Laurie (Laurence) LaRoche (nee Vien) passed away Monday, July 12, 2010 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born June 13, 1920 in Wakaw, Sask., and moved to the Labroquerie farm in 1934 with all 13 of her siblings. She was married to Alphonse LaRoche on June […]
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The future suddenly looks much brighter for the Superior International Junior Hockey League following Monday’s decision by USA Hockey to reverse its earlier ruling and allow two American teams to join the loop after all. And that, in turn, bodes well for the survival of Junior ‘A’ hockey here. The […]
Alan Christiansen Dear editor: For 35 years now, citizens of the Town of Fort Frances have endured the erosion of the public tennis courts next to the Memorial Sports Centre. In the 1970s and early ’80s, there were many local athletes—some fairly serious about the sport and some who just […]
Irene Harrison (nee Naturkach), of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, July 12, 2010 at La Verendrye Hospital after losing her fight against cancer. Irene (“Rene,” “Ena”) was born Nov. 29, 1940 to the late Pete and Frances Naturkach and raised in the Fort Frances area. She was the eldest […]
A graveside service will be held Friday July 16, 2010 at 1 p.m at the Emo Cemetery in Emo, Ont. for Gregory S. Crozier, who passed away Dec. 11, 2009 in Winnipeg, Man. at the age of 48. If desired, in memoriam donations may be made to the charity of […]
Noella Ludmille LaFrance (Northcott), 78, passed away at Uxbridge Cottage Hospital on Friday, June 18, 2010. She was born in Fort Frances, Ont. on Dec. 22 1931, part of a family of nine children born to Art and Medora LaFrance. She was predeceased by her husband, Roy Northcott; parents, Arthur […]
With her family around her, Rita Margaret Fitzgerald went home to the Lord on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Rita was born at the family homestead in Tottenham, Ont. on April 9, 1933. She was the daughter of Thomas and Teresa Eagan. Rita attended school in Colgan, Ont., where she graduated […]
Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Canada gets hot in the summer! Really? The way the national media is portraying it, you’d think the “heat wave” currently blanketing Central Canada was some weird phenomenon never before experienced by those of us living in the Great White North. Well, guess what? […]
Linda Angus Dear editor: Super job this year, “Relay” committee! Even with the change in venue, everything worked out great. A job well done! Also, thanks to Tompkins Hardware, Emo Drugs, Cloverleaf, and Jeannine Shine for the donated prizes for the T-ball. And to my sponsors, a big thanks, as […]
