To combat alcohol abuse in native communities and celebrate the resolve of those who choose not to drink, Rainy River First Nations held its first sobriety pow-wow there last weekend. “This is a bit of a new thing. It’s the first one we’ve had and it’s to celebrate our sobriety,” […]
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In loving memory of Edith Jeffrey, age 76 years, of Dryden, who died in the Dryden Regional Health Centre on Tuesday, March 28, 2000. Edith is survived by her husband of 52 years Ed Jeffrey whom she married June 19, 1947, her daughters: Robbie (Melvin) Brannan, Linda Byer, April (Dave) […]
Alice Violet Horley, 96, of Edmonton, Alta., passed away Sunday, March 26, 2000. She was born in England on Oct. 22, 1903. The family came to Canada in 1905 and resided in Hamilton until 1919, then moved to Rainy River District. She married Francis Harold Horley on Sept. 12, 1923 […]
Josef (Joe) Ludwig Schaum, 62, of Devlin, Ont., passed away Sunday, March 26, 2000 at the Emo Hospital in Emo, Ont. after a long struggle with cancer. Joe was born March 18, 1938 in Germany to Anna Maria and Josef Schaum, and immigrated to London, Ont. at the age of […]
Joseph Miller, 73, of 602 Second St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Thursday, March 23, 2000 at La Verendrye hospital surrounded by his family. He was born Oct. 4, 1926 in St. Anna, Romania, and immigrated to Canada with his parents and sisters in 1928. The family settled in […]
Melani Sutton’s friends are afraid. The 18-year-old has been missing for 12 days now and they’re worried something horrible has happened. “I know something is wrong with her. If she left even for a day, she’d call her friends or parents. She didn’t hold anything from them, they had a […]
The local MEC Bulldogs blanked Kroppy’s Hawks (Kenora) 6-0 to win the ‘B’ consolation final at a 12-team tournament in Keewatin last weekend. Brent Lindberg paced the Bulldogs with a hat trick while Kevin Bobczynski, Alex Wepruk, and Ghislain Godin added singles. Aaron Kadikoff earned the shutout in goal. MEC […]
Kyle Turgeon’s second goal of the game with 2:27 to go lifted Skates & Blades to a 2-1 victory over Food Town Fury in the ‘A’ final of a 12-team Tom Thumb tournament here Sunday afternoon. Matt DePeiro had given the Fury a 1-0 lead with 6:35 left in the […]
The Border Figure Skating Club’s precision team (aged 11-14) won the gold medal Saturday at the eighth-annual Crocus synchronized skating competition in Winnipeg. The squad defeated the Tiger Hill and Hazelridge teams from Manitoba. The team includes Kate Basaraba, Monique Bekesi, Rilee Blasky, Paige Chambers, Jenna Cousineau, Julia Florek, Sasha […]
Jared Catholique-Bruyere won the bronze medal in the under 74-kg division in judo at the Ontario Winter Games in Sault Ste. Marie last week. Catholique-Bruyere, 13, one of the top judokas in the region, won one match against two losses. He beat Chris Weatherby (Northern team) but then lost to […]
In a light week on the Emo minor hockey circuit, Emo Gillons’ stopped the visiting Kentucky Colonels (Fort Frances) 4-1 in PeeWee action. Tied 1-1 after one, Gillons’ scored once in the second and then iced the game with two third-period markers. Craig McTavish, Scott Galusha, Matt Redford, and Jamie […]
Former Muskie Rustyn Dolyny backhanded a rebound at 7:11 of the second period Saturday to help the Michigan State Spartans capture the CCHA championship with a 6-0 romp over Nebraska-Omaha. It was Dolyny’s second goal in as many nights as the Spartans won their second CCHA title in three years. […]
