The long weekend is here and the OPP will be highly visible throughout Rainy River District ensuring that area roadways and waterways are safe. As you head out to the cabin, the beach, or fishing for the day, please adhere to the current boating regulations. OPP marine units will be […]
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Beginning today (July 29) and continuing on a weekly basis until the end of the year, motorists in Northwestern Ontario will begin seeing some very large tractor-trailers travelling along Highways 17 and 11 enroute to Fort Frances. OPP officers will be escorting these vehicles from eastern Ontario via Wawa and […]
Rainy River First Nations Chief Albert Hunter welcomed Ontario Minister of Culture Madeleine Meilleur to Manitou Rapids yesterday. The minister presented the resource centre with some new books before going to the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung historical site, where she presented a Cultural Strategic Investment Fund and another from the Sports, Cultural, and […]
Jana Groot of Smithers, BC took time to do some maintenance on her bicycle before joining her colleagues for a fish fry dinner at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo last night. She is part of the “Sea to Sea” cross-country that is riding from Vancouver to Halifax to celebrate […]
It was just a bad three days of golf for Steve Wood and Glen Mills. The professionals at Kitchen Creek both shot well below what they expected at the MPGA Championships at the Elmhurst Golf and Country Club, which began Monday and wrapped up yesterday. Mills shot a collective score […]
Northwestern Ontario’s forestry industry was dealt another major blow yesterday when Abitibi-Consolidated announced both machines at its mill in Kenora will fall silent in October. But the Montreal-based company did leave the door open to the possibility of bringing the larger of the two machines—capable of churning out 150,000 tonnes […]
WAGNER–Born to Harriette and Bradley, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Kenneth Bradley Charles, weighing 9 lbs. 4 oz. on July 19, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Lawrence Gibbins, 70, of Big Island First Nation, Ont., passed away Tuesday, July 26, 2005 at the Lake of the Woods Hospital in Kenora, Ont. He was born May 3, 1935 in Morson, Ont. to Alexander and Katie Gibbins. He has lived in the Morson area all of his life, […]
Peacefully on the evening of Saturday, July 23, 2005, Dad passed away at the age of 65 at Riverside Health Care Facilities surrounded by his family. Larry bravely battled leukemia, always maintaining his sense of humour, courage and positive attitude until the end. Larry was born on June 23, 1940 […]
Melanie Rae Norton of Kamloops, B.C. passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2005 at 33 years of age. Beloved daughter of Wally Norton and Carol (Ken) Churchwell, all of Kamloops. She also leaves with treasured memories her sister, Wendy (David) Fera of Las Vegas, Nev.; grandparents, Ella Norton of Fort Frances, […]
Devlin’s Paul Jewiss, left, and partner Mike Graham, of Fort Frances, bag bass on the final day of the tournament. Jewiss and Graham placed 17th overall, and were also the top local team. –Wes Gilbertson photo
Andrew Eldridge, eight, got down to some serious munching on Wednesday during the donut-eating contest in Daytime Land at the FFCBC. —Melanie Béchard photo
