MARTIN-Born to Elizabeth and Randal, of Barwick, Ontario, a girl, Diane Marie, weighing 8 lbs 1 oz on October 13, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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While there still is some time to get out in the boat and catch a few fish, the open-water season is nearing its end here in Northwestern Ontario. That means that after you’re finished up with using your boat, you need to take care of it, the motor, the accessories […]
The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association will hold its next cattle sale Saturday, Oct. 21 starting at 8:30 a.m. at the Stratton sales barn. For more info, contact barn manager James Gibson at 487-2731 or 271-2005 (cell), via e-mail at katjames24.kg@gmail.com, or call the sales barn at 483-5354. The “Luncheon of […]
Words cannot adequately convey the sense of pride all of Rainy River District feels over Team Canada winning the silver medal at the world mixed curling championships in Champéry, Switzerland. There was an avalanche of local interest, of course, because the rink featured Stratton siblings Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick, […]
Dear editor, Lots of coverage has been devoted to Prime Minister Trudeau’s trip to Washington, D.C. last week and what that means for the future of NAFTA, however, little attention has been given to the dramatic NAFTA lawsuit here in Canada. Lone Pine Resources is using NAFTA’s Chapter 11 to […]
Weekly, my wife and I deliver the Fort Frances Times to our news dealers between Fort Frances and Rainy River. We call it our “date day” as we spend almost four hours with just ourselves without interruption. One of the other benefits is watching the west end of the district […]
Time sure does fly by–it’s already the middle of October! I’m certainly pleased the weather had changed and we are able to get back on the land. Everyone is in a better mood when the sun shines! You will see all the farmers hauling manure, combining soybeans, and even baling […]
I feel like taking a ride on a train this morning, like my family did when I was 10 years old. It probably was the most exciting few days of my life, certainly of my childhood, though getting my first “very own” pony would have to top the list (not […]
Gus Landry passed away peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Online condolences may be offered at alcockfuneralhome@shaw.ca A complete obituary will follow.
Elisabeth Holborn, 102, of Dance Township, Ont. passed away peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Elisabeth was born on June 17, 1915 in Sprucedale, Ont. to George and Rose Marshall, one of 10 children. She met and married the love of her […]
Under the loving and compassionate care of her daughter, Breanna, in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., Tammy Lynn Dubord (nee Howells) succumbed to her five-month battle with small cell lung cancer on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017. Born in Fort Frances, Ont. on Aug. 8, 1967 to Donna Marie (Mills) and George Alvin Howells, […]
