As the earth makes its majestic circle around the sun, it gives us the seasons. I bet a lot of you here in the north figure that the earth gets cold because it is further from the sun in the winter–right? Well, wrong! As a matter of fact, the earth […]
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Clement “Ken” Russell LeBlanc, 86, of Stratton, Ont., passed away suddenly Monday, Dec. 21, 1998 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Ken was born Jan. 7, 1912 in Chisholm, Mn. He moved to Dearlock, Ont. at the age of two with his family. The LeBlanc family homesteaded on […]
Lillian McTeague (nee Gushulak), beloved wife of the late John McTeague, entered into God’s rest at the Centenary Health Centre on Monday, Dec. 21, 1998 in her 56th year. She was the loving mother of Janette and Jennifer (Karl Doose), and proud grandmother of Kurt Doose. Lillian also will be […]
Arline C. Wright of Mt. Clemens, Mich., who will be remembered by her family and friends for her faith in God, devotion to family, and humble service to others, passed away Sunday, Dec. 20, 1998 at Intensiva Hospital of Macomb County in Mt. Clemens. Mrs. Wright was born of Rudolph […]
Thompson Arthur “Thomps” McComb, 82, of Emo, Ont., passed away Sunday, Dec. 20, 1998 at the Emo Hospital. He was born Oct. 18, 1916 in Emo to the late Edward and Ella McComb. In his younger years, “Thomps” had worked as a guide for hunters and fishermen. During the Second […]
Walter Dokuchie, 78, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Saturday, Dec. 19, 1998 at La Verendrye General hospital. He was born Oct. 22, 1920 in Sundown, Man. to the late Maxime and Nellie Dokuchie. Walter had worked for years as a logger […]
Councillors will be pulling out the symbolic axe now that the final two town divisions presented their 1998 budget requests Monday night. And like the two before them, both are asking for more dollars than last year. Coun. Sharon Tibbs, who chairs the Administration and Finance executive committee, said the […]
Winkler Flyers eked out a 3-2 victory over the Fort Frances KCs on Sunday afternoon in the final of the Emo Predators PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey tournament. The Sioux Lookout Hawks also participated in the four-team tourney. Kevin Schellenberg opened the scoring for Winkler from Eric Fehr midway through the first. […]
As the Muskies got ready to start the 1998-99 campaign without their top two scorers from last season, the big question mark was who would replace that lost offensive production. But heading into last night’s contest against the Dryden Eagles here, the Muskies had a new question. What scoring problem? […]
Ryan O’Connor scored the game-winning goal just 45 seconds into overtime to lift the Rainy River Rebels to a thrilling 5-4 overtime victory over the South End Stars (Thunder Bay) in the ‘A’-final of a PeeWee house league tournament here Sunday. Blake Mykytyn (two), Sam Ernst, and Mitch Goliquer also […]
Raymond Roy’s rink could do no wrong on their way to advancing to the Northern Ontario mixed curling playdowns here last week. But when a berth to the Canadian championships was at stake, they could do no right. The result was a surprising 0-5 record and a last-place showing for […]
The last time Chris Buchan made a trip to Fort Frances to curl, he earned a berth to the Brier. After Saturday’s 11-6 win over Dave MacInnes in the final of the provincial mixed playdowns here, Buchan once again will be off in search of a national title. With two […]
