Local News from Across the Rainy River District
I’m sure no fans were in an uproar over what took so long for the Superior International Junior Hockey League to announce its playoff format. But the behind-the-scenes story about the league’s push to have one of its teams compete for the Royal Bank Cup is just another example of […]
The Muskies are ranked #2 in Manitoba heading into their second season in the Winnipeg High School Football League this fall after a 4-3 regular-season record and quarter-final exit during their inaugural campaign in the ‘AA’ division in 2001. Now the bad news. It costs considerably more to play in […]
Cathe Hoszowski of Atikokan, representing 807 Northwest Network, discussed broadband technology in this area code during an Emo council meeting earlier this month. Broadband service can come into communities via three different ways—satellite, fibre optics, and microwave. Some of the high-speed communication services being provided by broadband are tele-medicine and […]
Yesterday morning in water exercise, we chatted as we worked. Somehow, the topic of age came up, and I discovered to amazement that the young woman I was talking to was about to reach her 85th birthday. When I exclaimed in surprise, the person on my other side said she […]
The decision last week by the Fort Frances Rotary Club to turn in its charter has left our community weaker for it. On the one hand, it’s just another in a list of casualties among local service clubs, such as the Jaycees and Kinsmen. But on the other, is it […]
Dear sir: With another year accomplished and a new one already in action, a reflection of the success of our second-annual “Helping Hands—Mitts for Kids” campaign brings on a sincere warm feeling of gratification and community pride. Once again, I need to thank everyone who participated in helping us surpass […]
Dear sir: Hi! My name is Holly Olson. I will be 14 in March. I go to Robert Moore School, where I’m in grade eight. I have a disability called muscular dystrophy (MD). I’m in a wheelchair and in the summertime, I like to ride my bike, thanks to my […]
Dear sir: It is with deep regret that the Kenora Rainy River District Community Care Access Centre board of directors announce the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has decided not to appoint Judi Gryschuk to the position as executive director when the corporation becomes designated. When designation comes into […]
Margaret Frederickson (nee Vold) passed away peacefully Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002 at Groves Memorial Community Hospital in Fergus in her 80th year. She was the beloved wife of the late Fred Frederickson (1994); loving mother of Jo Ann and her husband, Richard Collins of Milton, and Erik and his wife, […]
Donna Jean Morrison, 69, of Aspen House in Fort Frances, Ont., went to be with our Lord on Friday, Jan. 25, 2002 with her family at her side. She was born Feb. 11, 1932 in Spooner Village, Mn. Mrs. Morrison immigrated to Canada in 1953 and had lived in the […]
Peacefully on Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, Winona Mabel Tierney, 80, beloved wife of the late Jim Tierney, passed away at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. “Noni” was born Aug. 5, 1921 in Douglas, Man. to the late Walter and Elizabeth Avis, and moved to Fort Frances as a […]
