Cameron Todd Ogier, of 1127 Fourth St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, March 13, 1998. He is survived by his parents, Deana and Jason Ogier; one brother; and two sisters.
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Hazel Mary Anderson, of Stratton, Ont., passed away Friday, March 13, 1998 in Emo Hospital. She was born in Stratton on Oct. 28, 1904, the daughter of Edward and Sarah Lockhart. She was married to Roy Anderson on Dec. 19, 1922. Roy and Hazel were the first couple to be […]
Willem “Bill” Romyn, 85, of Stratton, Ont., went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Thursday, March 12, 1998 at Emo Hospital in Emo, Ont. Bill was born March 23, 1912 in Zwyndrecht, Netherlands. On Oct. 27, 1933, Bill was united in marriage to Christina DenBoer. In 1950, he […]
Despite taking the expansion Grand Rapids Griffins to the Eastern Conference quarter-finals of the International Hockey League in their inaugural season, and leading the team to an almost guaranteed playoff berth this year, Dave Allison is now out of a job. The Fort Frances native was relieved of his coaching […]
As 125 athletes and countless other volunteers converged on Fort Frances on Saturday for the Ontario Region 8 Spring Games, it didn’t take long to notice these Games were special. Athletes from Atikokan, Dryden, Kenora, Thunder Bay, and Nipigon competed in five-pin bowling and swimming against their counterparts from Fort […]
The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association board will soon be looking at the possibility of fielding a “AA” Midget team that would play an exhibition schedule with teams from Minnesota by as early as next season. The “AA” Midget team concept is the brainchild of Tom Koski, who said the […]
Jeff Savage scored four goals and added an assist to help pace the B•Macs Bantam “AA” rep team to a 7-1 exhibition win over the Northwestern “AAA” PeeWee all-star squad here Sunday. Ross Anderson, Scott Witherspoon, and Steve Niskala also scored in the win. Mike Bylawski, assisted by A.J. Tucker, […]
After losing the NorWOSSA gold-medal game to Dryden just a few weeks ago, and then dropping another decision to them to open the NWOSSAA playdowns in Thunder Bay, Fort Frances skip Bill Crewson was hoping to get another crack at his closest rival. So after Crewson had already closed out […]
The Sunset Country Snowmobile Club and local OPP have a simple message for snowmobilers in the wake of last Monday’s fatality on Stanjiko-ming Bay. Stay off the ice. The local snowmobile club closed all of its groomed trails last Wednesday, club president Jerry Darvell said, even though the accident, which […]
Could murals painted on the sides of buildings help draw tourists to this area? That’s something a local group is looking at in conjunction with a plan to divert east/west traffic off the Trans-Canada Highway and through Rainy River District. Rainy River Mayor Gord Armstrong, who’s spearheading the push to […]
Abitibi-Consolidated’s and Boise Cascade’s dams along the Rainy Lake-Namakan watershed are among those the International Joint Commission is warning may not be safe because they don’t have regular government inspections. And now it’s recommending more rigorous government standards be set, including regular on-site inspections by independent, qualified experts. But local […]
Abitibi-Consolidated here was fined $5,000 in provincial court Friday after pleading guilty to one count of discharging a contaminant into the natural environment that caused or was likely to cause an adverse effect. A joint submission between prosecutor Marlene Wilson and Abitibi counsel Dennis Mahony also agreed the mill would […]
