Born to Lisa Armstrong and Andy Badiuk, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Tayah Kassidy, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. on March 10, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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Born to Crystal Jorgenson and Daniel St. Pierre, of Rainy River, Ont., a baby boy, Carter Daniel Grant, weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz. on March 14, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
In loving memory of Pamela Perrault, 34, who passed away suddenly Sunday, March 17, 2002 at her home in Couchiching First Nation. Pam was born March 8, 1968 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Valentine and Eleanor Perrault. She spent most of her life in the Rainy River area. She enjoyed […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
Let’s face it, sports and movies usually don’t mix very well together. There are more bad sports movies than there are good ones. For every “Raging Bull,” there are five “Mighty Ducks” sequels. For every Oscar nomination a sports movie gets, there are 12 “Razzies” (annual award recognizing the worst […]
Our ’50s and ’60s were well populated by UFOs! (most called them flying saucers and scoffers said “sun spots!”) Unidentified flying objects, as they became officially and seriously known, were being sighted everywhere, and our border skies must have been among their favourites haunts because almost every lake dweller here […]
I recently visited the Warroad Pioneer newspaper office and met up with one of Cal Marvin’s sons, who was picking up the new Warroad senior hockey photo. The Warroad Lakers hockey team still exists but with a different name—the Islanders. And they’re on the trail for another Allan Cup title. […]
Spring cleaning is long gone from our house, but I still remember the smell of a “clean” house as a girl. Oh how we cleaned every nook and cranny. We scrubbed the closet shelves of “spare bedrooms” that were never used. We hung the parlor rug on the clothesline and […]
The local campus of Confederation College has scored another coup with the formal announcement Saturday that it and colleges in Minnesota will be able to share courses via videoconferencing starting this fall. Better still, all Confederation College campuses already linked by Contact North also can access the network thanks to […]
Dear editor: There was a time when I was quite proud to work for the Ministry of Natural Resources. Now I am not so sure. It has been a long and rocky road of downsizing, privatization, and starving budgets since 1992. The Harris regime has added yet another round of […]
Dear editor: Re: No-smoking bylaw Seven years ago, I seized an opportunity to build a business in Emo and provide service (i.e., convenience store) for the community and surrounding area. I relied solely on the continued support of my husband, family, hard work, long hours, and my customers to make […]
To the editor: I would like to make a few observations/comments regarding the current smoking/no smoking battle being waged in the Kenora/Rainy River districts. It appears to me the solution is a no-brainer, not all “public” places should be non-smoking. Restaurants/dining rooms should be smoke-free as there quite often are […]
