Heading into this fastball season, the Barwick Blue Knights knew they would be fielding a young team. Decimated by the retirement of several quality veterans in Kent Ogden, Tom Woolsey, and Greg Wilson, coupled with the departure of talented shortstop Trevor Oltsher to the Landmark Alliance in Manitoba, this year […]
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Dear sir: To that dear young whipper-snapper who wrote the piece on Vern O’Donnell and his grandkids in last week’s Times. For a young whipper-snapper you must be to cast vile aspersions on the facts by suggesting Mr. O’Donnell is less than a legend in anyone’s mind. Not just his […]
To the editor: The letter in the Fort Frances Times on Aug. 4/99, entitled “Fed Up,” was not submitted by me! The opinions expressed in no way reflect my views. Signed, Bill Baranowski
Northwoods Gallery & Gifts here is looking to get a lot bigger in the near future and the expansion has owner Connie Cuthbertson smiling proudly. “It’s like we’re having a new baby,” enthused Cuthbertson, who started up the store last year with her husband, Doug. Effectively doubling the size of […]
Dear editor: We would like to thank the volunteers, the organizing committee, and the people of Barwick and Chapple for an outstanding job during the weekend of the 100th birthday party. Also to the Jacksons and the Woolseys for the pancake breakfasts. It was a weekend we will long remember. […]
Dear sir: Congratulations to the Chapple Heritage committee, council, recreation, volunteers, and to anyone else who helped in any way to make Chapple’s 100th birthday such a supreme success. Each and every one of you have dedicated so much of your time and effort into making this such a success […]
A Couchiching First Nation band member had some eye-opening experiences at two conferences she attend over the past few weeks. First, Dobi Frenette was in Vancouver on July 20-23 for the joint meeting of the Assembly of First Nations of Canada and the National Congress of American Indians. Then she […]
“Unbelievable” and “fantastic” was how Carol and Fred Brown described the public response to a fish fry fundraiser Saturday at their Bears Pass residence. More than $17,000 was raised in support of their daughter, Amanda Jerry, 27, who is in Toronto awaiting a double-lung transplant. The fundraiser got off to […]
The Rainy River District School Board is spending $705,000 to install more than 150 new computers at Fort High, 35 new ones in Rainy River High School, and bring Atikokan High School’s total up to 120. The school board is stressing the importance of students getting on-line and familiar with […]
Cell phone service should be up and running in Fort Frances by the end of September, with the rest of the Shabaqua/Rainy River corridor in place by next fall. Originally, the cell phone towers were planned to be up and operational sometime this month. But Vic Prokopchuk, project co-ordinator for […]
Central Avenue residents sat united in the front row of the Civic Centre on Monday night as CN sought approval from council to dig a third trench under the sidewalk to expedite the clean-up of groundwater contaminated with diesel fuel. And they swayed council to delay giving the go-ahead–at least […]
