The 31st-annual La Place Rendez-Vous squash tournament runs today through Sunday (Jan. 5-7) at the Memorial Sports Centre. Spectators welcome. The Borderland Snowmobile Club will hold a “poker run” from Fort Frances to Emo on Saturday, Jan. 6. Registration starts at 10 a.m. at the groomer shack off Eighth Street, […]
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Metro (Svet) Wowchuk passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018 in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
John Koles, 90, of Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017 with his family by his side. A memorial mass will be held Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fort Frances, with Fr. Alan Albao […]
John Koles, 90, of Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017 with his family by his side. A memorial mass will be held Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fort Frances, with Fr. Alan Albao […]
Walter O. Melynchuk, 80, of New Hope, Mn., passed away peacefully on Dec. 31, 2017 after a short battle with cancer. He was predeceased by his wife, Mary; and parents, Edith and Steven. Walter is survived by his children, Joanna (Bill) Rooney, Sandy (Joe) Girod, and Susie Melynchuk (Dave Larson); […]
Frank Korb, 80, of Northwood Lodge in Red Lake, Ont., and formerly of Stratton, Ont., passed away on Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. Funeral service will be held Friday, Jan. 5, 2018 at 1 p.m. at the Northridge Funeral Home in Emo, Ont. A complete obituary will follow.
Winnie Rousseau passed away peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2017 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Winnie was born on Dec. 14, 1930 in Mulvihill, Man. She moved to the Rainy River District in the early 1940s. She was united in marriage to Oliver (Bud) […]
Sometimes it take the perception of others to put things into perspective for the rest of us. Rami Canoon, the father of a second Iraqi refugee family that arrived in Fort Frances just this past Friday, didn’t seem to mind the bitter cold that greeted them. “The cold is no […]
Submitted byDouglas W. Judson Resolution time strikes us at our most complacent and indisposed. It sneaks up in that cozy stretch between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, when we forage for leftovers and, in our holiday coma, have lost all awareness of what day of the week it is. On […]
Dear editor: As the holiday season draws to a close, I want to take a moment to thank the Choraliers for making my Christmas so special. What a great group of people! I am extremely proud of each and every member! For approximately five weeks, they work very hard to […]
Dear editor: A big thank you to Rainycrest for allowing me the opportunity to work with the residents and have a performing choir at Christmas. It originated because one of the residents, Joe Gervais, approached me one day and asked if I would start a choir there. My reply? “You […]
The GPS said in 659 km, turn left off Trans-Canada Highway. You hardly can go wrong travelling from Regina to Calgary on a bitterly cold day just before Christmas. Just as everywhere, CBC Radio was describing how cold it was outside. Having left the Fort a day earlier, Marnie and […]
