Canadian Heritage minister Sheila Copps will be on hand for the grand opening of the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre this Friday around 3:30 p.m. Being held in conjunction with the Rainy River First Nation’s annual fish fry, half-hour guided tours of the centre will begin at 2 p.m., with the fish […]
fftimes
A local man was killed Saturday when a westbound CN locomotive collided with the grader he was operating at a level crossing on George Armstrong Road, just east of the Noden Causeway. Wayne Wickstrom, 39, of Fort Frances already was dead when the OPP arrived at the scene around 5:25 […]
Stratton resident Riet Carnahan is among 20 individuals, groups, and businesses who will be receiving a 1999 Ontario Volunteer Award later this month in Sioux Lookout. Carnahan, nominated for the award by Barb Duguay, co-ordinator of the Emo and Rural Home Support and Emo Meals on Wheels, has been an […]
Dear sir: As another provincial election approaches, the citizens of Ontario are faced with a very difficult task determining what is really happening in Ontario. If you read the material released by the government, you would be led to believe that a perfect world is being created. Millions of our […]
With his family and close friends by his side, John (Jack) Victor Mills, 80, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital on Tuesday, May 11, 1999. Jack was born Nov. 10, 1918 at the end of World War I in Rush Lake, Sask. to the late […]
On Mother’s Day, May 9, 1999, God called Ann Hawrylak home to his garden. She was born Jan. 5, 1912 in Candiac, Sask. to the late Metro and Mary (Gilewicz) Sharber. Ann completed her education in Saskatchewan, including Normal School to obtain her teaching certificate. She taught in rural and […]
Eileen Dorothy Coppen, 76, of 202 Armit Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999 at La Verendrye hospital in Fort Frances. She was born March 2, 1922 in Reading Birkes, England to the late Harry and May Titcombe. She worked at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in […]
With the arsenal of offensive weapons Muskie girls’ head coach Struchan Gilson has at his disposal, there’s no question the team will get its share of scoring chances this season. But they’ll have to convert more of those chances if they hope to be successful. In fact, while the black-and-gold […]
Muskie Katie Vittie breezed undefeated through NorWOSSA and NWOSSAA on the badminton court this season but it was a different story at the all-Ontarios in Timmins last week. Playing against opponents who were quicker, faster, more powerful, and more skilled, Vittie lost all three of her matches–15-1, 15-6 to Kate […]
For the first time ever, the local Ducks Unlimited banquet sold out before the early-bird deadline. Now, organizers are setting their sights on exceeding $50,000 in gross revenue from the 17th-annual event, which goes this Friday at La Place Rendez-Vous. The dinner usually pulls in about $45,000 in gross revenue, […]
The Emo Bulldogs, defending champions of the Rainy River District Fastball League, will be off to Mankato, Mn. this weekend to compete in the first of two qualifiers for the North American Fastball Association championships. They will play six games this weekend, then six more at a second qualifier in […]
Despite finishing with just one win in three tries at the annual St. John’s Ravenscourt tournament in Winnipeg last weekend, the Muskie boys’ soccer team came away feeling they played well enough to advance to the playoff round. The turning point came Saturday morning with a tough 3-2 loss to […]
