It is with great regret we announce the death of Mary Drawson on June 25, 1999. Formerly of North Marks Street, Mary passed away at McKellar Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. due to an accident sustained at her home. Originally from Fort Frances, Ont., she moved to Thunder Bay to […]
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Frank Joseph Advent was born in Vassar, Man. on May 24, 1912 to Agatha and Andrew Advent. He attended school there but in the fall of 1923, he moved to Dewart with his family, where they homesteaded. From 1924 to 1936, he worked at many jobs–in camps as a cook’s […]
Fort High has set up a two-man committee to look into re-evaluating the user-fee system for its sports programs this summer for the 1999-2000 school year. Athletic director Rick Wiedenhoeft and vice-principal Ian Simpson could recommend lowering the fees even though the ones here were found, on average, to be […]
Local marathoner Lorne Ricard clocked a time of 3:16 under muggy conditions Sunday to place 45th overall in the 26.2-mile Manitoba Marathon. Just over 600 runners took part in the full marathon, with Brandon’s Dane Samuel winning the annual Father’s Day race in a time of 2:33.25. Although Ricard’s time […]
Playing in the comfy confines of their home town, Fort Frances dominated this year’s Senior 1A District Games last week, hauling in 36 medals–including 14 of the golden variety. That put them well ahead of second-place Dryden (six gold, three silver, and two bronze) and third-place Kenora (one gold, five […]
Brock Madill of here continued his mastery in the world of bodybuilding by winning the Canadian Natural Bodybuilding Championships in Toronto last weekend. Madill, who competed in the 5’9” to 5’11” height class (with no weight restriction), was the overall winner against about 40 other competitors from across Canada. He […]
The Emo Bulldogs lost both their games to get quickly bounced from a 12-team ‘AAA’ fastball tournament in Rice Lake, Wis. over the weekend. The Evansville Bulls jumped all over Bulldogs’ starter Warren Voth for a 4-0 lead after two innings en route to a 6-3 victory. Todd Desautels went […]
Facing some tough, windy conditions at the Dryden Walleye Masters championship last weekend, all five Fort Frances pairings finished out of the running. The top local duo was Rick Socholotuk and Jordan Zen, who finished with a two-day total of 10.04 pounds. After reeling in 5.84 pounds the first day, […]
Six children from Belarus should be in for an exciting six-week vacation next month when then are reunited with the host families that took them in last summer. With the youngsters slated to return July 6, the four host families–Cathy Zin and Terry Wilcott, Albert and Linda Beller, David and […]
There are missing buoys on Rainy Lake and that poses a safety concern, the coast guard has warned. “Our marine patrol has been out and they have made contact with the coast guard and notified them of the missing buoys,” Fort Frances OPP S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis said yesterday. Craig Coughlin, […]
Organizers of the “Canoe for Cancer” social next Wednesday at the Fort Frances Curling Club plan to donate the proceeds towards the purchase of furniture for a new chemotherapy room at La Verendrye hospital. The room, to be built when the emergency ward there is renovated, will be used strictly […]
Rainy River hospital will be getting an extra $350,000 it needs to run without going into a deficit after a series of meeting with Ministry of Health officials last Thursday. Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc., said they’re “delighted” with the decision after spending the past several […]
