It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Sandy Siiter on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2006. She was born Aug. 10, 1964 in Thunder Bay, Ont. Sandy had a great passion for life, which she shared with her longtime companion, Dave Swiston. For the past three years, […]
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It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Robin Craig Bruyere on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006. Robin was born Aug. 19, 1955 in Fort Frances, Ont., where he lived his entire life. Robin was predeceased by his mother, Ruth, on April 4, 2005; and two brothers, […]
Hilda Cotton, 87, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Saturday, Sept. 30, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Hilda was born Dec. 31, 1918 in La Vallee, Ont. to the late Walter and Mary McFayden. She had lived all of her life in Rainy River District. In […]
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Helen Hunter, 79, of 936 Shevlin Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2006. Helen was born Sept. 25, 1928 in Manitou Rapids Rainy River First Nation, Ont. to the late Leonard and Agnes Wilson. She was raised […]
Kirsti Bouchard, 85, of Fort Frances, Ont., formerly of Mudge’s Camp, Mine Centre, Ont., passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006. A private family service will be held, and a complete obituary will follow.
Dear Mr. Editor: Thank you for allowing space in your paper. I strongly encourage the public to vote the present councillors out of office. Why? Because of this council’s poor decisions: 1. Our 9-1-1 dispatch is gone; 2. Our local fire crew was cut; 3. The mess we had at […]
Dear editor: I would like to commend Mr. Krukoski on his letter to the editor last week about the secrecy of town council. One issue that he missed was the cutbacks at the fire department. Oops, that’s right, hardly any one in town knows about the cutbacks at the fire […]
Dear Mr. Editor: As a municipal taxpayer who was saddened by the decisions of town council over many issues over the last few years, I want to encourage the public to invest in this community by voting the present councillors out—and the new candidates in. We need a council that […]
With one letter last week and three more today all calling for the ouster of the present council, it looks like a heated campaign is shaping up here in Fort Frances leading up to the Nov. 13 election, right? Well, maybe. While it’s obvious some residents are expressing strong opinions, […]
While the numbers weren’t looking to great earlier last week, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce saw a last-minute flood of nominations before the 5 p.m. deadline on Friday for its 11th-annual business awards. “We ended up with a total of 74 nominees,” Chamber office manager Dawn Booth said yesterday. […]
Tony Marinaro was thrilled when he heard his company had won an award, but he didn’t realize its prestige until attending the annual Northern Ontario Business Awards last week in Thunder Bay. “It was really amazing,” enthused Marinaro, director of operations of Kish-Gon-Dug Canada, which is located at Naicatchewenin First […]
