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 […]
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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. […]
It is with great sorrow the family announces the passing of John (Jack) McCutchon, 67, in Vernon, B.C. on Jan. 2, 2005. He leaves behind his son, Kenneth of Thunder Bay, Ont., and daughters, Loretta, Dawn, Tracy, and Laura of British Columbia; brothers, Donald of Vernon, Kenneth James of Thunder […]
(1927-2005) Steve lived his life to the fullest . . . and did it his way. Steve Lenart, formerly of Windsor, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Jan. 11, 2005. He will be sadly missed by his wife, Marilyn, of Fort Frances, Ont.; daughter, […]
