at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. She was presented with a purple robe and crown from 2004 Queen Trisha Wilson as bubbles blew and cameras flashed. Lauzon was one of […]
A quintet of local golfers will hit the links in Niagara Falls this weekend, vying not only for bragging rights as the Buick Scramble Canadian champs, but also the right to represent our country at the North American showdown in October. Kitchen Creek pro Steve Wood will be joined by […]
