Mr. Lloyd George McGowan, 80, passed away peacefully at home on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. Lloyd was born June 24, 1927 in Sioux Lookout, Ont. and married Eilleene (Bertha) Dowson in Fort Frances, Ont. on April 22, 1949. Lloyd was employed as a caretaker for the Rainy River District School […]
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William (Bill) Mutz, of Alberton Township, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2007. Funeral services are pending, and a complete obituary will follow.
Each year, the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce holds its awards gala to salute the top businesses, entrepreneurs, and employees across the district, as well as those which excel at customer service, safety, and training. It’s always a wonderful evening—complete with an Academy Awards-like atmosphere as all the deserving nominees […]
Dear editor: My name is Crystal Smith. I am writing to you because I am a very upset individual, and I would like to ask the parents of this community where your child or children were on the evening of Friday, Oct. 27 between 7 and 8 p.m.? Well, I […]
Dear editor, Re: Ontario HPV vaccination program. The studies of this vaccine (involving more than 20,000 women) show it is almost 100 percent effective in preventing infection with four Human Pappillomavirus (HPV) types, which are responsible for 70 percent of cervical cancer cases and 90 percent of genital warts. (Cancer […]
Dear editor: Fort Frances, what is going on? Our town council has deemed that rather than take the next runner-up to fill the vacant seat of Tannis Drysdale, they will put the town to the expense of another election. It would be necessary if the position had no one to […]
Dear editor: I would like to extend my congratulations and best wishes to the Hon. Michael Gravelle on his appointment as the new minister of Northern Development and Mines in the McGuinty government. Recently, the local paper mill in Fort Frances was provided provincial funding for the biomass boiler project […]
JOSEPH (KAATAG) SHEBAGEGIT Joseph (Kaatag) Shebagegit, 69, of Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, passed away Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. He was born Oct. 4, 1938 in Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation. He lived in the area most of life. Joseph […]
NICK WERENKO Nick Werenko passed away peacefully on Friday, Oct. 26, 2007 at the age of 88, with his family by his side at Riverside Health Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Nick will be sadly missed by his children, Elaine Sivonen (Werenko) and David Werenko; grandchildren, Nicholas Sivonen (Bobbi), John […]
