Jeanette O’Neill, 87, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004. She was born March 22, 1917 in LaVallee, Ont., to the late George and Florabelle McTavish. Jeanette was raised and attended elementary school in LaVallee, High School in […]
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Julie Holman (nee Rousseau), died peacefully at home as she wished, surrounded by family. Caring wife and homemaker to Ted for 52 years. She was ever supportive and proud of her four children and their families; Ken and Kathryn Holman, Cathy and Bob Tune, Nancy and Ian Lee, and Diane […]
The Anishinabek Police Service, OPP Criminal Investigation Branch and North West Region Crime Unit have made an arrest in the death investigation of 19-year-old Daniel Beardy of Thunder Bay, son of Stan Beardy, Grand Chief of Nishnawbe-Aski Nation, Ontario’s biggest group of First Nations. The 23-year-old male from Greenstone, was […]
Newly-elected Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff is planning a tour of the riding in September to meet with people from various municipalities and hear their concerns. “I’m very excited about the chance to get to know the people better and to demonstrate my intention of providing the highest level […]
The Rendezvous Yacht Club held their longest race of the season on Saturday. Colin Hewitt won this year’s Kettle Falls Race with Kevin Peterson coming in second. Warren Wagness was third overall and the first of the Class A boats. The race started at 10 a.m. just north of Grindstone […]
The Dryden OPP is continuing their search for a missing boater on Eagle Lake. At about 9 a.m. yesterday, three people were traveling in a boat on the lake when the occupants were thrown into the water. They were not wearing their life jackets, and after 15 minutes, other boaters […]
Isabel Evelyn Busch, age 89, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, ON, passed away on Saturday, July 31, 2004. Isabel was born on Dec. 22, 1914 in Fort Frances, ON, to Reginald and Jemima Whitefield. She was raised in Fort Frances. She was united in marriage to Gordon […]
The provincial government has announced an increase in funding for child care in the hopes of creating 4,000 additional subsidized spaces across the province. The Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board learned earlier this week that it would be receiving an increase in annual funding, as well as some […]
The family of the late Rick Pearson has worked to turn a sad event into a positive initiative, to help raise money for kidney disease. The second-annual Rick Pearson Memorial Golf Tournament will be taking place at Kitchen Creek Golf Course this Monday (Aug. 2). The idea for the golf […]
Having his team’s first day weight disqualified, felt like being slapped in the face and stabbed in the back, said Joe Prichett. Prichett and his partner Hiram Archibald, both of Sioux Narrows, had their 16.08 pound bag disqualified in the first day of the 10th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship […]
Nearly two dozen kids came out to the Fort Frances Public Library yesterday to participate in a day of chess playing, and every one of them went home a winner. John Rutherford, also known as “The Chess Guy,” came out to play simuls with the kids, and to find qualifiers […]
Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship volunteer Brian Hebert has an uncanny ability of guessing the weights of the angler’s baskets before they go up on stage. Frankly, it’s a little creepy. With a mere glance he makes the call—and 90 percent of the time he gets it within one or […]
