Mary Anne Helen Medicine passed away May 16, 1999. She was born Feb. 7, 1957. Mary Anne Medicine left behind ex-husband, Glen Medicine of Manitou Rapids Reserve, Ont. She had three children, Steve Wynne of Toronto, Ont., Darlene Sullivan of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and Alphonse Nolan of Manitou Rapids […]
fftimes
Mr. Ken Corrigan, 60, of Shebandowan, Ont., passed away peacefully in hospital Saturday, April 24, 1999 with his family at his side. Born in Emo, Ont. on July 5, 1938, he later moved to Port Arthur, Ont. in 1957. Ken was well-known and respected throughout Northwestern Ontario in the capacity […]
Sarah Busch, a grade eight student at St. Francis School here, made it to “the head of the class” by having the top written score for girls in a regional math contest held earlier this month in Thunder Bay. But despite getting the top written score, Busch was beaten out […]
Darryl McLeod predicts the walleye opener to be “pretty good” when anglers hit the water this Saturday. McLeod, an area biologist with the Ministry of Natural Resources office here, said the strong 1994 year class of fish is now five years old and so anglers should see a high abundance […]
Four games. Four wins. Four shutouts. Not a bad weekend for the Muskie boys’ soccer team as they breezed through an exhibition tournament here last weekend–outscoring their opponents by a 13-0 margin and dominating large stretches of their games. In fact, the Muskies barely allowed what could be termed as […]
Playing against some of the top fastball teams from Minnesota, the Emo Bulldogs finished 2-3 at a 10-team qualifier in Mankato, Mn. last weekend. It was the first of two qualifiers, with the top team after 10 games earning a berth to the North American Fastball Association championships in Albuquerque, […]
While his first name matches the last one of the NBA’s all-time greatest player, Jordan Bale would be the first to admit his talents pale in comparison to the man they simply called “Michael” in Chicago. But there’s no denying his ability to shoot free throws–as evidenced by his third-place […]
For the first time since the early 1970s, organized football will return to Fort Frances for players in grades seven and eight starting with a spring camp next month. The non-contact, no-equipment practices–slated for June 5-6 from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at Westfort–will see the players put through drills to learn the […]
Head coach Struchan Gilson calls them his “Energizer bunnies.” But while his players kept going and going en route to a 3-0-1 record at an exhibition soccer tournament here last weekend, he may be forced to make some changes. Simply put, the Muskies have too many talented players up front […]
Dear sir: I am writing because of my concerns of the automation of the CN Rail drawbridges located at Mile 68.3 (Bear’s Pass) and Mile 84 (Five-Mile) in Fort Frances subdivision. These are not only the concerns of the six seasonal employees it directly affects, these also are the concerns […]
Dear sir: On April 30, 1999, my term as chairman of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship ended. The time had come for me to step aside and allow for new ideas and new enthusiasm to take the tournament to the next level. Before I can finally feel my job […]
Dear sir: In the early days of the election campaign, the issues are taxes, health care, and education. The most important issue, however, is largely being ignored. Environmental protection is the single best investment we can make for our future. We need, therefore, a government that will protect the biological, […]
