Diesel fumes permeating the air around Central Avenue are already causing grief among Central Avenue residents. KGS started digging the diesel fuel recovery trenches on CN property Monday, releasing the fumes into the air. “It stunk like hell here today,” charged Jim Sawka yesterday afternoon. Sawka said he first really […]
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A significant chapter in Fort Frances history soon will be underway in the form of a giant mural as work gets underway on the west exterior wall of the CIBC by heritage artist Brian Romagnoli, who arrived in town from southern Ontario earlier this week. Romagnoli was commissioned by the […]
Juno award-winner Natalie McMaster has been signed on as the main act for the grand opening gala of the community auditorium, a.k.a. the Townsend Theatre, which goes Sept. 20. McMaster, a renowned fiddler, will be bringing in a six piece Celtic band to do two concerts in honour of the […]
Four district families will be saying their good-byes to six visitors they’ve grown close to when children from Belarus, who stayed in the area for the summer, will begin their long journey home Friday. Although the six week stay was full of everything from swimming to fishing, their host families […]
When the late Bob Biggs opened the Camera Store Plus in the spring of 1972, he didn’t know how long it would last. Last week, he would have had his answer. After more than 27 years at the northwest corner of Scott Street and Portage Avenue, the Camera Store Plus […]
For the past 15 years the fair in Emo has seen a lot of Pride and Joy–about 3500 pounds worth. Pride and Joy are giant Percheron/Belgian Cross draft horses, they stand about 7 feet high and weigh about 1700 pounds each. Devlin’s Harold Kellar has shown the duo for 15 […]
Mr. Norman Lyle Meyers of Wildwood, Alta. passed away Monday, Aug. 16, 1999 at the age of 51. Left to mourn his loss and cherish his memory are his loving wife, Linda; and his daughter, Nona and husband, Murray Bratt, and their children, Sandra, Brian, and Laura, all of Hinton, […]
On Sunday, August 15, 1999, Irene WIlliamson passed away at the Victoria Hospital, Winnipeg. Irene was born Sept. 11, 1906 in Clandeboye, Manitoba to Alexander and Sarah Jane McBain. She married John Clarence (Kelly) Williamson July 6, 1929, and over the years they made their home in Griswold, Clandeboye, Portage […]
With great sadness the family of Lloyd Robert Tilley of Blackhawk, ON, mourn his passing at home at age 64, on Saturday, August 14, 1999 after suffering from a long illness. In his earlier years he did what he enjoyed most as a hunting and fishing guide. He cherished and […]
Minnie Susanna (Min) Caspersen, born in London, England in 1903, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of Monday, July 12, 1999 at Cascade Residence (CR2) at Burnaby General Hospital. She was predeceased by her husband, Harald (1978); her son, Donald (1990); her grandson, David (1994); and […]
One mistake cost them a goal. And that goal ultimately cost them a shot at winning their third-straight “Borderland Ball Blast” men’s soccer tournament here last weekend. A defensive breakdown a few minutes into overtime gave the Kenora Rangers a 2-1 win in the semi-finals Sunday, relegating tagg’s to the […]
You get the feeling Dave Allison likes a challenge. The Fort Frances native inked a one-year deal–with an option–last week to become head coach of the Fort Wayne Komets, an expansion team in the United Hockey League. Although an expansion draft gave the Komets some “pretty good players,” Allison said […]
