Word that a committee is working hard to resurrect the Li’l Amik Winter Carnival here next month is welcome news. During its heyday in the mid-1990s, when it was organized by the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, the winter carnival drew big crowds to such events as the “Frozen Foot” […]
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Nicholas Grynol, 78, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly on Monday, Jan. 24, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Nick was born Dec. 19, 1926 in Insinger, Sask. to Andrew and Helen Grynol. He grew up on the family farm one of nine children. His father […]
Mary Saranchuk passed away in her 94th year at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Friday, Jan. 21, 2005. She was predeceased by her husband, Eugene (1991); her parents, Harry and Tania Cormylo; her sister, Jean; and brothers, Henry and Michael. Mary is survived by her sons, William […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our much loved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and sister, Audrey Jane Swanton. Audrey passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 24, 2005. Audrey was predeceased by her parents, Stan and Ethel Mae Hyatt; first husband, Gordon Lee; second husband, Red Swanton; […]
Roland Booth, 81, of Sarnia, Ont., passed away Thursday, Dec. 30, 2004 at the Bluewater Health Mitton Street Site in Sarnia. A wonderful husband, father, and grandfather has left us. Roland Booth, born Feb. 22, 1923 in Broughton, England, was one of the kindest, gentlest, generous, most compassionate souls on […]
Nicholas (Nick) Kotyk, 85, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Thursday, Jan. 6, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. He was born Feb. 17, 1919 in Arbakka, Man. to the late Demetro and Wasylyna Kotyk. Nick joined the Canadian […]
Dear sir: Larry and Shane Armstrong made my autistic son’s Christmas. When my son, Kirk, asked me for a skating rink, I told him “it was impossible!” Then one day while at Wal-Mart, I saw a rink liner and then I thought that maybe it wasn’t so “impossible.” I casually […]
Dear Mike: The Eighth Street trails are in the best condition they have ever been in since they were first carved out of the bush north of Rainycrest in 1967-68. Over the years, many volunteers have worked to improve them so that people of all ages could walk somewhere in […]
Dear sir: Amalgamate: v-to combine, unite (Webster’s Dictionary) Amalgamate: verb-combine or unite to form one organization or structure (Oxford University Press Dictionary) When the City of Thunder Bay was created in 1970, it was born out of an amalgamation of two cities, one township, and parts of two other municipalities. […]
Walter Richard (Wally) McKee passed away suddenly on Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2005. He is survived by his spouse, Jennifer Gustafson; three children, Billy Jean McKee, James McKee, and Jacob McKee; parents, Bob and Ethel McKee; and grandmother, Jenny Dixon. Also surviving are his brothers, Jamie (Liz) McKee and Robbie (Shauna) […]
SMITH–Born to Cheryl Perrault and Vernon Smith, of Northwest Bay, Ont., a girl, Daishea Jade, weighing 6 lbs. 5 oz. on December 19, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont. THOMPSON–Born to Billie Scott and Warren Thompson of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Mya Jewell, weighing 8 lbs. […]
