Dear Mr. Editor: I would like to express my views as our byelection mail-in ballots are being sent out to voters. An election already has taken place. Mr. Perry won. Mr. Hamilton said he did not even campaign for the office (during the election last November), but would now like […]
Features
Dear editor: Animal dissection, which was first used in classrooms in the early part of the last century, is still being used in some Fort Frances High School classes. In recent years, dissection has been increasingly scrutinized. Experts have re-evaluated the educational worth and morality of cutting up animals just […]
Peacefully, on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007 at the Riverside Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont., Inez M. Gates (nee Mansfield), formerly of Sleeman, Ont., passed away at the age of 82. Inez was born July 14, 1925 in Dauphin, Man. to the late Walter and Inez (Giles) Mansfield. She later […]
When looking back at 2007 this week, its clear our community once again had a lot of wonderful things to celebrate, tough challenges to tackle, and heart-wrenching tragedies to deal with. Certainly the most positive news of the past year was the approval and start of a biomass boiler by […]
ROSALINDA SCHULZKI Rosalinda Schulzki passed away Saturday, Dec. 22, 2007 in Fort Frances, Ont. She will be greatly missed by her family, friends, and the entire community. Rose was born in Odessa, Russia on April 14, 1935 to Frank and Christina Thome. She was the only girl in the family […]
ALICE EVELYN HARTRY Alice was born Oct. 26, 1917 in Devlin, Ont. to Joseph and Mary-Anne Hunter and passed away Dec. 22, 2007 at Fort Frances, Ont. Alice moved to Emo, Ont. in July, 1923, where she grew up with three brothers, Stuart, Norman, and Jim, and one sister, Millie. […]
After a long illness, Gerald Roy Calder passed away Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007 in Duncan, B.C. He was born March 12, 1945. A complete obituary will follow.
Allan David Stewart, 58, passed away on Monday, Dec. 17, 2007 in Fort Frances, Ont. Allan was born Oct. 29, 1949 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was predeceased by his father, David, and mother, Elizabeth. Allan came to Canada in 1993 and settled in Victoria, B.C. He travelled throughout Canada over […]
With deep sorrow, her loving family announces the passing of Hazel Steele on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007. Hazel was born in 1918 to Mary and William Harnett in Alsask, Sask., where she lived until 1933, then moved with the family to Fort Frances, Ont. Hazel enrolled in Grade 10 at […]
After a lengthy illness, Dad passed away peacefully in his sleep on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007. He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Pamela Dora, in 2004; and his sisters, Mary Sollen and Nellie Mudrey. He is survived by his children, Hilary (Mic) Reynolds, Richard Jr. (Connie), Christine (Bill) Luchka, […]
Sheran L. Sheppard, nee McEvoy, loved wife of Moses, passed away at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007 after a series of illnesses. Born in Fort Frances, Ont. on Dec. 13, 1939 to Vincent and Kathleen McEvoy (nee Meagher), she […]
COUNCILLOR–Born to Carissa Makarchuk and Nathaniel Councillor, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Taytum Peter Nelson, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. on December 12, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
