An overwhelmed Sara DeGagne reacts after being named the 2005 ‘Fun in the Sun’ queen at the crowning ceremony Friday afternoon at Pither’s Point. DeGagne, 17, bested five other participants to win the first-place prize, a $1500 scholarship. Jenna Cousineau and Brittany Hayes were named the First and Second Princess, […]
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Eight-year-old Jonah Brow showed his true colours yesterday as kids from the Fort Frances Children’s’ Complex held their annual Canada Day parade. About 40 youngsters marched up and down the 1100 block of Portage Avenue to celebrate our country’s 138th birthday. –Wes Gilbertson photo
The 16th-annual Crime Stoppers “Great Rubber Duckie River Race” was held at the Sorting Gap Marina last night. Almost 900 tickets were sold, surpassing last year’s total, with all proceeds going to Crime Stoppers rewards. The first-place winner was Ray Armit, who will receive $1,000. There also were 10 prizes […]
There should be no reason for local residents to stay indoors tomorrow as the “Fun in the Sun” committee has lined up a slew of activities for Canada Day. Festivities will kick off with the Legion Ladies Auxiliary’s pancake breakfast from 7-9:30 a.m. at the Legion. The cost is $5 […]
While Bay City Contractors has been hired to build a sidewalk on the north side of King’s Highway from Daniel Avenue to Wal-Mart this summer, just how the town will pay for it remains to be seen. Originally slated as a “local improvement project” (whereby the town would pay for […]
The K of C Knights came oh so close to winning the PeeWee ‘AA’ tournament they hosted last weekend, falling 2-1 to the Dryden Apollos in ‘A’ final Sunday. Dryden netted both its goals in the second period, but the Knights only could manage one in the third by Joe […]
JOURDAIN-TRAUBENIK–Born to Shawn Traubenik and Dawn Jourdain, a girl, Naudia Rose, weighing 8 lbs. 7 oz. on June 19, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
COUNCILLOR–Born to Jennifer Helliar and Nathaniel Councillor, of Devlin, Ont., a boy, Nate Charles Nelson, weighing 7 lbs. 10 oz. on June 22, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont
The winds of last Thursday evening, and again late Sunday night, reminded me of a summer weekend more than 40 years ago. In that summer, my parents acquired a tent for family camping. It was first erected in the backyard and throughout the summer, my brother and I slept in […]
Many of our wonderful downtowners are gone now and sadly missed. After all, it’s been 100 years since Scott Street started. Alas, our main street probably will never get back to the sociable shopping centre it once was. Many of us will always cherish memories of the old-time merchants who […]
