Although bad weather in the South Bend, Ind. area shortened the Big East tournament to 18 holes from a previously slated 54, it was enough for the St. John’s Red Storm women’s golf team to claim the championship. Local golfer Christin Thomson, now a junior at St. John’s (New York), […]

A combination of above-normal temperatures and recent rain resulted in “ice-out” on the North Arm of Rainy Lake as of Saturday, Gordie Melville of Melaire Ltd. reported Monday morning. Melville noted only a few chunks of ice were floating on the water as of Saturday. “Everything’s open now. Rainy Lake […]

The New Beginnings Church (formerly Calvary Tabernacle) and Joy of Life Fellowship will be uniting, with their first service together as “New Beginnings Fellowship Church” to be celebrated here this coming Sunday. “It all came about fairly quickly. The Joy of Life Fellowship came to us about a month ago,” […]

There were no new fires in the Fort Frances District over the weekend, and with rain and even snow expected for much of this week, the fire hazard should drop. “It looks like the weather will be unsettled for the week, reducing the fire hazard,” Harrold Boven, fire management services […]

John Harrison, general manager at the local Abitibi-Consolidated pulp and paper mill, will be the guest speaker at Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce monthly luncheon tomorrow. Abitibi-Consolidated is the largest employer in Rainy River District and Harrison is expected to provide an update on mill operations, the pulp and paper […]

WAYASH–Born to Patricia Smith and Brian Wayash, a boy, Ty Robert, weighing 8 lbs. on April 13, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

MCQUAKER–Born to Shane and Rachel, nee Brown, of Emo, Ont., a girl, Taryn Ray, weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. on April 4, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Claude Vincent Flanagan passed away at his residence, Central Park Lodge in Brandon, Man., on Thursday, April 21, 2005. Claude was born May 12, 1911 in Fort Frances, Ont., where he grew up and received his education at the local elementary and high schools. He worked at several jobs in […]

Roy Sterling Burrell, 86, of 719 Scott St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Thursday, April 21, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. He was born April 6, 1919 in Boseman, Man. to the late Harry and Amy Burrell. Roy moved to the J.A. Mathieu mill site with […]

Students at Fort Frances High School began the “30-Hour Famine” last night and will be fasting until tomorrow morning. About 65 students have signed up to go without food for 30 hours, according to Al McManaman, one of the teachers organizing the event. The fasting began last night when the […]

The St. John’s University Red Storm golf team, of which Fort Frances resident Christin Thomson is a member, qualified for the Big East Championships that started today at the Warren Golf Club in Notre Dame. This is Thomson’s third season with the St. John’s (New York) women’s golf team and […]

Wanda Barker was recently appointed as the Canadian representative to the Super 8 chain’s manager advisory board. The motel chain’s manager advisory board is composed of 10 Super 8 motel general managers—one representative from Canada and nine from the United States. The managers meet twice a year to share best […]