Economic development will continue to be the buzz-word throughout 2001, Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon predicted Tuesday. “2001, I think, will again offer lots of challenges in regards to infrastructure and roads,” he noted. “Over the last six to eight months, we’ve really concentrated on preparing our town for future […]
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In a community surrounded by forest, miles of bush roads, and waterways, a moose can still attract a lot of attention. When a young moose wandered onto the Abitibi-Consolidated mill property near the car wash last week, a number of vehicles, passers-by, and mill employees surrounded the compound to watch […]
The co-chair of the Northwestern Ontario Elk Restoration Committee is hoping it only will be a matter of days before word arrives that the next shipment of elk is ready to be picked up in Alberta and relocated to the site at Cameron Lake. “I got a few calls over […]
Rainy River First Nation resident Art Hunter is hoping he’ll be seen on national television next week. Hunter spent three days at Old Fort William in Thunder Bay last May, acting in a number of scenes for the CBC mini-series, “Canada, A People’s History,” which currently is being aired. “My […]
Although some people may be hoping we’ve had the last of the big snowfalls this winter, Bob Hamilton would be more than happy to see another large dump of the white stuff. For the past five years, Hamilton has been busy building the Little Beaver Snow Park on the old […]
The Fort Frances Lions Club’s “Polar Plunge” likely will become a New Year’s Day tradition here after hundreds of people turned out yesterday to watch nine people brave the icy waters of Rainy Lake to raise money for local causes. “It was great. We’ve already had lots of people tell […]
George Norman “Hammy” Martin (Allan), 81, of 1119 Third St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Jan. 1, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. He was born Oct. 6, 1919 in Fort Frances. “Hammy” was united in marriage Aug. 7, 1953 to the former Florence Dustak, who […]
Agnes Lindgren, 83, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., formerly of Flinders Place, passed away at her residence Sunday, Dec. 31, 2000. She was born Jan. 1, 1917 in Rainy River, Ont. to Maurice and Ida O’Neill, where she was raised and attended school. […]
Marjorie Winnifred Dickson, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at Rainycrest Home for the Aged here Dec. 30, 2000 just a month short of 81 years. She was born to Frances (nee Jones) and John McGee in Fort Frances on Jan. 29, 1920. She was predeceased by her husband, John […]
Linda Huntley, 52, of 1709 Colonization Rd. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances on Friday, Dec. 29, 2000. She was born March 3, 1948 in Fort Frances to the late Henri and Edna Pennarun. Linda attended Lakehead Teachers’ College in 1968. On […]
Gilbert (Gib) Marshall, of Shevlin Towers, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at MacKellar Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2000 at age 84. He was born in Sprucedale, Ont. on Sept. 15, 1916 to the late George and Rose Marshall. His family moved to Burriss Township in […]
Abitibi-Consolidated has shelved plans to log the Reef Point Road-Hopkins Bay Road-Bay Road area for fire and shelter wood–plans which had sparked a public outcry last month. “We can’t log there without adversely affecting the land values,” local mill manager Jim Gartshore said Monday. “The areas will be declared surplus […]
