With several new coaches and a brand new system in place, the Muskie football program will undergo plenty of changes this coming season. But what the coaching staff hopes won’t change is their ability to win. Just 25 players from last year’s squad, which compiled an impressive 5-1 record (including […]
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Alex and Tom Anderson took the early lead and kept it, finishing well ahead of the competition in the “Mighty Manitou to Booming Barwick Canoe Race” on Sunday afternoon. Paddling a “freighter, not a racer,” the brothers quickly pulled ahead of the 18 other teams registered in the event, held […]
What do you say after the event you’ve spent nine years planning for finally comes and goes? If you’re the Chapple heritage committee, that word would be “wow.” Committee member Rilla Race said she was astounded by the number of people who took part in the township’s centennial celebrations over […]
Clifford (Cliff) Berg, 88, of the Golden Age Manor, Emo, Ont., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 3, 1999 at the Emo Hospital in Emo. He was born Jan. 8, 1911 in Kintyre, N.D. to the late LeRoy and Amanda Berg. At an early age, Clifford moved with his family to Canada […]
In loving memory of Edith Mary Desrosier, 71, of 206 6th St., Rainy River, Ont., who passed away peacefully at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 1999. Edith is survived by her husband, Maurice; daughters, Laurel Desrosier of Rainy River, Ont., and Eunice (Marg) […]
Larry L. Barkley passed away Tuesday, July 27, 1999 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ont. He was the beloved husband of Cheryl; dear father of Krissy, Scott, and Stephen; and loving grandfather of Bailey Lynch. He was the cherished brother of Ed and his wife, Evelyn, and sister, Jennifer; […]
Having a flair for the dramatics, the Emo Bulldogs repeated as champs of Kakabeka Falls fastball tournament Sunday afternoon with a thrilling 5-4 victory over the Dryden Husky. Catcher Wayne Strachan delivered the game-winning hit–and RBI single that scored Warren Voth from second–in the bottom of the seventh inning. Voth, […]
Dear sir: I would like to address the situation down at the Sorting Gap Marina. As most people see it, things look pretty good down there. It’s a nice place to bring the family after dinner or on the weekends for an ice cream cone, Waterfront Whopper, or the famous […]
Hopes of having concrete plans for a new Canada Customs facility in Fort Frances by the end of summer are dashed after a meeting yesterday between the town and local MP Robert Nault. Nault, who also met with Abitibi-Consolidated here yesterday, originally thought the architectural designs and drawings had been […]
To the editor: I am writing concerning the issue of missing buoys on Rainy Lake that has been raised in the Times over the past several weeks. In 15 years on Rainy Lake, I have never seen the buoys in such an abysmal state. On a trip up the north […]
Dear sir: So now, John Ossachuk is whining because he under bid Jim Gladu two or three years ago [to maintain the buoys on Rainy Lake]. Gladu did the job as bid. Ossachuk cannot do the job as the new buoys are too heavy! Poor baby! Perhaps he should have […]
Locating a lost child can be a difficult and very stressful task–when every second seems like an eternity. But it doesn’t have to be. The Child Find-Fort Frances committee has been working hard since late last year to raise awareness of its program, which is aimed at helping police should […]
