Ann Lily Rinneard, 68, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at the Sudbury Regional Hospital (St. Joseph Health Care Centre). Beloved mother of Steve Rinneard (Cathy Castanza) of Azilda, Ont. and Rob Rinneard of Barrie, Ont.; and cherished grandmother of James, Jason, and Troy. Dear daughter of the late John […]
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A memorial service to celebrate the life of Marjorie K. Smith (Costello), who passed away Feb. 8, 2007 in London, Ont., will be held Friday, May 11, 2007 at 2 p.m. at Knox United Church in Fort Frances, Ont. Marjorie was the wife of the late J. Wesley Smith; mother […]
A drought grips Rainy River District. Farmers can only watch their crops and hay fields wither away. Towns along the Rainy River are helpless as water intake systems suck air. Docks on Rainy Lake are high and dry, and boaters are hitting rocks previously well below the waves. New invasive […]
Dear Mike: On Saturday, April 28, 45 students from the Rainy River District School Board and the Northwest Catholic Board participated in the Rainy River District Science Fair. All those students, from Grade 4-8, are to be congratulated for all their hard work, commitment, and dedication to excellence in education. […]
Dear editor: The Get Outdoors Club, led by Henry Miller, is not just sports for boys but also for girls. We do things like archery, nature hikes, fishing, sleep-outs, survival camp-outs, bake sales, building, painting, and cleaning birdhouses, and sometimes even shooting hand guns and rifles with Willy Anderson. We […]
Dear editor: First of all, I would like to express my appreciation to trustees Donna Dittaro and Gary Allen for their support in our cause to retain a school bus at Atikokan High School. They display a clear understanding of, and care for, the needs of the students at AHS—and […]
Dear editor: I would like to respond to the editorial of April 25, which included what my daughter wrote about her addiction to Oxycontin. Our children/teens are calling out for help, only to be told there is a three- to six-month wait to get into the Kenora rehab centre. They […]
Dear editor: I would like to thank the person who threw the high chair behind my house. Just because you have no use for it anymore doesn’t give you the right to throw it into someone else’s property for them to dispose of. It is acts like this that prove […]
Nadine Eckert, 85, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Tuesday, May 1, 2007 at the Falls Good Samaritan Care Center in International Falls. Nadine was born July 8, 1921 in Canada. She grew up in Canada and sang in a band. She moved to Littlefork, Mn. in 1967 and then […]
In loving memory of our mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Darlene Elizabeth Jourdain, who passed away Saturday, April 28, 2007 at the age of 60. She was born Dec. 24, 1946. Darlene will be sadly missed by her son, Charles (Dorthy) Jourdain; grandchildren, Tina and Jerry; and great-granddaughter, Danielle of Edmonton, […]
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Billy-Jean McKee announces her sudden passing on Sunday, April 29, 2007 in Red Lake, Ont., which has been her home for the past three years. Billy was born in Winnipeg, Man. on July 13, 1981 but she lived her childhood years […]
Raymond Douglas “Paicoogabo” Copenace, 48, of Big Grassy First Nation, Ont., passed away on Monday, April 23, 2007 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. With regret and sadness, we will forever miss you . . . loved by mom, Lucy Copenace; siblings, Josephine Copenace, […]
