Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Rudy and Rose French of Alpine, Wyoming were in our vicinity during the Emo Fair working on their property they have purchased–a retirement spot in Canada. They were former residents in the Off Lake area before moving to the United States, where the boys Jim and Joe were attending a […]
The Borderland Thunder of the Superior International Junior Hockey League (SIJHL) will hold another tryout camp this Friday–one which should help narrow down their roster before their first season starts next month. Two weeks ago, the Thunder had signed 12 players and had six or eight yet undecided after their […]
The Fort Frances branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce will be undergoing some changes this fall in a bid to modernize the building. “We are having some major renovations to the branch, it involves total restoration of the interior to totally modernize the branch,” explained Jeff Romanyshyn, CIBC’s […]
In a chain-reaction, a number of businesses along Scott Street have re-located. Three local businesses moving this month are just the latest to shuffle in search of more space and a better location. Wilson’s office supplies has been the latest store to shift to a new location, moving from its […]
A week before classes resume, the Fort Frances High School will be open tomorrow through Thursday for new and returning students to pick up their timetables and pay registration fees. All returning students entering grades 11, 12 and OAC are asked to register tomorrow, Aug. 21 between 8:30 a.m. and […]
Kenora OPP are investigating two boating accidents which occurred on Lake of the Woods Aug. 4 and 5. In the first incident a 33-year-old woman was thrown from a boat in Regina Bay after the vessel her husband was driving hit a wave at an angle. While in the water […]
Tensions ran high as last Saturday’s annual Kitchen Creek Ladies Open boiled down to playoff between the town’s premiere junior and the town’s saaviest of veterans. And the vet won. Fifty-eight year-old Carol Livington beat two-time defending champion Christin Thomson in two holes of sudden death golf to capture her […]
Mary Churick of 825 Smith Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away in her 93rd year on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2001, at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Mary was born on Dec. 3, 1908 at the family homestead in Pine Ridge, Man., the third child of Joseph and […]
Muriel Durocher, age 89, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne Street, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Friday, Aug. 17, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001 at 10 a.m. at the Barwick Community Church […]
On Aug. 18, 2001, after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer, Colleen passed away at her home at the age of 66 years. Mrs. Wells is survived by her husband Wilfred (Bob) and son, Tracy. Colleen was born in Fort Frances, Ont., on March 1, 1935. She attended Robert […]
A working group met at 11 a.m. today to discuss the first results of tests on the effluent that flooded several north-end backyards last week. The group, which included representatives from the town, Abitibi-Consolidated Inc., Moncrief Construction, the Northwestern Health Unit, the Ministry of the Environment, insurers, adjusters, and residents, […]
Last night marked the opening of the Rainy River District Fastball League playoffs, with Sight and Sound (Fort Frances) falling 8-3 to the defending champion Emo Bulldogs. Bulldog veterans Shane Bliss and Don Copenace set the tone early, each belting home runs in the early innings to give Emo a […]
