The 20th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship took place this past weekend on Rainy Lake. It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the tournament started thanks to a group of people in Fort Frances who saw the great smallmouth fishery that exists on Rainy Lake and made it […]
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Last week, Canada’s economy was downgraded by the International Monetary Fund, new statistics showed the widespread pain of those who recently have lost their jobs, and the Harper government continued to embarrass us internationally by reneging on a deal to help a country in desperate need. Both the Bank of […]
Kathryn (Kathy) Marjorie Beauchene (nee Advent) passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Monday July 28, 2014 following a lengthy illness. She was born May 6, 1960 to John and Marjorie Advent in Fort Frances, Ont. She attended Morley Central, Barwick, Riverview, and Fort Frances High Schools. She worked […]
It is with profound sorrow that I announce the passing of my daughter, Dee-Anne Kielczewski, 57, of Thunder Bay, Ont., on July 21, 2014. Dee passed away after struggling for eight months with lung cancer. Dee-Anne was born June 19, 1957 in Fort Frances, Ont., the first-born to Bev Dawkins […]
It is with deep sadness that Leslie Janice Armit’s family announces her peaceful passing, with loved ones by her side, on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. She was born March 31, 1944 in Fort Frances, Ont. to the late Roy and […]
Melvin Charles Enge, known as Merlin to family, passed on peacefully to his eternal reward on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. He was born Dec. 20, 1925 in Winnipeg, Man. but moved with his mother, Clara Dimit, and grandparents to Rainy River District at an early age. Working around Pinewood, Ont. […]
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Phyllis Marie Kreger announceS her passing on Monday, July 21, 2014 in her 85th year. Phyllis is survived by her son, Gary (Nibs) and Cheryl Kreger of Rainy River, Ont., and their children, John and Diana of Thunder Bay, Ont., Dustin […]
Olaf John Mosley, 89, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, July 28, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A memorial service will be held Friday, Aug. 1, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.
It is with great sorrow we announce the passing of Donald (Don) Benjamin on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 at the age of 66 in Cranbrook, B.C. He leaves behind his loving wife, Julie; two sons, Kirk and Alvin (wife); daughter, Sheri; and his grandchildren, step-children, and step-grandchildren whom he adored […]
In communities right across Ontario, candidates have been tossing their hats in the ring for this fall’s municipal election. Fort Frances isn’t among them. As of this morning, no one had yet stepped forward to run for mayor, council, either of the two school boards, or the “Central” seat on […]
The last week of July is a week that I look forward to as much as any throughout the entire year since I started fishing the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship back in 2000. That first year my buddy Pat James and I got into the tournament off the waiting […]
BIG GEORGE–Born to Heather Big George and Tyler Doerksen, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Layla Brooke, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz. on July 19, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
