Come Sept. 1, over ten local children will be experiencing an alternative course of education, when the Conseil de District Catholique des Aurores Boreales opens its “French as a primary language” school here. The official decision to offer strictly French instruction within an existing school came April 10, when the […]
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A handful of local residents who are transplant recipients will kick off the development of the Multiple Organ Retrieval and Exchange (MORE) Program Life garden when they hold a sod-turning ceremony at the site outside La Verendrye Hospital next Friday at 11 a.m. The life garden — a visual tribute […]
The “Block Parent” program here looks like it will be a “go” after all. Several person have stepped forward to fill positions on the board late last week. Beating yesterday’s deadline, Sandra Whalen stepped up to fill long-time chairperson Cathy Sinninghie’s shoes–a decision that thrilled the decade-long head of the […]
Anyone who loved February’s “Quest for the Best” should mark July 21 on their calendars as the Chamber of Commerce has recently announced that a “Summer Quest” will be held this year to coincide with the 1999 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. “The reason we’re doing this is because of […]
Sales barn manager Russell Richards is expecting 700 head of cattle or more to go up for bids Saturday during the Rainy River Cattlemen Association’s (RRCA) annual spring sale in Stratton. Richards said there’s a good number of “top quality cattle” which are destined for the Stratton auction ring. In […]
The fourth annual Ag Days is being hailed a success by its organizers, with more than 60 people in attendance both Friday and Saturday at the Barwick recreation hall for the trade show, seed fair and lecture series. The trade show was packed with exhibits, ranging from farm equipment, to […]
By Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
Every day we are bombarded with information about investments that will give us security and/or growth. Why? The market is growing! Those who study population growth and health now predict that 50 percent of the “baby boom” population will see the age of 100. And 70 percent of the people […]
When I entered the Café at Hooterville a few weeks back, gloom hung over the Debating Table like a March blizzard. Puddin’ Pye and the Sage Jr. Looked particularly depressed. “What’s the matter? Illness in the family,” I queried directing my question first at Puddin’ then at the Sage Jr. […]
This is one of our common woodpeckers, although you wouldn’t always know it. It is generally brownish, bigger than a robin, and is usually found on the ground–your lawn or garden. The overall impression of this bird is brown, it does have some quiet distinguishing marks. For one, it has […]
The call is out to all canoeists across the district to sign up for the “Mighty Manitou to the Booming Barwick” canoe race slated Sunday, Aug. 1 in conjunction with Chapple’s centennial celebrations. Registration starts at 2:30 p.m. on the day of the race at the landing just below the […]
Alice E. Cameron (nee Lawson) passed away in Barrie, Ont. on April 16, 1999. She was predeceased by her husband, Hugh C. (Bert). She is survived by her son, Hugh and his wife, Christine; daughter, Patricia and her husband, Aldino Delsole; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Margaret Nault, 80, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Friday, April 16, 1999 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born on Dec. 11, 1918 in Battleford, Sask., to the late Joseph and Nellie Savoie. As a child […]
