Mamie Merle Cain of Atikokan, Ont. passed away at the Atikokan General Hospital on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 1998 at the age of 97. Mamie was born in Indiana on March 30, 1901 to the late Ira and Mary Dobbs. Her family moved to Burriss, Ont. in 1902 and then to […]
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William “Bill” Charles Williams, 76, of 229 Fourth St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, Oct. 5, 1998 at La Verendrye General Hospital. He was born Jan. 31, 1922 in Westbury upon Severn in England to the late Harry and Daisy Williams. Bill was a veteran of World War […]
Renee Gartshore, 76, of 420 Keating Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances on Sunday, Oct. 4, 1998. She was born Sept. 19, 1922 in Wantage, Berkshire, England to the late Percy and Florence Evans. Renee moved to Canada in 1925 and […]
Madeline Holt, 76, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osbourne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Saturday, Oct. 3, 1998, She was born June 27, 1922 in Thunder Bay, Ont. to the late William and Lucy Vale. In her earlier years, Madeline had served with the […]
Myrtle Ivy Miller, 78, of Flinders Place, Fort Frances, Ont., went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, Oct. 3, 1998 at McKellar Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. Myrtle was born May 5, 1920 in International Falls, Mn. to the late John and Jennie Patterson. Later that year, Myrtle […]
Georgina Daniels, 72, of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away suddenly Oct. 3, 1998. She was born to Don and Ruth MacDonald in Aylsworth, Ont. on June 3, 1926. She attended Fort Frances High School, and worked as a secretary in Fort Frances at CFOB and at KSTP TV in Minneapolis, […]
Olga (Baba) Shaw, 67, of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away peacefully Friday, Oct. 2, 1998. Born Olga Tkachuk on Aug. 12, 1931 in Gardenton, Man., she shared her laughter and her life for many years in Fort Frances, Ont. before moving to Thunder Bay, where she continued to be such […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team used its height advantage at a tournament in Timmins last weekend to win the consolation crown with a 55-46 victory against Sudbury on Saturday afternoon. The Muskies used some hot shooting by guard Laureen Cousineau to jump out to an 8-0 lead–and led by […]
Ryan Hampton and Dallas Mosbeck, who both played for the local Bantam B•Macs “AA” rep team last season, have cracked the Kenora Midget “AAA” Stars. The pair survived the final cut at the Stars’ training camp Sunday and were placed on the 22-man roster (56 players originally tried out for […]
Heading into last Thursday’s game against the host International Falls Broncos “C” team, the Muskie “Bees” were confident they were a much improved football team. But while the team has made great strides since the start of the season, the outcome was the same as the black-and-gold suffered their third-straight […]
For the first time ever, a National Lifeguard Service course is being offered here that will allow those who pass it the chance to be a certified lifeguard anywhere in Canada. The 10-week course, which originally attracted a dozen people aged 16 and over (it’s now down to 11), includes […]
While women’s hockey continues to make great strides on a national level, those involved with the program here have started to benefit from that popularity. A “significant” number of new players signed up for the coming season during registration Saturday, coach Stuart McIvor noted, adding that helped offset the handful […]
