Duane Hicks After fleeing from the deadly threat of jihadist militant group ISIS and living as refugees for nearly three years, an Iraqi family has found a new start here in Fort Frances. The Al-Zeebaree family, consisting of father, Bashar, mother, Julia, 19-year-old daughter, Sarah, and sons Fadi, 18, Michael, […]
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Duane Hicks Jennifer Horton, owner of downtown business Curvy Chick, has been named Woman Leader of the Year by the PARO Centre for Enterprising Women. The award was announced during the PARO Centre for Enterprising Women Awards last Thursday evening at the Victoria Inn in Thunder Bay. “When I found […]
Staff A workshop, “Hearing Voices That Are Distressing,” will be held twice next month. But if you want to attend, you need to sign up soon. The Fort Frances branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association is holding the three-hour workshop on Tuesday, Dec. 5 and again Wednesday, Dec. 6 […]
Duane Hicks More floats are being sought for the 2017 “Community Christmas Parade,” which is set to go here on Saturday, Dec. 2. “We definitely need community support when it comes to participation,” said parade co-ordinator Scott Krienke-Turvey. “Our numbers are down from the past two years at this point,” […]
Expect a little snow this evening, with an overnight low of minus-10 C (14 F). Tomorrow will be cloudy, with a high of minus-three (27) and low around minus-four (25). Morning showers turning to flurries is forecast for Friday, along with a high of four (39) and low dipping to […]
Nicholas Donaldson Riverside Community Counselling Services community family violence counsellor Jacquee Loerzel, Curvy Chick owner Jennifer Horton, and Women’s Shelter of Hope outreach worker Heather Johnson posed with a few purple cupcakes last Wednesday at Curvy Chick on Scott Street. The treats were part of a fundraising effort in conjunction […]
Submitted Mackenzie McClain, left, and Sophia Black helped Russ Ling hang another “angel” tag on the tree that was put up at Taggs Source for Sports. The trees, which have tags bearing the names of children in need and what they’d like for Christmas, also are up at Walmart and […]
So many difficult stories flood the news today and many of them threaten our sense of well-being, or at the very least muddle our perception of who we are as members of a community, as Canadians. As with most ostriches, I turn the television off and cringe and hope things […]
When I first began selling advertising at the newspaper in the early 1970s, the Christmas selling season did not begin until the day after Remembrance Day. On Remembrance Day, the stores all were closed and the staffs attended the service at the cenotaph. In the afternoon, they returned to the […]
With much love and warm thoughts, the family of Charles “Charlie” Tarrant would like to share with all those that he knew of his peaceful passing on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at his residence in Fort Frances, Ont. He lived a very long and colourful life, always on his own […]
Evelyn Bourre, of Rainy River, Ont., passed away on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017 at the Rainy River Health Centre with her family by her side. Evelyn was born in Birch River, Man., where she grew up. She met Chipper and they got married on Dec. 21, 1956. They settled in […]
Mildred (Millie)(“Ducky”) Lockman, nee Bruyere, a resident of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away peacefully at home, surrounded by family and loved ones, at the age of 87. Millie was predeceased by her parents, Louis and Marianne (nee Cochrane) Bruyere; two sisters; four brothers; her husband, Norman Lockman Sr.; daughter, Tracy […]
