This is such a friendly community, small enough that, having lived here much of my life, I am constantly receiving nods and greetings from people I pass whom I can’t name. I’m sure this happens to most of us, but sometimes I try to identify them. The fellow I see […]
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Net Income Stabilization Account (NISA) administration is offering advance access to accounts for the 2003 year. This advance access is available to all qualifying NISA account holders, including farmers dealing with BSE-impacted markets. The advance access process is similar to the Interim Withdrawal option available in the previous NISA program. […]
Do you remember when you were “too young?” I do. “Marie’s too young,” they said. Too young to date. Too young to go in service abroad. Too young to hear the secrets of her older classmates. Too young to be president of the literary society. Too young to travel through […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Helen McQuaker announce her passing at the age of 82. Helen was born July 12, 1921 in Rainy River, Ont. to Charles and Magna Hodges. She lived all of her life in Rainy River with the exception of a few years […]
There’s no mistaking that rumbling in the distance—the Thunder will be rolling in soon. The regular season schedule for the third season of the Superior International Junior Hockey League was released Monday, with the circuit’s five teams set to play 48 games, down from last year’s 52 thanks to the […]
The recent Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference in Toronto was a productive one, the delegates from Fort Frances reported at the council meeting last night. “We got a fairly good response,” Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said of his meetings with four provincial ministries. Mayor Witherspoon, along with Coun. Deane Cunningham […]
This week will not only close the month of August, but also the 2003 Fort Frances Adult Slo-Pitch League season. Dubbed “Championship Week,” the eight teams still standing will face off in a series of games to determine an ultimate champion. The week will culminate with three contests Thursday, featuring […]
After seeing the number of daily reduced in May, Bearskin Airlines is reintroducing midday service between Thunder Bay and Fort Frances. Effective Sept. 15, new weekday flights will depart Thunder Bay and 11;20 a.m. and Fort Frances at 1:35 p.m.—complimenting current service that departs Thunder Bay at 6:30 p.m. and […]
Local business owners—and as of tonight’s council meeting here, town councillors and administration— have been invited to attend a meeting with Ontario’s Red Tape Commission co-chair Frank Sheehan when he comes to the district next week. Sheehan will meet with local business owners and other members of the community in […]
Gordon Alexander Ball, 83, passed away Aug. 25, 2003 at Nakusp, B.C. He was born Nov. 19, 1919 at Harrowby, Man. to William and Mary Ball. He started school at age of six at Harrowby. In 1932, the family moved to Rainy River District near Emo, Ont., where he continued […]
No one has come forward yet to run for positions on the local public and separate school boards in the November election, town clerk Glenn Treftlin reported. Like candidates for town council, those vying for the two Fort Frances reps for the public board, and three on the Catholic one, […]
The top two teams in the regular season didn’t disappoint again last night as Sight & Sound and Rainy River both advanced to the ‘A’ bracket final in Rainy River District Fastball League playoff action. Sight & Sound trounced Big Island 12-4, which sends Big Island to the ‘B’ bracket […]
