Born to Don and Maureen, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Carter Douglas, weighing 6 lbs. 5 oz. on September 21, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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Mike Behan
Moving With Mike
Moving With Mike
I’ve become the “slide show” guy. Remember, back when you were a kid, when your family was invited over to a friend’s house for dinner? Then afterwards, the projector and screen came out, the lights were dimmed, and you had to sit through an hour-and-a-half of their vacation slides. And […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
Literacy has always been the loser in the education lineup at Fort High, but now the school insists the parents pay attention. They might decide to help out after a meeting tonight. Ontario demands better English scholars. Personally, and considering that literacy became essential to my own career as a […]
I sat in my cottage garden yesterday, but there was little healing evident. My mums are blossoming late this year. My impatiens plants are straggly, as are the few blooming phlox plants. My herbs are lackadaisical. The geraniums have only one or two bright red blossoms. About the only thriving […]
Milt Guba
This Week in Emo
This Week in Emo
Centennial choir begins rehearsing for Christmas show This past Monday was the first practice of the Emo Centennial Choir as it gets ready for its annual Christmas chorale later this year. The choir will be rehearsing every Monday at 7 p.m. at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo. Director Renee […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
You are reading the first sentence of my first sports column in the Fort Frances Times. After weeks of fretting over a solid opening, I decided to settle for the straight forward and oh-so-obvious hook (if you’re looking to turn the page, I don’t blame you). That’s the best I […]
Canadian Blood Services (CBS) resumes its annual Northwestern Ontario fall tour this week with two mobile blood donor clinics at Fort Frances High School. The clinics will be held Wednesday, Sept. 26 and again Thursday, Sept. 27. “Canadians have shown an incredible outpouring of support in response to the recent […]
Plans to proceed with the purchase of a new, state-of-the-art computer system for the Civic Centre were quashed by town council Monday night. With the vote ending in a 3-3 tie (Coun. Struchan Gilson was absent from the meeting), a proposal to purchase hardware, software, and whatever else is needed […]
It looks like the final cuts for the local Taggs ‘AA’ Bantam hockey team will go right down to the wire. The team’s coaching staff held a three-day tryout sessions almost two weeks ago but admitted the roster choices made then–and ones still going to made–have been extremely tough. So […]
Ida Moen, 85, of 425 Nelson St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly at her residence Sunday, Sept. 23, 2001. Ida was born Nov. 1, 1915 in Fort Frances to the late Natale and Maria DeBenedet. At an early age, she quit school to look after her family. On June […]
Dina Perin, 80, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, formerly of 1008 Walker Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Friday, Sept. 21, 2001. Dina was born Dec. 29, 1920 in Pordenone, Italy to the late Angelo and Emilia Martin. On Jan. 25, 1941, she was united in […]
After still not selling all the tour de Fort “Encore” series vouchers at Saturday night’s Barra MacNeils concert here, they will be on sale again all this week. “People always ask us, ‘When are you selling tickets?’ The fact that we’re doing it all week long is really more convenient,” […]
