Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Anyone wanting advance tickets to the Borderland Thunder games in Fort Frances, you can now get them at Variety Village here in Emo. It is better than standing in line at the Memorial Sports Centre. What would you do if you received a car for your birthday? Well, without mentioning […]
Kathryn Adele Meyers, loving wife of Gordon, beloved mother of Grant (Lucinda) and Kim (Geoff), and sister-in-law of Bernice, passed away Friday, Oct. 26, 2001 after a long struggle with emphysema. Adele was born in Emo, Ont. to Grant and Vera Littlefield (nee Reid). She was predeceased by her parents; […]
In loving memory of Felix Seguin, 84, of Pinewood, Ont., who passed away peacefully Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2001 at the Rainy River Hospital in Rainy River, Ont. Felix was born Nov. 12, 1916 in Nelles Township, Ont. to the late Francois Xavier and Emelie Seguin. He grew up in the […]
Willmar Hendrickson, 68, of Dawson Township, Ont., passed away peacefully with loved ones by his side on Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001 at the Emo Hospital in Emo, Ont. He was born May 12, 1933 in Wilson Creek, Atwood Township, Ont. to the late Charles and Bertha Hendrickson. Willmar spent most […]
Mrs. Rosie Ka-toke Bob (nee Madden) passed away peacefully at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Friday, Oct. 26, 2001. She was born in 1915 in the Lake of the Woods area before making her home and raising her family on the Sabaskong Reserve near Nestor Falls, Ont. […]
Alfreda Christina Nadon, 89, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. She was born Feb. 11, 1912 in Virginia, Mn. to the late Frederick and Anna Haglund. Mrs. Nadon moved at […]
Liniment league players will suit up at the Memorial Sports Centre this weekend for the first-annual Mark Hopkins Memorial hockey tournament. Twelve teams will take to the “Ice for Kids” and “52 Canadians” arenas starting Friday at 7 p.m., with play continuing until the finals Sunday afternoon. Squads from […]
Northwestern Health Unit staff and municipal councils across the region will get the results of its much anticipated operational review starting this week. The review, done at the request of municipal governments across the northwest to determine whether the health unit has been operated efficiently, will be revealed to its […]
The Muskies’ first season in the Winnipeg High School Football League ended in the quarter-finals Friday, falling to the Churchill Bulldogs 21-14 at Canad Inns Stadium. Down 7-0 at the half, the Muskies (4-4) battled back to take the lead 14-7 early in the third quarter after running back Jock […]
The 22-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of local 16-year-old male is slated to appear in court here next Monday. Joseph Francis Terriault was arrested and charged July 31, after Nathan Edward Macdonald was found severely wounded around 3 a.m. in the backyard of […]
While ghouls and ghosts will be a common sight on the streets Wednesday evening, “Operation Pumpkin” once again will be on the lookout for the real monsters—vandals and thieves—on “Gate Night.” “‘Operation Pumpkin’ is where members of the police and volunteers from the community work together to keep an eye […]
Saturday night’s aggressive and penalty-riddled contest between the Borderland Thunder and visiting Northwest Knights left something opposing head coaches Wayne Strachan and Don Babineau could agree on. They weren’t happy with the calls. “The ref tried to take the game over,” said Strachan after his team beat the Knights 5-2 […]
