Born in Emo, Ont., and raised and educated in Barwick, Ont., Rodney met and married the love of his life and best friend, Marlene (McRitchie) of Fort Frances on March 30, 1963. In his early years he was employed as a bartender at various local hotels and latterly by Saskatchewan […]
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And then there were four. The final line-up of competitors in the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs will consist of the Emo Bulldogs, the Barwick Blue Knights, Big Grassy, and Stratton. The defending champion Bulldogs are the only undefeated team after they used a five-run burst in the sixth […]
With a renewed effort on the picket lines yesterday, Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living (ACL) employees have taken aim at their executive director, Alanna Barr, blaming her for a lack of negotiations. “It’s very frustrating when you have one person controlling everything and she’s not willing to […]
The second wave of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs were held Tuesday night with Sight and Sound falling to Zig’s Place 5-2 at Manitou, eliminating them from the double knock-out tournament. The Fort Frances-based team had an early 2-0 lead in the top of the first inning from […]
Last year’s proposal by the Alberton town council to rescue the municipality’s community hall are about to go up in smoke. The Crozier community hall is going to be used as a practice ground for the Alberton fire department and burnt to the ground. After months of debate last year […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our son and brother, who was born on April 14, 1978 and was taken suddenly by the great spirits at his home on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001. He suffered and bravely battled a rare form of cancer for […]
In loving memory of Gurlie Ellen Christiansen, age 69, of Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away on Monday, Aug. 20, 2001 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Gurlie was born on March 12, 1932 to Uno and Ellen Odahl in Fort Frances, Ont. She attended school here and […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of Bill Perlette announce his passing on Friday, Aug. 17, 2001 at La Verendrye Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont. Bill was born on March 19, 1939 in Winnipeg, Man. He lived most of his life in Fort Frances working in the hardware business. […]
A group of elementary school teachers hit the books a few weeks early during last week’s third annual Summer Institute for teachers at Fort Frances High School. Literacy was the topic of this year’s conference, with 85 teachers from across Ontario participating in the series of three workshops on the […]
Four floats entered in the district fall fair came home with a first place win. Four floats were entered and four first’s were won. The Devlin/LaVallee municipality entered a float for the first time, they took “the best decorated event.” Freda Carmody would like to thank all the folks who […]
The women’s soccer season wrapped up last week with MEC putting the bow on the league title, their first since 1996. MEC defeated Gillons’ 4-1 last Thursday in the one-game final at St. Francis Sportsfields. Keira Main scored two goals and Jodi Johnson and Liz Leischman added the other markers. […]
Steve Arpin put on two breathtaking performances during the Borderland racing season’s biggest two nights at last weekend’s Rainy River District Fall Fair. The 17-year old Fort native captured feature wins in both Friday and Saturday’s feature, fighting through the 22-car field, a bevy of out-of-town drivers looking to take […]
