MCCORMICK–Born to Mike and Kristen, nee McFarlane, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Hope Aleva, weighing 7 lbs. on July 14, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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It is with great sadness that the family of Edith Pattison, 89, announces her passing on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 in Fort Frances, Ont. Edith was born May 29, 1923 in Emo, Ont. to David and Elizabeth Woodgate. She was united in marriage to the love of her life, Allan, […]
It’s said the weather is the most popular topic of conversation among Canadians, and most of that talk tends to be negative. It’s either too cold or too hot; too rainy or too dry. There just never seems to be a happy medium. And frankly, our lives revolve around the […]
Rick Wiedenhoeft Dear editor: It was very disheartening to read the editorial, “Buzz crucial,” in the July 11 edition of the Fort Frances Times, citing the lack of ‘buzz” generated by volunteers who put in months of preparation and hard work. You may have intended your editorial to be helpful […]
We are reaching the midpoint of summer and it has been a season of unusual heat. The waters of Rainy Lake have had surface temperatures that arched over 80 degrees F. The real water temperature is a much more modest 74 F. Even those who really are not into swimming […]
It certainly looks like we will have some combining to do in the month of July as the barley is ripening quickly. We will hold off harvesting anything, though, until after our open house next Thursday evening (July 26). It looks as though the second cut of the alfalfa will […]
There were signs, but only a stray chewed bit of paper on the floor of the van. Probably just a stray critter passing through, thought Giggles, as she climbed hurriedly into the van headed for a gab fest in Fat Frantic. A couple miles east of Hooterville, Giggles roared past […]
Peacefully, surrounded by love, Shirley Anne Russell passed away Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at her Rainycrest home in Fort Frances, Ont. Shirley was born Friday, Sept. 3, 1937 in Winnipeg, Man. and moved with her family to a farm on the river in La Vallee. In 1940, the family moved […]
