Despite strong winds with gusts up around 70 km/h, three local golfers managed to overcome the conditions Monday and qualify for the Manitoba Amateur Golf Championship later this month. Mike Dick fired a four-over-par 76 under the less-than-ideal conditions on the La Verendrye course in La Broquerie, Man., shooting a […]
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Dear sir: Every week, people throughout the district look forward to reading the articles in the Fort Frances Times about their own and other communities in the area. It is unfortunate that the Mine Centre correspondent for the Times chose to report her personal bias regarding a community event in […]
Dear sir: In response to the letter from the Mine Centre Community Hall Association, I would like to begin by apologizing to anyone who thought my words were meant to belittle any other entertainment or the people who have worked to provide it. This was not my intention. It is […]
Mike Gurski of Fort Frances, co-owner of “Ram Connection” here, is among the lineup of outdoor enthusiasts to be featured in this month’s edition of “Fish-Fur-Game” magazine. The article highlights the “Ram” power snare system Gurski and his wife, Sharon, sell in their wildlife supply control centre located in the […]
Six children from Belarus likely are anxious to get started on six weeks of fun after getting off a very long flight from their homeland and reuniting with their district host families yesterday in Winnipeg. And just like last year, the group will get a warm welcome from the Rainy […]
Melanie Kozik has lived at Bear’s Pass for 10 years. She has three children at home, and her career involves selling marketing software on the Internet. For her, a reliable phone line is a necessity. But Kozik said she’s not getting what she’s paying for and she is very upset. […]
“I’m so excited–this is amazing.” Those were the words of Angela Barron shortly after being crowned Miss Fun in the Sun ’99 in front of a Canada Day crowd at La Place Rendez-Vous. “I had no idea I could win,” she added. “We had so much to do we didn’t […]
The International Rainy Lake Board of Control will face some opposition when it makes its rule curve recommendations for Namakan and Rainy Lakes at a meeting here tonight with the International Joint Commission. The meeting gets underway at La Place Rendez-Vous at 7 p.m. Foremost among the IRLBC’s opposition will […]
Tony Richards. Nothing unusual about the name. Average, really. And in fact, Richards is an average guy, living in an average house in Barwick. He will be married in two weeks but at least a portion of the wedding will be paid for by his anything-but-average trade. Richards is a […]
B.C. resident Stephanie McClellan, who is travelling to the nation’s capital on a three-wheeled, hand-propelled bike as part of her mission to promote accessibility for the disabled, will stop in Fort Frances next week. McClellan, 26, disabled six years ago by rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, began the trek–dubbed “On Wings […]
Lions Park was teeming last Thursday afternoon as people from across the district–and beyond–turned out en masse to celebrate Emo’s centennial. Reeve Brian Reid and the rest of Emo council were piped down to the waterfront by Fort Frances Highlander Dr. Bruce Lidkea, where council officially greeted their “pioneer family”–Tim […]
To say Mary Curtis and the rest of the centennial planning committee were pleased with how Emo’s 100th birthday party went last week would be an understatement. Curtis said the three-day celebration met every expectation the committee had–and then some! “We were very pleased with the attendance and the weather, […]
