Mrs. Evelyn Marie Richard, 75, a resident of Jewell Street and longtime resident of Lakeshore Drive, passed away in St. Joseph’s Care Group on April 6, 2001 following a lengthy illness. Born Dec. 4, 1925 in Fort Frances, Ont., she had been a resident of Thunder Bay, Ont. since 1945. […]
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An area family has filed a $10 million lawsuit against numerous parties, including the Ontario Provincial Police, in connection with a case where three family members were charged with creating and operating an obscene Web site. In the claim, Don Smith, along with his wife, Lorna, their two children, and […]
The Rainy River District School Board is expecting to see student enrolment drop again this year but what impact this will have on the 2001-2002 staffing remains to be seen. “We’re always updating these projections but most recently, the projected enrolment will see 100 less elementary students and 35 less […]
As crews install studding in the room that will house the hemodialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital here, Dr. Bill McCready revealed Tuesday that it won’t not be operational until September. “The renovations could be done by June. But there’s no need to start up until then,” said Dr. McCready, […]
With Pharmasave celebrating its grand opening this week at its new location at the corner of Scott Street and Mowat Avenue, it’s fitting to look back and see how the business first made its way to Fort Frances. In 1948, local businessman Peter Jensen opened the original “Clinic Pharmacy” at […]
According to Bell, all of Northwestern Ontario is on Thunder Bay time. While they are able to supply new technology in the form of high-speed data transfers, video-conferencing, and ISDN, Bell has been unable to accommodate the Central time zone here. As such, all the caller identification displays in Rainy […]
Registrations for the second-annual ManOMin Watershed conference keep rolling in but it appears there still will be space for latecomers when the event gets underway Friday over in International Falls. “It’s going very well. We got lots of registrations back in this past week,” said Rebecca Dodd of the Rainy […]
A new, 18-hole golf course at Couchiching could be open as early as next summer. “The architect has said that if all goes well, we could be done by next year,” Couchiching Chief Chuck McPherson noted this morning. Plans have been drawn, funds allocated, and land cleared for the project, […]
—A body found outside an apartment complex last week has been identified as that of a heroic teen whose sister was murdered 19 years ago. The family of 16-year-old Jocelyn McDonald was notified Tuesday that the body of their daughter, who went missing Oct. 16, had been found. “It’s just […]
Tagg’s (Fort Frances) took top honours in the Bantam division at the annual Falls PeeWee/Bantam Invitational Tournament over the weekend. Meanwhile, the local K of C PeeWees went 2-0 in pool play but lost 6-1 to Kenora in the final. Playing in a round-robin format in the five-team affair, Tagg’s […]
The Fort Frances ‘AA’ Rangers came away with second place after losing 3-0 in the Novice final Sunday afternoon at the Elks Tom Thumb Atom hockey tournament in Thunder Bay. T.J. Pocock earned the nod as the best goalie in the tourney. After a scoreless first period, the Norwest Stars […]
Trustees with the Northwest Catholic District School Board gave the nod here Saturday to a plan aimed at improving student performance–but not without a few reservations. The plan, devised by curriculum co-ordinator Ron Fryer after consulting with teachers and principals, looks to improve student performance in the areas of math, […]
