Born to Jennifer Sobkowicz and Travis Chabot, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Kadynce Dora Marie, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. on April 20, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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I was searching through cupboards on Sunday looking for a gardening tool when I happened on some outdoor paint I had purchased to paint a fence more than 20 years ago. After we put the treated wood fence up, my wife and I decided the green was far more appropriate […]
At this time of year, while our lake was still deciding when and whether to re-open, my wife, Emily, and I would both decide to go and find summer somewhere else! Whichever ocean did not matter much so we had both Pacific and Atlantic experiences before long. Others would sooner […]
The Chapple museum—featuring new displays—is opening for the summer months this Saturday (May 1) from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Coffee and doughnuts also will be served. The museum will be open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in May and June, Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. in July and August, […]
Residential taxpayers in Fort Frances will be seeing a net tax increase of 11.7 percent after town council passed the 2004 budget in principle at last night’s meeting. In a 4-2 vote, council favoured of tax hike of 14.67 percent for residential, multi-residential, pipeline, and farmland properties, with a hike […]
It’s the latest bizarre turn of events in a decade-long dispute over the Atikokan sewer system. The Ministry of Environment has ordered the township to pump raw sewage directly onto the streets of Atikokan. Not surprisingly, the township is fighting the order. “Compliance with the director’s order will empty the […]
If you knew you could save a life, would you? Well, if you attend the first blood donor clinic of 2004, you would be able to do that. This clinic will be held at Fort Frances High School on Wednesday, April 28 from 4:30-8:30 p.m. and again Thursday, April 29 […]
The Brandon Wheat Kings were crowned the 2004 national Midget champions yesterday afternoon at the Kenora Recreation Centre after an exciting 2-1 overtime victory against College Charles-Lemoyne from Quebec. Brandon and College Charles-Lemoyne were very evenly matched as each time they met, the games were decided in overtime. Wheat Kings […]
Nearly two years after the flood of 2002, the Town of Fort Frances will be getting its final share of disaster relief funding after council amends an agreement with the province at Monday night’s regular meeting. The town previously had received interim Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program (ODRAP) funding in […]
The first fire of the district’s 2004 season—a 1,230 ha blaze northwest of Rainy River—currently is being “held” by Ministry of Natural Resources FireRanger crews. MNR fire information officer Deb McLean said Monday morning that Fort Frances Fire #1 was reported Saturday around 1 p.m. Two local MNR FireRanger crews, […]
Mr. Adrianus (Adrian) Zegert Willem VanRooyen, 64, of Cambrian Cres., passed away unexpectedly upon arrival at hospital on Thursday, April 22, 2004. Born Dec. 3, 1939 in Harmelen, Holland, he emigrated to Canada in 1948, where his family settled in St. Catharines, Ont. When he was 19, he joined the […]
