Paddling 240 km (150 miles) in a canoe is Bill Halliday’s idea of a summer holiday. The Comox, B.C. native, 64, stopped here last Wednesday on his way across Canada via the old voyageur route from Grand Portage on Lake Superior to Methe Portage near Fort McMurray, Alta. His journey […]
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Amanda Jerry came home from Toronto last week to be with family and to “de-stress” from the waiting game she’s been in since May while awaiting a double-lung transplant. At just 27 years of age, and having never smoked, Jerry needs the transplant because of the damage done to her […]
Are you ready to put on your dancing shoes and get into the swing of things? No? Well, you still have some time to sign up. The Fort Dance Studio is putting its best foot forward for a Sept. 13 launch. Although registration is slated Aug. 11 and 18 at […]
The Salvation Army has always been about helping out, and this year’s Pan Am Games in Winnipeg are no exception. Anne Johnstone of here was among more than 50 volunteers representing Salvation Army corps in Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba. From Monday through Thursday of last week, Johnstone, who only learned […]
“I don’t want to knock anybody–I want change.” Wayne Lax of Kenora, after spending 25 years haunted by alcoholism, extensive drug therapy, and more than 80 shock treatments, is now taking a stand against impaired driving. But it’s not specifically drinking and driving he has his sights on–Lax said patients […]
In an effort to help both the federal and provincial governments in the border water dispute with Minnesota, a “Conservation Coalition for Ontario’s Resources” has been formed here. “We want the government to know we’ll stand behind them,” said committee member Neil Wiens of Thunder Bay, chair Zone ‘B’ of […]
Hopes of having concrete plans for a new Canada Customs facility in Fort Frances by the end of summer are dashed after a meeting yesterday between the town and local MP Robert Nault. Nault, who also met with Abitibi-Consolidated here yesterday, originally thought the architectural designs and drawings had been […]
Locating a lost child can be a difficult and very stressful task–when every second seems like an eternity. But it doesn’t have to be. The Child Find-Fort Frances committee has been working hard since late last year to raise awareness of its program, which is aimed at helping police should […]
There was an overwhelming sense of deja-vu as I stepped into the Rainy Lake Hotel’s dining room to meet with the members of “See Spot Run” last Tuesday before their concert in the lounge. Visually, the band hasn’t changed much since the first time I interviewed them in the fall […]
If you’re going to spend 160-plus days together in a canoe going across Canada, make sure you do it with someone you know really well. It was a piece of advice from Carrie McGown, 23, and Martha Mortson, 24, a pair of recent graduates from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, […]
Enough interest may have risen to get the Borderland High Fliers Kite Club off the ground in the next few weeks, noted John Willis of Kippewa Gardens in International Falls. Willis and his wife, Katherine, brought their kites to Emo’s centennial celebrations and the Fourth of July holiday in the […]
The weather was perfect for a “welcome back” picnic at Pither’s Point Park last Saturday and the six children from Belarus were primed for fun after their long trip back to Rainy River District. “I am very happy to be with Yvonne and Stewart” were the first words out of […]
