BODNAR–Born to Blake and Shelley, nee Hahkala, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Reed Joseph, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz. on December 19, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

ROGOZA–Born to Lindsey and Mellisa, nee Gallagher, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Cassandra Grace, weighing 6 lbs. 14 oz. on December 26, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

WALTON–Born to Reno Walton and Shannon Jourdain, of Lac La Croix, Ont., a baby boy, Reo Bryson Paul, weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. on December 27, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

MORRISSEAU-TWINS–Born to Candace Morrisseau, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., two baby girls, Destiny Irene, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. and Trinity Ivaline, weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz. on December 27, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

KOOISTRA–Born to Wayne and Wilma, nee Veldhuisen, of Emo, Ont., a baby girl, Grace Elizabeth, weighing 6 lbs. 13 oz. on December 29, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

VINAR–Born to John and Jeanette, nee Olson, of International Falls, MN., a baby boy, Justin Michael, weighing 9 lbs. 1 oz. on December 31, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

The ice cover of Bad Vermilion Lake is commencing its booming and banging like war cannons now as it thickens in the coldest weather. And my father would have his dog harness ready with a smile because Deed Lake had become a wonderful friend and vital to our needs. Tony […]

Planning for the 50th anniversary of the Christian Reformed Church in Emo is moving along, with a few details still to be completed. Gathering facts, documents, and photographs are slowly coming together. Nick Schryvershof is chair of the organizing committee, which also includes Hilda Schryvershof, Heidi Gustafson, Mark VanHeyst, Rick […]

This week, after going 3-1 in my opening week of playoff predictions (sure, tell me you knew the Falcons were going to beat the Packers), I’m going to adopt the philosophy of going with the teams I’d rather see have their buses run out of gas on the way to […]

Those wanting to see the Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra perform here this Friday (Jan. 10) at 7:30 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre probably won’t have to worry about being able to get a ticket. “They’ve been going steady but slow,” said Fort High music teacher John Dutton, who is organizing […]

Grey Goose has changed the schedule for its buses coming here from Thunder Bay and those going to and from Winnipeg. Starting tomorrow (Jan. 7), there will be no morning bus to Winnipeg on Tuesdays and Thursdays as well as no evening bus coming in from there on those days. […]

The best way to beat a one-man band is to throw the whole orchestra at him. The Borderland Thunder were undone by a stunning solo performance Friday night in a 4-2 loss to the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs in SIJHL action at the Ice for Kids Arena. But the locals […]