Born to Clinton and Bridget, nee Foster, of Emo. Ont., a baby girl, Ashlyn Elizabeth Vivian, weighing 8 lbs. 6 oz. on March 18, 2003 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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It is with great sadness that the family of Agnes Marion Strain (nee Kerr) announce her passing on Thursday, March 13, 2003 at the age of 85. Agnes was born June 20, 1917 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Maude McLay and Barney Kerr. She lived in Fort Frances all her […]
Surrounded by his loving family, Larry Kenneth Treftlin passed away Tuesday March 4, 2003 at the Southlake Hospital in Newmarket, Ont., in his 53rd year. He was the loving husband of Barbara; father of Christine and her husband, Dustin Howes, and Tara Grams; and grandfather of Ryan and Santana, and […]
Margaret Lillian Trenchard, 76, of the Augustana Health Care Center in Minneapolis, Mn., passed away Sunday, Feb. 23, 2003. She was born on March 13, 1927 in Detroit, Mich. After graduating from high School in Fort Frances, Ont. in 1945, Margaret taught in secondary schools in Ontario until 1950. In […]
A few months ago, when the Fort Frances Nursery School was looking for a new home after the local public school board voted to proceed with the closure of Alexander MacKenzie, the option that seemed like a perfect fit was to incorporate it with the local library. Now, another perfect […]
Dear sir: We wish to extend our deepest thanks and gratitude to each and every one of the persons involved in the rescue of the five snowmobilers who fell into Sand Bay on Friday, Feb. 28. Without your concern and intervention, the outcome of this fiasco would not have turned […]
Dear editor: I am a polio survivor. I had polio in 1949. In 1951, three of my school friends died from polio. Since March is Polio Month in Canada, I want to raise public awareness about polio and the post-polio sequelae (or syndrome) which many polio survivors are now experiencing. […]
C.T. Martens, 82, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Monday, March 10, 2003 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Ted was born Oct. 17, 1920 at The Pas, Man. He is survived by his loving wife, Margaret; two children, Diane (Ron) Cherry of Fort Frances, Ont. […]
