Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Off-season projects for the fisherman make fishing season get here faster. January is a difficult time of the year for the fisherman because the fishing season for most folks has become little more than a memory as the snow piles up outside–and the time until the opener seems longer by […]
I love winter. I love snow and snowmen, skating and tobogganing, lying down and making angels in the snow, going to the ski slopes, and most of all sitting by the warm fire with a steaming cup of cocoa. Growing up on Tug Hill plateau in the foothills of the […]
Just last week, while commenting on our precarious weather patterns, it appeared I was overlooking the single most important factor in our local geography–the presence of thousands of square miles of the healthiest drinking water on this planet, or anywhere else. Right now, we are also discussing the most popular […]
Dear editor: I would beg to kindly remind Mr. Vandetti and his friend whose “joke” he repeated (Just Passing By, Jan. 24) that the “gnashing of teeth” is not just “proverbial.” It is the words of Jesus, which He spoke five times in the Gospel of Matthew, in Chapters 13, […]
Dear editor: In the Fort Frances Times of Jan. 24, the newly-formed “Crossroute Forest Sportsman’s Alliance” was profiled. I was ashamed that these “sportsmen” who claim to represent the “public” couldn’t even spell words correctly on their protest signs. I also was offended at their misinformation surrounding the Crossroute/Trout River […]
Dear editor: In recent articles in the media, two separate but related issues have been reported in an inaccurate and confusing way. One issue is the attempt by the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club to have the Trout Road opened up so the general public can have access to a huge […]
It is with great sadness that Devin and Barbara-Ann Eldridge of Fort Frances, Ont. announce the loss of their infant son, Gabriel Couper Eldridge, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Their loss is shared by maternal grandmother, Evelyn Hicks of Fort Frances; paternal […]
Nick was a man who cherished life and it is with great sorrow that the family of Nicholaus Leslie Gurski announce his passing on Friday, Jan. 26, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Nick was born April 28, 1921 in Teulon, Man. to John and Anna […]
Victor Hughes of Devlin, Ont., our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away Thursday, Jan. 25, 2001. Victor was born Jan. 14, 1929 in Rainy River, Ont. to Wallace and Ivy Hughes. He attended school there and as a young man, called crews for the C.N.R. In April, 1948, he […]
Mary Isabel Rodegard, a gentle, selfless, caring wife, mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001. Mary was born in Shenston Township, Barwick, Ont. on Aug. 16, 1908, the eldest of three children, to Isabel and Alexander MacKenzie. She married Eddie Rodegard in 1938, and together they made […]
Eileen Elizabeth Anness, 95, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2001. She was born March 20, 1905 in Minnesota. Mrs. Anness moved to Stratton, Ont. at the age of three months and then later moved to […]
Ingeborg Fritzemeier, 88, of Emo, Ont., passed away Monday, Jan. 22, 2001 at her residence. She was born Jan. 20, 1913 in Sonderborg, Denmark to the late Nichalas and Anna Hansen. Mrs. Fritzemeier came to Canada in 1952. She had lived in several places until moving to Emo in 1981, […]
