Donald Keith Voges, 66, of Winnemucca, Nev., passed away Sunday, Dec. 19, 2004 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Reno, Nev. Keith was born April 12, 1938 in Fort Frances, Ont., Canada. He served in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Forest Service, and BLM, and was a 40-year member of the Operating […]
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For the second day in a row, the Scott Gobeil rink (Team Manitoba) split their games at the Canadian Police Curling Championship being held at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg. Gobeil, whose rink includes third Dave Priestley, second Tyson Langrell, and lead Scott Bell, opened play yesterday with a […]
The Canada Cup of Curling opens today with three draws. Women take to the ice for the morning draw, with Marie-France Larouche taking on Michelle Englot, Colleen Jones doing battle with Anne Merklinger, Shannon Kleibrink going up against Heather Smith-Dacey, Jo-Ann Rizzo playing Cheryl Bernard, and Jan Betker taking on […]
A total of $50,000 was divided up among 12 local recipients last night as the town disbursed money from the Moffat Family Fund on behalf of the Winnipeg Foundation. The recipient of the largest portion of this sum was the Fort Frances board of Crime Stoppers, which got $15,000 to […]
As a tune-up for their trip to the all-Ontarios in Windsor later this month, the Muskie boys’ hockey team will play an exhibition game against the Western District Taggs Bantam ‘AAA’ team tomorrow night. Game time is set for 6:45 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. The black-and-gold also […]
After having referred a report regarding revised plans for a skate park here to the Community Services executive committee at its Feb. 14 meeting, town council will hear back Monday night as to where the proposed facility should be built. Community Services manager George Bell confirmed Monday morning a site […]
After being denied a gaming licence to run its “Reel Raffle” this year, Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship Inc. is looking for a way to make up for the loss in revenue. FFCBC chair Doug Cain will appear before council Monday night to request $10,000 in financial assistance from the […]
Farewell to Nova Scotia at the 2005 Tim Hortons Brier—Randy Ferbey of Alberta has regained the Canadian men’s curling championship. The powerhouse Edmonton rink beat Shawn Adams 5-4 in yesterday’s final on Dave Nedohin’s 10th-end draw—avenging a loss to Nova Scotia’s Mark Dacey in last year’s title match. “It is […]
The Couchiching sub-division of the Treaty #3 police are investigating the disappearance of a 43-year-old Lac La Croix man. Lester Dale Atatise was last seen Wednesday, March 3 in Fort Frances. He was en route to Thunder Bay to see his son. He was to meet his son on Thursday, […]
With a $30,000 (U.S.) bonus tucked inside his pocket, Jimmie Johnson headed to the casino to celebrate his latest victory. If he can run the tables the same way he’s running the Nextel Cup series, he might just break the bank. Johnson ended the Roush Racing stranglehold at Las Vegas […]
Fort High teacher Paul Elliott was elected as an executive officer to the provincial executive of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation. Elections for the provincial executive were held at OSSTF’s annual meeting in Toronto over the weekend. Elliott will serve a two-year term as executive officer of the 50,000-member […]
Scott Gobeil of Fort Frances and his Team Manitoba rink went 1-1 on the opening day of the Canadian Police Curling Championships yesterday at the Granite Curling Club in Winnipeg. Gobeil, whose rink includes third Tom Norton, second Rob Newman, and lead Pete LeDrew, started out well in romping to […]
