For as long as I can remember, I have been able to read. I still have “The New Winston Primer,” as well as the “First Reader” and the “Second Reader,” in my library. “Once a Wee Wee Woman lived in a wee wee house. The Wee Wee Woman had a […]
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Word has been received of the passing of Mary Jannette Saddington, 54, of Calgary, Alta., after a courageous battle with cancer. Jan is survived by two daughters, Lisa and Michelle; and her precious grandson, Caden. She was the eldest sister of Brian Harris and Shirley Whitefield of Fort Frances, Ont., […]
Moses “Bill” Havelin, 81, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, July 30, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. He was born Aug. 12, 1919 in Charteris, Que. to the late Robert and Jessie Havelin. Mr. Havelin entered the workforce at the young age of 14. He […]
It is with deep sadness and regret that we announce the passing of Harry Morrisseau Sr. on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2001 in his home in Couchiching First Nation at the age of 78. Harry was born Sept. 30, 1922 to Alfred and Margaret Morrisseau. Harry will be greatly missed and […]
Pither’s Point beach here is still off-limits to swimmers after routine samples taken by the Northwestern Health Unit found dangerous levels of bacteria. The beach was closed for the first time last Thursday and remains closed after follow-up samples–taken Saturday–found the bacteria count was still high. “Samples that we’ve taken […]
Preparations for Muskie football and hockey tryouts will be taking place all this week, with both springing into action next Monday (Aug. 13). The football coaching staff has player and family information packages available for pick up at the high school during office hours (Monday to Thursday from 8 a.m. […]
The Fort Frances Horticultural Society is seeing who’s got the best “green thumb” when it stages its annual flower and vegetable show tomorrow. Running from 2-8 p.m. at the Robert Moore auditorium, organizers are hoping exhibitors once again will get creative since this year’s theme is “Storybook Gardens.” “The theme […]
Several northwestern Ontario communities remain cut off as roads are flooded or washed out following Tuesday’s storms. Near Morson water is running through Highway 621, what used to be the only access road to the community, and the four-foot culvert there has washed away. “We’re cut off because of the […]
Crews are still working around the clock to contain and remove about 2,500 gallons of diesel fuel dumped in to Rainy Lake after Wednesday night’s Rocky Inlet train accident. Yesterday morning a boom line was set out a few metres from shore to contain the spill on the surface of […]
Nathan McDonald, age 16, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly on Tuesday, July 31, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Nathan will be greatly missed by his grandmother, Janet Bruyere; mother, Verna McDonald; father, Edward McDonald; siblings, Edna Kameron (Kevin Scott), Shannon McDonald (Stafford Hawk), […]
Devlin has been a hubbub of activity yesterday and today as residents there literrally pick up the pieces after yesterday’s storm. As pieces of barns and houses dot fields north and south of the community residents, volunteers, contractors, hydro crews and CN Rail crews had converged on the area to […]
The Northwestern Health Unit has declared Pither’s Point unsafe for swimming for the first time this season after high bacterial counts were discovered during routine beach sampling. “At Pither’s Point it’s just the usual due to the heavy rains,” Fort Frances public health inspector Dave Coats explained this morning. “It […]
