The absence of a men’s zone playdowns last month has opened the doors for two local rinks to make a run at one of three provincial berths up for grabs at the 16-rink district playdowns, which get underway Thursday morning in Atikokan. Lorne Jackson and Mike Kjerulf will be leading […]
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Arnold Kaemingh, 41, rises before 5 a.m. each morning, seven days a week, 365 days a year. Depending on the weather, he’ll get on his snowmobile or four-wheeler to cross the road to his Devlin dairy farm trailed by Princess, the family’s four-month-old German shepherd. He’ll work anywhere from eight […]
Dear Sir: On a pre-Christmas trip to Fort Frances, I experienced a flat tire on my car that had just been winter-serviced and travel-checked in Kenora. The day was a Sunday and I drove very carefully to the only open place I could find so early in the morning, hoping […]
Dear sir: This is Rapid Robert again, trying to put my thoughts down on paper. I have written several letters on appreciation by us people who are fortunate to live in this district. I’ve written about Hydro and their work in adverse conditions much of the time, and I’ve written […]
Dear editor: On behalf of the parents and organizing committee of last weekend’s Fort Frances Bantam ‘A’ tournament, we would like to offer a big thank you to Carol and her canteen staff. Through the entire weekend, even before 8 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, the canteen was open and […]
Okay, class, hands up everyone who knows Premier Mike Harris has resigned and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives are in the midst of a leadership race to replace him? Not bad. All right, hands up everyone who can name the five candidates vying to succeed Mr. Harris—and become Ontario’s next premier […]
We were still chasing the Allan Cup in 1951 when I first met Colin Russell in Owen Sound. Now there’s a man right out of our local Atlantis lore! Our Canadians had, by now, broken hockey fans’ hearts all the way to the Pacific, but here we were in the […]
The congregation at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo welcomed Rev. Harold and Joanne DeJong as guest speaker for both the morning and evening worship services last Sunday (Jan. 13). The couple, hailing from Dispatch, Kan., also visited with Harold’s mother, Nellie DeJong, at the Golden Age Manor, as well […]
Leif Gordon Willer, 92, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at his residence Monday, Jan. 14, 2002. He was born Aug. 28, 1909 in Foldahl Township, Marshall County, Mn., the son of John and Oline (Hamstead) Willer. Leif immigrated with his parents […]
