Alyce Belanger, 86, passed away Friday, March 26, 2004 at the Falls Good Samaritan Center in International Falls, Mn. She was born Dec. 5, 1917 to Carl Victor and Mabel (McComb) Linsten. Alyce attended schools in International Falls and graduated in 1935. In 1936, she married Alfie Belanger, and the […]
fftimes
Hazel Johnston, 90, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Friday, March 26, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Hazel was born Oct. 18, 1913 in Neepawa, Man. to the late Charles […]
Bella Francis Hunter, 79, of Rainy River First Nations (Manitou Rapids), passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A traditional funeral service will be held Friday, March 19, 2004 at 10 a.m. at the Manitou Rapids gymnasium, with interment in the Rainy […]
While rumours continue to swirl over the sale of the Voyageur Panel oriented strandboard plant in Barwick, the company said no deal has been confirmed yet. “There is not a new owner as of yet,” mill general manager Percy Champagne said late yesterday afternoon. “We have nothing to announce,” echoed […]
David Leskowski will win the Conservative party’s nomination for the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding by acclamation after Christine Hogarth, treasurer of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party, withdrew from the race. “Just a few days ago, she [Hogarth] advised our nomination committee that she would be stepping aside,” noted riding […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team failed to advance to the quarterfinals of the all-Ontarios in London, losing 7-0 to the fifthseeded Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crusaders last night to finish in fourth place in Pool ‘D’ with a 1-2- 1 record. After a tie and loss on the first […]
A report released earlier this week by the Sierra Legal Defence Fund named the Abitibi-Consolidated pulp and paper mill in Fort Frances as one of the province’s “Dirty Dozen Polluters”—the worst violators of Ontario’s air and water pollution laws, according to the organization. The report, called “Cracking Down on Polluters,” […]
The Borderland Thunder have forced a Game 7 in Dryden tomorrow night after beating the Ice Dogs 5-1 here last night to even their SIJHL semi-final series at 3-3. The Thunder had trailed the series 3-1, splitting the first two games in Dryden but then losing the next two here […]
David Leskowski will win the Conservative party’s nomination for the new Thunder Bay-Rainy River riding by acclamation after Christine Hogarth, treasurer of the Ontario Progressive Conservative party, withdrew from the race. “Just a few days ago, she [Hogarth] advised our nomination committee that she would be stepping aside,” noted riding […]
The Borderland Thunder have forced a Game 7 in Dryden on Saturday night after beating the Ice Dogs 5-1 here Thursday to even their SIJHL semi-final series at 3-3. The Thunder had trailed the series 3-1, splitting the first two games in Dryden but then losing the next two here […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team failed to advance to the quarter-finals of the all-Ontarios in London, losing 7-0 to the fifth-seeded Our Lady of Mount Carmel Crusaders on Thursday night to finish in fourth place in Pool ‘D’ with a 1-2-1 record. After a tie and loss on the first […]
There was singing in the hallways at the Memorial Sports Centre as the Borderland Thunder returned from their must-win game in Dryden on Tuesday night full of confidence. The Thunder pulled out a 2-0 victory to trail their best-of-seven semi-final series 3-2, with Game 6 tonight at 7:30 p.m. at […]
