Dear Mr. Editor: A few weeks ago, Northern Community Development Services (NCDS) announced we would be opening the NCDS Transition Centre at 242 Scott St. in Fort Frances. We are now open to assist unemployed/laid-off workers, the under-employed, those preparing to write apprenticeship or GED exams, or others hoping to […]
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Dear editor: I would like to address my friend, or whoever came into our Rainycrest room during the darkness of night and picked up my full and complete manuscript of my book contracted for print April 1. The package of copy ready to ship the next day was in our […]
Elizabeth Jean Barsy (nee O’Leary), 86, passed away suddenly on Saturday, April 17, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. with family by her side. Jean was born June 18, 1923 in Fort Frances to the late William and Elizabeth O’Leary, the youngest of six children. Jean […]
Diana Mae McBride, 67, of Coon Rapids, Mn., passed into the arms of the Lord on Sunday, April 25, 2010 while surrounded by her loving family and the U of M Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis, Mn. She was born June 18, 1942 in Fort Frances, Ont. Diana is survived by […]
With his family by his side, Terrance (“Terry”) Lloyd Stinson passed away peacefully in his home on Saturday, April 24, 2010. Terry was born in Fort Frances, Ont. on Jan. 14, 1948. His kindness and love always will be remembered by his mother, Vergil (Riley) Stinson; brother, Leland Stinson; best […]
It is with heavy hearts and sadness the family announces the passing of our dear Judy, 69, of Nestor Falls, Ont., on Monday, April 26, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born March 7, 1941 in Fort Frances. Family was very important to Judy […]
Rainy River District has been spared contentious disputes revolving around aboriginal grievances that have plagued other communities across our region, as well as elsewhere in Ontario and the rest of Canada. That may change as early as next month. Fed up with the slow pace of progress on resolving compensation […]
We said good-bye to our wonderful, beautiful wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Sarah Edna Alexander, on Thursday, April 22, 2010 at the age of 97. She quietly passed away with her family at her bedside in her home at Pinewood Court in Thunder Bay, Ont. Dear wife of the late […]
Sadly, the family announces the passing of Marvelle Cone, 71, of Fort Frances, Ont. on Thursday April 22, 2010 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Marvelle was born Oct. 29, 1938 in Emo, Ont. to Marvin and Ardell Brigham. She had resided in Mine Centre, Pickle Lake, and back […]
