Dear sir, I just attended my third Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. I was just thinking wouldn’t it really be a nice world if we all could get along together like those anglers do that fish in the tournament. They hail from both the United States and Canada, but they […]

Dear sir: This letter is to Roddy Mc., Herb B., Charlie B., Wes L., Jessy R., and Tom J. A huge thank you to the Both family of Barwick for hosting our “wedding” during Chapple Days earlier this month. As well to Mr. Cousins for officiating (by the way, my […]

Dear sir: I was pleased to hear that Howard Hampton and the NDP now support the proposed Conawapa Dam power project and transmission line. It wasn’t always this way. Eleven years ago in 1993, it was Howard Hampton and the NDP who cancelled Ontario’s hydro lifeline with Manitoba. That lifeline […]

Born to Ron and Sharla, nee Calder, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Jake Bryan Cameron, weighing 9 lbs. 1 oz. on August 10, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Glenn Ralph Galusha, 74, of R.R. #2, Devlin, Ont., passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004 at his residence in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born Oct. 30, 1929 in Piney, Man. to the late Ed and Nettie Galusha. On June 14, 1952, Glenn was united in marriage to Verva Fearing. […]

Peacefully, in faith, and surrounded by his loving family, Leo Andrew Noonan, beloved husband, father, grandfather, uncle, and friend, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004. He will be dearly missed by wife, Marie-Therese (Blanc); his son, Gerard (Shelly) and their children, Chelsey (Russell), Christopher (Karina), Kathleen (Kevin), Jenny, and Colleen; […]

Word was received Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2004 that Percy Walker, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Walker, has passed away at Fullerton, Calif. at the age of 87. He was born and raised in Fort Frances, Ont., working for a short time at the local Toronto Dominion bank […]

Born to Jacqueline Bratko and Jerry McCoy, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Katie Ann, weighing 6 lbs. on Aug. 9, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Steven and Liane, nee Ogden, of International Falls, MN., a girl, Emma Ellen, weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. on August 8, 2004 at Falls Memorial Hospital, Int’l. Falls, MN.

Born to Gavin and Lindsay (nee Mackintosh) a boy, Diarmid John, weighing 8 lbs. 10 oz. at Bury-St.-Edmund’s Hospital, England, on August 8, 2004.

Gladys Maude Birston (nee Westover), 100, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Gladys was born Feb. 13, 1904 in Barwick, Ont. to the late William and Helen Westover. She was raised in […]

Devin James Allison, 17, of Nestor Falls, Ont., passed away suddenly on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004 on Lake of the Woods. Devin was born Feb. 10, 1987 in Fort Frances, Ont. He was an avid outdoorsman who loved fishing and hunting. He also enjoyed playing the guitar. He will be […]