CHARTRAND–Born to Jayden Chartrand and Victoria Johnson, of Northwest Bay, Ont., a boy, Garnet Joseph, weighing 6 lbs. 13 oz. on February 1, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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STEFANICK-GIBBONS–Born to NIcholas Stefanick and Tiffany Gibbons, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Abigail Tiffany, weighing 6 lbs. 3 oz. on January 31, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
After a brave battle with cancer, Shae Michael Gray Hagarty passed away peacefully, with his family at his side and Obi Wan Kenobi on his shoulder, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. He was born March 1, 1979. Shae had a great fondness for computers and electronic gadgets, and for helping […]
Fort Frances has been forced to try Plan ‘B’ in its efforts to garner district funding to help operate the local airport—and that’s disappointing. The logical course, as was suggested initially, would have seen municipalities and area First Nations help shoulder the airport’s annual operating deficit on a per capita […]
MACKINTOSH–Born to Diarmid James (DJ) and Twila Jayne, nee Hammond, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Duncan James Arthur, weighing 6 lbs. 7 oz. on January 23, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
I read the obituaries. Not often, but sometimes. I see a life I knew, or knew of, that ended and I ache for those who are obligated to carry on. I see the commercials on TV that warn us to “Make death wait.” But sometimes death won’t wait; death just […]
In the home I grew up in, the use of vulgar language was never tolerated. Even the use of descriptive terms to identify bodily functions would result in a strong verbal reprimand. We used numbers instead to describe those functions. As I grew up, other words came to our attention […]
One of the most important issues to me is consumer awareness of hydro and natural gas retailers. Energy retailers are privately-owned companies that buy electricity or natural gas and then resell it to homeowners at a profit. Unlike public utilities, where the price is regulated and based on the cost […]
