Born to Andrew and Julie of Winnipeg, Manitoba, a boy, Max Keo, weighing 8 lbs 12 oz on June 16, 2024 at St. Boniface General Hospital.
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Quest for the Best registration deadline is today – July 2! Sign up quick – space is limited! The annual talent competition will take place July 19, until the Big Tent. Cost to register is $40 for solos, or $50 for duets. Entry forms and rules available at www.fortfranceschamber.com or […]
A Mardi Gras themed dinner to celebrate Senior’s Month will be held June 27 at 5 p.m. at the Senior Centre. Cost is $15. Tickets available at the Senior Centre. Capacity limited. The Rock the Square event series will kick off with a FREE concert, featuring local rock legends Kings […]
By Debbie Ballard
Bette Davis was right. Getting old is definitely not for sissies. Getting old is aches and pains and any number of things that can go wrong with the human body and mind. It starts out innocently enough – your back aches after an hour of weeding, or you shoulder hurts […]
If you accept Canadian football history as starting 110 Grey Cups ago, as most reasonable sports fans do, there have been — conservatively speaking — between 4,000 and 5,000 players who have run back kicks of some variety. They’ve been speedy or shifty, almost all from the U.S., where there […]
The number of bluebirds nesting this year has increased from the setbacks of the last three years. The migration of these birds was previously interrupted by freezing rain and late snowstorms. Tree swallows were not affected. Last year there were only five nesting bluebirds. This year, every trail (a line […]
When the schedule for our Bassmaster tournaments came out last year and I saw that I had two tournaments in Alabama in June, with a week off in between, I wasn’t all that excited. It is as hot as it gets down here this time of year and I love […]
Like the rest of Canada, I was cheering loudly for the Edmonton Oilers tonight! It is hard to be sad for the other team as coming from a hockey family we know the blood, sweat and tears that go into a hockey player. The Oilers were amazing and took us […]
Mihlan Ross Cawston, 95, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Wednesday, June 19, 2024, at Rainycrest Long Term Care. Mihlan was born on August 25, 1928, to Murray and Ada Cawston in Barwick, Ontario. He was united in marriage to the love of his life Betty Tivy on June […]
It is with great sorrow the family of Doreen Gladys Fisher announce her passing on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, at Rainycrest Long Term Care, Fort Frances, Ont. Doreen will be lovingly remembered by her son William Fisher of Bear Pass and daughter Jane (Greg) Rutledge of Burk’s Falls. Doreen loved […]
Daniel Maurice Walter Gagné, of Atikokan, Ont., passed away peacefully on June 17, 2024, at the age of 83. Dan, the eldest of thirteen children, was born on January 31, 1941, in Fort Frances, Ont., to the late Bernard and Salme Gagné. Dan was united in marriage to Marlene McMillan […]
