The S.A.F.E. Baby program (Smoke Alarm For Every Baby) is over 20 months old here and to date, more than 500 smoke alarms have been distributed to the parents of each baby born in the district.The program is made possible and funded by Gillons’ Insurance Brokers Ltd., Holmlund Financial, and […]
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Many people have noticed an increase in the number of large, black birds on our northern lakes in the past few years. They are cormorants, or to be more precise, Double Crested Cormorants (Phalacrocrax auritus). Old-timers tell us that they used to be very numerous here years ago, and then […]
Audrey June Lloyd, born March 17, 1930 at Winnipeg, Man., passed away Aug. 29, 2000 at Nanaimo, B.C. Audrey taught school at a one-room school house in Miscampbell, Ont. before she married and raised her eight children. She moved to Vancouver Island in 1965, where she lived her next 45 […]
Florence Agnes Olsson was born Feb. 10, 1917 in Fort Frances, Ont. and passed away Aug. 14, 2000 in White Rock, B.C. She was predeceased by her husband Bert. Florence is loved and sadly missed by her children Thomas, Richard, Lenore, Teresa and their spouses, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her many […]
I am writing this letter to express my concern over the impact that Bill 74 (the Education Accountability Act 2000) will have on our local education system. Presently, the section of this bill that has received the majority of media attention is the potential mandatory extra-curricular. Although, traditionally, extra-curricular activities […]
Dear editor: On behalf of the Front Street Manor we would to thank the following businesses for there donations for prizes for Front Street Tenants, for the Summer Sizzler which took place on August the 13, 2000. Lowey’s Market Garden, Maureen Gill (from Tracey’s), Howarths, Pizza Hut, North Air, Dairy […]
Dear editor: In response to Gordon Earle’s commentary on the defence of cormorants, it is in the interests of the ‘ecology’ of Rainy Lake to take a serious approach to the study of this issue by the MNR and determine to what degree the dramatic increase in cormorant populations have […]
As a citizen, do you recognize your local fire department as a partner in community services? Your fire department, whether full-time or volunteer, has an important function within your community.The fire department performs fire suppression and life saving functions, and responds to many other challenging emergencies such as motor vehicles […]
Always remember ‘practice makes perfect’ “Practice makes perfect,” they say. And without question, it is true. Take tennis, for example. Tennis pros practice long hours each day to stay in shape. And your game will never move beyond the point of embarrassment unless you play regularly for substantial blocks of […]
By Colin Crawford
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Outdoors Pro-Mo
With the dog days of summer upon us, the fish have really slowed down. Here are some tips that you can use to produce more fish during this difficult time. Jig modification and the use of a natural bait will produce more and bigger fish. Jigs account for most of […]
It is with deep sadness that the family of Emily Vandetti announce the unexpected passing of our wife, mother, grandmother, and sister on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000. Born on Aug. 5, 1928 in Winnipeg, to the late Mary and Andrew Shortreed of Fort Frances, she was raised in Emo and […]
Ada Holme, 88, of 435 Oakdown Road, Qualicum Beach, B.C., formerly of Fort Frances, passed away at Dufferin Place in Nanaimo, B.C. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2000. She was born Aug. 15, 1912 in Thunder Bay, Ont., to the late Phillip and Amelia Mosher. During her youth, she had moved […]
