Born to Jason and Melinda, nee Lauzon, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Alina Faith, weighing 6 lbs. 1 oz. and Brianna Hope, weighing 5 lbs. 13 oz. on April 5, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Andrew Enns and Heather Hawkins, of Rainy River, Ont., a baby girl, Andrea Courtney Marie, weighing 6 lbs. 14 oz. on April 7, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Shane and Bobbi-Jo, nee Baird, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Austin Shane, weighing 8 lbs. on April 9, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Kimberly George and Ronald Councillor of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Jordan Matthew, weighing 5 lbs. 13 oz. on April 15, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Beri Wickstrom and Shane Korkola, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Sydney Jade, weighing 7 lbs. 10 oz. on April 18, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Timothy and Donna, nee Steiner, of Stratton, Ont., a baby boy, Earl Jessie, weighing 9 lbs. 3 oz. on April 19, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Owen and Elizabeth, nee Heatwole, of Barwick, Ont., a baby boy, Curtis Dwayne, weighing 9 lbs. 10 oz. on April 20, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Amy Wilson, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Adyson Elisabeth Louise, weighing 10 lbs. 5 oz. on April 20, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Allan and Linda, nee Van Vliet, of Devlin, Ont., a baby girl, Jessica Marie, weighing 6 lbs. 10 oz. on April 21, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

By Mike Behan
Moving with Mike

Maybe it’s just me but there isn’t the same heated competition (read rivalry) among local slo-pitch teams as there was, say, a dozen years ago. The sad lack of tournaments here on summer weekends nowadays certainly isn’t helping the current malaise on the diamonds–even though there’s a lot more teams […]

By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By

This week, it’s appropriate to recall our tragic but beloved Forsberg family before another great district music festival has departed. Bert Forsberg, his wife, Elvi and daughter, Florence, were all centre stage here in so many ways–and music was much of their life. Singer Florence was known as the sweetheart […]

Eva Mae Cox, 81, passed away at the Trail Regional Hospital in Trail, B.C. on April 5, 2001. Mrs. Cox was born in Emo, Ont. on Nov. 19, 1919 and she was raised in Fort Frances area. She married Robert (Bob) Cox on June 29, 1940. They moved to Atikokan, […]