Sight and Sound has its sights set on grabbing the brass ring. The season-long leaders in the Rainy River District Fastball League need only to defeat Rainy River in tonight’s 8 p.m. match-up at Vanjura Field to secure the championship. But if Rainy River manages to pull out the victory, […]
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The rink may not be big enough to hold this clash of the titans. The defending SIJHL champion Borderland Thunder will get a significant early-season test when the OCN Blizzard, the five-time defending Manitoba Junior Hockey League titleholders, come to the Ice for Kids Arena for an exhibition tilt Friday […]
As the summer break ends and students get back to classes, so too do the members of the Rainy River District School Board return to business as usual. The first of board meeting of the 2003-04 school year will be held tonight at 7 p.m. at Robert Moore School. Though […]
Mr. Timothy Gordon Lyons passed away Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital (McKellar Site) in Thunder Bay, Ont. Timothy was born in Fort Frances, Ont. on Oct. 29, 1936 to Timothy and Rose Lyons. He married Florence Janet Bartush on Nov. 15, 1958. They moved to […]
Amy Edith Orlesta Wood (Barnewall) 95, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully at her residence on Sunday, Aug. 31, 2003, with her daughter, Edith at her side. She was born on May 17, 1908 in Montreal, Quebec, and moved to the Rainy River District […]
In loving memory of Mary Aureillie Shaffer who passed away peacefully at her residence in Princess Court on Aug. 28, 2003 at the age of 85 years. Mary was born in Dryden, Ont. on Feb. 26, 1918 to William and Aureillie Dickson and was a lifelong resident of Dryden. Mary […]
Richard Frank Schulzki passed away on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2003 in Emo, Ont. He will be greatly missed by his family, friends and the entire community. Richard was born in Blankensee, Prussia, on April 3, 1929 to the late Bernhard and Maria Schulzki. He moved to Canada in 1951. Initially, […]
A berth in the league championship final is on the line tonight for a quartet of contenders in the Fort Frances Adult Slo-Pitch League. As long as the rain clouds hold off, Normiska will take on the Rural Reps in the “A” Bracket final at 6 p.m. at the south […]
The expansion at the La Verendrye hospital got a much needed shot in the arm yesterday afternoon as the province announced an additional $4.5 million grant required to complete the project. Tourism and Recreation minister Brian Coburn was in Fort Frances to inspect the local Ontario Tourism Centre due to […]
Dear editor, I’m not sure if the town bought the property on the 600 block of Front Street to let the constructions companies use it or if they plan on venturing into another real estate deal. I do know it looked a lot better with the house sitting there on […]
Absence not only makes the heart grow fonder, but the Superior International Junior Hockey League schedule grow shorter at the same time. Thanks to the Northwest Wisconsin Knights and the Iron Range Yellow Jackets each bowing out of the league for this coming season, the SIJHL’s third campaign will be […]
A group of university students made their way through Fort Frances yesterday dressed as voyageurs and following a route the hardy French-speaking men travelled more than two centuries ago. The students, in their third year of the Outdoor Recreation, Parks and Tourism course at Lakehead University, took the trip as […]
