It was suiting to deem it as a David versus Goliath match-up. The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team—the best team during the NorWOSSA regular season with a 7-1 record—represented Goliath while the unheralded Kenora Broncos were David. But despite their first-place showing, and a bye to the league final here […]
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A former Rainy River resident now living in Winnipeg has published a book dealing with leadership challenges facing young people, particularly in the Christian community. Jamie Arpin-Ricci was born and raised in Rainy River. He recalls trips into Fort Frances with his grandfather, Lenard Ricci, the former publisher of the […]
They stood there in the bright sunshine, but chilling wind, as the wreaths were laid and speeches made on Remembrance Day last Thursday. Lost in their own thoughts, several district veterans—fewer every year now—bowed their heads and remembered bygone years and fallen comrades. There was a different group at each […]
They are the largest rodents in North America, they are almost completely blind, and although they are herbivores, they have been known to kill each other over territorial disputes. They also are recognized world-wide as the national symbol of Canada. But in Crozier, they are becoming a real problem to […]
The Town of Fort Frances won’t have to cut sewer and water service to Couchiching First Nation after all because Indian and Northern Affairs Canada has agreed to settle the reserve’s arrears prior to tomorrow’s deadline. INAC senior information officer Susan Bertrand said in a telephone interview yesterday that INAC […]
Students across the district, particularly those in Grade 3, continue to show general improvement in their scores on provincial standardized testing which were released last week. Of the Northwest Catholic District School Board’s 150 Grade 3 students, about 95 percent participated in the testing last spring. Of those, 66 percent […]
The Christmas season is fast approaching and I joined hundreds of other Fort Frances residents who were putting up their outdoor Christmas decorations this past Saturday. For several years, I have looked to put up the outdoor lights on the first Saturday following Remembrance Day. It is always touch and […]
There is now more time being spent on war history, this being called Remembrance Week and not merely a day. So I suppose this allows me to explain why I was among the few being issued two complete sets of uniforms, both air force and army! While studying schematics and […]
I’ve had some wonderful doctors in my day—Dr. Barnes as a girl in upstate New York, Dr. Mininger in Indiana, Dr. Horner in Canada, and my present Dr. Goering. But as much as I have liked all of my doctors, I wish I could have been a patient of Dr. […]
Just give me a Twisted Sister wig and call me Howard Stern, as it looks like I have become “Mr. Controversy” in Fort Frances. A column written a few weeks ago, “Putting sports under the microscope,” has touched many a nerve with local residents—and has created a backlash aimed at […]
It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Gladys Hammond on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Ont. Gladys was born Feb. 3, 1924 in Sussex, England to William and Lilian Taylor. She was united in marriage to Donald Hammond on June 24, […]
It is with great sadness that the family of James H. (Jim) Cox announces his passing on Friday, Nov. 12, 2004. Jim was born Aug. 18, 1921 in International Falls, Mn. to the late Bernard and Clara Cox. He lived most of his life in Fort Frances, Ont., where he […]
