William George Saunders passed away peacefully Monday, March 17, 2003 in his 82nd year at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Bill was an announcer at CKFI Radio in 1948 and later Minnesota manager of CFOB Radio. In the 1960s, he was the manager of International TV Cable, until […]
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Jessie Rose, 83, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Wednesday, March 19, 2003 at her residence. Funeral sevices will be held Saturday, March 22, 2003 at 2 p.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, with Rev. Marietta Marshall officiating. Interment will […]
The Fort Frances Model Railroad Club is holding a garage sale this Saturday at the old CN station, with proceeds to go towards a train layout and plaque in tribute to the late Ron MacGregor. MacGregor, who passed away Feb. 15, was a dedicated member of the club, which started […]
A highly-competitive field is pushing Scott Gobeil to the wire as he tries to pin down a playoff berth at the Canadian Police Curling Championship in Summerside, P.E.I. The Fort Frances skip—representing Northern Ontario along with third Jeff Simpkins, second Dennis Smith, and lead Pete LeDrew—moved into a three-way tie […]
The Muskie boys’ curling squad hit some bumps in the ice yesterday during their first day of action at the all-Ontario championships in St. Thomas. Skip Adam Bolen and his 12th-ranked team of third Brendon Loney, second Jason Pattison, and leads Joey Wensley and David Kaun came within a hair—literally […]
Unless someone out there has a little pixie dust or a magic wand, nothing is going to be done with the old Fort Frances High School building or property in the foreseeable future. “We don’t have anything magical yet,” Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach said after a meeting Wednesday between […]
You say you miss all the old songs–well, how old? Will these from the ’30s and ’40s suit you? “’Twas on the Isle of Capri that I met here, ’Neath the shade of an old walnut tree. As I sailed with the dawn in the morning, Yet my heart’s on […]
Years ago, my mother had an acquaintance who seemed to be especially blue. Now my mother wasn’t a psychologist, but I always valued her advice. Her advice to this acquaintance was to bake a batch of cookies when you feel blue. When she told me that story, I understood for […]
There are lots of willow trees in Canada. Actually, there are about 90 species in Canada—and about 300 different species in the world. Add to this the fact that many of them cross-breed with each other and you have a family with a whole bunch of trees in it. Willows […]
You probably had vaccinations as a child. They primed your immune system so that if the real infectious agent came along, you could clear it from your body without becoming ill. Cattle are vaccinated for exactly the same reason. To understand how the immune system responds to a vaccine, think […]
The sport of curling has taken on a new dimension brought on by a higher degree of strategy in the placement of stones on the extreme perimeter of the rings (house). With the three-guard zone regulation now in effect, and with the four-guard one almost a certainty down the road, […]
