Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Did you know greeting cards are a billion-dollar business? It’s estimated North Americans alone spent more than $6.3 million on them last year. If you consider that Valentine’s Day comes second only to Christmas in the greeting card wars, then you can figure a few dollars went into those sweet, […]
In all fresh water, there is no other fish like it. Big, streamlined, and camouflaged, the muskie has a devilish grin–and a wicked set of teeth. Fishermen tell me you don’t expect to catch a muskie in an hour or two. Many people have spent days, even years, trying to […]
In loving memory of Helen Pretty, 80, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away peacefully Friday, Feb. 16, 2001 at her home. Helen was predeceased by her husband, Irwin; parents, William and Edna Westover; sister, Iva; and brothers, Jim and Bill. She […]
Clifford Allen Barker passed away Feb. 12, 2001. He was born April 10, 1920. Cliff will be greatly missed by his devoted family, his loving wife of 57 years; five children; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two of his five siblings. Cliff grew up in Fort Frances, […]
Irvine Daryl Hayes, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, of Everett, Wash., passed away Feb. 8, 2001 with his family at his side. Irvine was born July 17, 1935, the youngest son of Lloyd and Vera Hayes at his grandparents’ farm, Dick and Charlotte Hayes of Barwick, Ont. He took […]
Ronald “Ron” Beadle, 45, of 150 Sixth St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly Monday, Jan. 29, 2001 in the place he loved the most, working in the bush on Cedar Narrows Road. He was born Aug. 6, 1955 in Emo, Ont. Ron began working in the bush at […]
Dear sir: The provincial government is giving it away. Then they’re going to charge you to use it. The provincial government is in the process of drafting regulations to go with Bill 101, the amendments to the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act which it passed just before Christmas. One of their […]
Dear sir: Well, “no name” street has now got a name, Veteran Ave. My congratulations to the winners of the name-that-street contest. Veteran, an excellent name for any other street or avenue, but this one. Generally, access roads that are behind properties that front on a major street, such as […]
Hi, I was flipping through the most recent issue of the Fort Frances Times (Jan. 31 edition) and noticed a picture of my sister and her family. The photo was taken by Jack Tynan in Emo along Front Street. The caption begins: “Sharon and Wade Demchuk pulled their daughters, MacKenzie […]
Dear sir: I would like to comment on recent news articles regarding the local Forest Management Plan (F.M.P.) and the Trout Road access question. I would specifically like to comment on references made to the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club. Questioning the right of the F.F.S.C. to be at the table […]
Surely, Lady Frances Simpson deserves a leading role in any 2003 pageantry surrounding this town’s 100th birthday party. And yet . . . . ! While it’s been well-documented that Lady Frances gave her name to Fort Frances, there have been certain doubts expressed as to the legitimacy of her […]
In loving memory of Shirley Ann Fowler, 54, of Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away Sunday, Feb. 4, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Shirley was born Nov. 10, 1946 in Fort Frances. She lived here all of her life. She was united in marriage to her […]
