Bob MacDonald said the golden rule for making the perfect frame is always “measure twice before you cut once.” And after being in the framing business for 18 years, he knows what he’s talking about. MacDonald invited me out to his shop at Bear’s Pass (aptly named Bob’s Shop) last […]
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After more than half a century of use as a privately-owned getaway, Campfire Island turned the page on a brand new chapter last week. Located on Rainy Lake just south of the Noden Causeway, Campfire Island is now in the hands of Wayne and Pat Howard of Emo, and his […]
Homeowners here may get burned on their insurance costs if the town goes ahead with its restructuring proposal to reduce the number of full-time staff at the fire hall. Mike McKenna, with the Fire Underwriters Survey which “grades” municipalities, noted staffing played an important role in their assessments. But he […]
It was a day Lois Elaine Medicine has been awaiting for a long time. Medicine, one of 16 people who graduated at the Rainy Lake Ojibway Education Authority ceremony yesterday, received her Ontario teacher’s certificate after completing the Native Teacher Education Program. She has been a teacher assistant under Mary […]
A local group is tossing out a line for a Canadian Fresh Water Sports Museum and Hall of Fame as a way to lure anglers and tourists to stop here. And the idea is getting some nibbles as consultants continue with an economic impact study on waterfront development. Geoff Gillon, […]
The nine host families who are awaiting the arrival of 11 children from Belarus will have to hold on for another week now that the initial date has been pushed back from June 15 to June 22. “There’s been a delay in the flight arrangements,” noted Susan Affleck, who’s been […]
Foul play has not been ruled out as the cause of a fire which burned along an outside wall of Arnie’s General Store in Crozier early yesterday morning. Fort Frances OPP S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis said officers were called to the scene at 5:20 a.m., just over 30 minutes after the […]
Principal Brian Love made an unusual dare with his Mine Centre students–and they made him face the music (or, rather, a minnow) last Wednesday. Love ate a live minnow more than six inches long last Wednesday after the grades one-six shared reading group there achieved its goal of reading 2,500 […]
Mr. Cleland “Clee” Lundy, 62, of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away Sunday, June 7, 1998 in hospital. Clee was born July 31, 1935 in Emo, Ont. to Forrest and Edna Lundy. He worked in the logging industry his entire life, as an independent logger and as a supervisor with Woodlands […]
Rita I. Nagurski passed away June 7, 1998. She was born Jan. 1, 1919 in Fort Frances, Ont. She was predeceased by husband, Marion; her parents, Fletcher and Alnora Huffman; sister, Phyllis Rose; and brother, Arthur Huffman. She is survived by four daughters, Judy Berryman (Pat), Deb Nagurski (Jeff Rassmussen), […]
Isabel Harriet Harasymyk, 79, of Barwick, Ont., passed away Sunday, June 7, 1998 in Barwick. Isabel was born May 6, 1919 in Emo, Ont. to the late William and Cora Wilson. She was raised in Barwick, and on Nov. 2, 1938 was united in marriage to Bill Harasymyk. Together, Isabel […]
Gladys Dorothy Jonassen, 75, of Rainy River, Ont., passed away Wednesday, June 3, 1998 after a courageous battle with cancer at Riverside Health Care Facilities in Fort Frances. She was born Jan. 24, 1923 in Rainy River to Phillip and Mella Roblin. Gladys grew up in Rainy River District, and […]
