Born to Leana Gibbins and Jeff Morrison, of Morson, Ont., a boy, Jeffrey Allan Jr., weighing 8 lbs. 14 oz. on June 11, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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Joan (Kennedy) Ash passed away Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at the age of 88 in Kelowna, B.C. Joan was predeceased by her husband, Russell, in 1999. She is survived by three daughters, Marilyn (Don) Letain of Kelowna, B.C., Betty Spies of Regina, Sask., and Cheryl B. du Coudray (Gerard) of […]
Erminia Daignault Charlebois was born March 27, 1913 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Natale Frank and Maria DeBenedet. Her first husband, Alphonse Daignault, died in 1968. Ernest Charlebois, her second husband, also passed away. Erminia came from a very large family of nine brothers and sisters, all of whom are […]
Henry A. Mackintosh, 92, of Sarasota, Fla., passed away May 22, 2004. In Fort Frances, Ont., he was manager of the Arctic Peat Moss, and later owner of Mackintoshes Men’s and Boys’ Wear until leaving in 1959 to reside in Florida. He was past president of the Fort Frances Kiwanis […]
When Rainy River District was ripped from Kenora last year by some brainy bureaucrats in Ottawa, and then attached to the old Thunder Bay-Atikokan riding, the big fear was whether the same thing would happen at the provincial level. It appears the writing is on the wall. If you recall, […]
Dear sir: I live in a wonderful part of Emo. On one side, there are elderly people; on the other, a woman with small children, the hospital, and the ambulance building. When I moved here in 1990, I thought it was the most quiet and peaceful neighbourhood. But the field […]
Dear editor: At the all-candidates’ debate in Fort Frances earlier this month, Liberal candidate Ken Boshcoff expressed his unreserved support of the FedNor program, which is the federal government’s main engine of economic growth in Northern Ontario. FedNor is one of a series of regional development departments that assist disadvantaged […]
Dear sir: We have enjoyed the Fort Frances Times as our source of local and community news and events for many years. Therefore, our family was shocked at the brazen ads, including lewd photographs, for “Ladies Nite Out” and “Canadian Playboyz” (June 2 and 9) which left nothing to the […]
