When Jackie Champagne said she wanted to open a gas bar and convenience store in Barwick, she said a lot of people laughed at her and told her it wouldn’t survive. But after one year of operation, Champagne and the “Roseberry Runway” are still around–and any critics have stopped laughing. […]
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District farmers will get a chance to offer their insights into Canada/U.S. relations to 30 students of the Advanced Agricultural Leadership Program who will be stopping here July 8-9. The visit is part of the program’s two-week North American study tour. Rainy River District became a stop partially due to […]
Fort Frances CAO Bill Naturkach was named president of the Association of Municipal Managers, Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario at its annual general meeting June 17. Naturkach was elected vice-president of the association last year, with the support of Fort Frances mayor and council. From that position, he was appointed […]
After spending nearly a week with their different host families from across Rainy River District, the 11 children from Belarus were reunited Saturday at a picnic at Pither’s Point Park. Organized by the Rainy River Multicultural Association, the picnic was the first organized event in which all the children and […]
What will the world be like in 25 years? Will robots do all the work? Will people week-end in space? Will over-population cause food shortages? Will the “information highway” help renew your community? What do you predict? Futurists always speculate about what might be. They know “wild card” events derail […]
The starling is not native to North America but to Eurasia. Their arrival on the continent started when some folk decided they were going to bring to America all of the birds which were mentioned in the works of Shakespeare. So in 1890, about 80 starlings were released in New […]
Don Cooper passed away peacefully in Thunder Bay, Ont. on June 27, 1998 at the age of 85. Born in Manitoba, the family moved to Fort Frances, Ont. where he received his education. In 1940, he married Sarah Jean Dick and they moved to Fort William. He worked at Can […]
Tyra Marjorie Tullio, born June 26, 1998, daughter of Michael and Brenda Tullio of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away June 27, 1998 at Winnipeg Children’s Hospital. Tyra is survived by her grandparents, Giovanni and Rosaria Tullio of St. Catharines, and Walter and Catherine DiTullio of South Porcupine; great-grandparents, Robert Quine […]
It is with sadness that the family announces the passing of Wilhelm Halverson on June 25, 1998 at the Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora, Ont. Wilhelm will be remembered by his brothers, Leo (Shirley), Emil, Gordon (Betty), Morris, and Robert (Arlene); and sister, Betty (Richard) Peterson. He […]
With the departure of athletic director Bob Grynol due to retirement, Ian Simpson will be the new man in charge of athletics at Fort High for the 1998-99 school year. Simpson, the past-president of NWOSSAA, makes the transition from being the athletic director and vice-principal at Rainy River High School. […]
The “Lands for Life” information centre here last Thursday was designed to allow the public the chance to examine the recommendations being put forth by the Boreal West Round Table and ask questions to members regarding their proposals. And judging by the steady flow of people who flocked to the […]
With the help of two separate reports on evaluating proposals from 15 firms to build the new indoor ice facility adjacent to Memorial Arena, town council yesterday narrowed the field down to five bids. Keewatin Aski (Sioux Lookout), Trak Engineering Inc. (Thunder Bay), GBR-KGS Consultants (Winnipeg), Accutech Engineering (Winnipeg), and […]
