–Born to Amanda Cunningham and Jamie Melnick, a boy, Caden Robert James, weighing 10 lbs. 5 oz. on June 16, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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Aubrey Leveridge, 88, passed away June 23, 2004 at Trail, B.C. He was born on the family farm in Burriss, Ont. on Feb. 22, 1916 to Burriss pioneer parents John and May Agnes Leveridge. Aubrey spent his childhood years on the family farm and attended Burriss Consolidated school with his […]
Rodney (Rod) Salchert, 64, of 530 Second St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly Monday, June 21, 2004 in Fort Frances. He was born July 22, 1939 in Rainy River, Ont. to the late Ted and Bernice Salchert. Rod lived in Stratton, Ont. as a young child and moved […]
Marguerite Bruchkowski, 87, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Sunday, June 20, 2004 at Pinecrest Home for the Aged in Kenora, Ont. Marguerite was born July 28, 1916 in Superb, Sask. to Colin and Alice Carruthers. She was united in marriage to Steve Bruchkowski on April […]
Rodney (Rod) Salchert, 64, of 530 Second St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly Monday, June 21, 2004 in Fort Frances. A celebration of Rod’s life will be held Friday, June 25, 2004 at 2 p.m. at the Stratton Millennium Hall in Stratton, Ont. Friends may visit Friday, June […]
Dear sir: The convicted murderer of Holly Jones in Toronto admitted that he committed this gruesome crime because he had been viewing child pornography on the internet. Holly did not know her murderer. She was simply a child waiting to cross the street. Canada’s Internet Service Providers (ISPs) refuse to […]
Dear sir: I first came to Northwestern Ontario in 1946 to work in the mines in the Red Lake area. As I was young at the time, I didn’t pay much attention to politics and you had to be 21 to vote any election. The first member of the federal […]
Dear editor: Liberal supporter Alan Tibbetts misled Fort Frances Times readers last week in claiming that “both of the other main parties in this election are not totally supportive of regional agencies.” In fact, the NDP plan calls for a reversal of Paul Martin’s deep cuts to regional development agencies […]
Elsie (Sally) L. Shortreed, 80, of Watten Township, Ont., passed away at her residence on Tuesday, June 22, 2004. Elsie was born Jan. 16, 1924 in La Vallee, Ont. to the late Frederick and Rosina Tummey. She was united in marriage on Feb. 15, 1941 to Arnold Shortreed. Together, they […]
Lois Elizabeth (Matchett) Babcock, 61, of 275 First St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away June 21, 2004 in La Verendrye Hospital quite unexpectedly following a heart attack. She was born Aug. 5, 1942 in Fort Frances to Andrew and Grace (Mudge) Matchett of Mine Centre, Ont., their youngest child. […]
Miss Hazel Margaret Smart, a resident of Dawson Court in Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away at her residence June 21, 2004 in her 88th year. Born in Pinewood, Ont. on Nov. 20, 1915, she was the daughter of Thomas and Jessie Smart. Since her retirement from the Nipigon District Memorial […]
