Born to Lisa Armstrong and Andy Badiuk, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Tayah Kassidy, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. on March 10, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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Born to Crystal Jorgenson and Daniel St. Pierre, of Rainy River, Ont., a baby boy, Carter Daniel Grant, weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz. on March 14, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
Let’s face it, sports and movies usually don’t mix very well together. There are more bad sports movies than there are good ones. For every “Raging Bull,” there are five “Mighty Ducks” sequels. For every Oscar nomination a sports movie gets, there are 12 “Razzies” (annual award recognizing the worst […]
Spring cleaning is long gone from our house, but I still remember the smell of a “clean” house as a girl. Oh how we cleaned every nook and cranny. We scrubbed the closet shelves of “spare bedrooms” that were never used. We hung the parlor rug on the clothesline and […]
Our ’50s and ’60s were well populated by UFOs! (most called them flying saucers and scoffers said “sun spots!”) Unidentified flying objects, as they became officially and seriously known, were being sighted everywhere, and our border skies must have been among their favourites haunts because almost every lake dweller here […]
I recently visited the Warroad Pioneer newspaper office and met up with one of Cal Marvin’s sons, who was picking up the new Warroad senior hockey photo. The Warroad Lakers hockey team still exists but with a different name—the Islanders. And they’re on the trail for another Allan Cup title. […]
Following last week’s release of Statistics Canada’s 2001 census results, Kenora-Rainy River MP Robert Nault said today the declining population trend in Northwestern Ontario is reversible. “While this census has shown that the population of Northwestern Ontario has dropped, I believe that we are positioned for a turnaround in the […]
The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service is looking for a few good volunteers—and the time to get involved is now. “We’ve had some people retire from the fire service, mostly because they had other commitments like young families,” Fire Chief Steve Richardson said Tuesday. “We have 17 volunteers right […]
The audience will hear everything from Renaissance lute songs to the Beatles during tour de Fort’s last concert of the 2001/02 season. “Rhapsody Junction”—featuring tenor Jason Hales, soprano Allison Colisimo, baritone Phillip Addis, and pianist Jennifer Tung—will perform this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre. “We found it […]
Due to a scheduling conflict, the youth choir being organized to perform during the World Health Organization conference here in May will meet Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, not Tuesday as was previously announced. “I’m still looking for more people. We have between 40-45 signed up, but […]
It may have been a little closer but the Borderland Thunder still held serve on home ice. The Thunder beat the Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs 4-1 here Friday night to grab a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven semi-final series. They had dumped Thunder Bay 7-1 in the opener Thursday night. […]
