Dear editor: I just received my copy of the Fort Frances Times and read about Glen Edwards resigning as head coach of the Muskie boys’ hockey team. I, like many, am surprised by “Grapes’” decision. I don’t want to know his reasons and respect him for his decision. Playing for […]
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Suddenly, on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002, Rachel Lynn Nelson left this world to continue her life on another level. Visitation for family and friends will be held at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, Ont. on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2002 from 7-9 p.m. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Dec. […]
After a long and courageous battle with cancer, Mary Margaret Catherall passed away Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Mary was born Nov. 14 in Niagara Falls, Ont. She loved gardening and good books, but most of all her family. She was unselfish […]
The biggest knock on Parliament’s ratification yesterday of the Kyoto Protocol, led by the governing Liberal party together with the NDP and Bloc Quebecois, certainly isn’t the notion that nothing should be done to clean up our environment for future generations. Rather, it’s the Chrétien government’s vagueness over just how […]
Mr. Wayne Edward Blasky passed away peacefully Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2002 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. at the age of 51. He was born Oct. 27, 1951 in Fort Frances and lived here all his life. On June 3, 1988, he was united in marriage to Patricia […]
Thomas John Grinsell, 78, of 928 Third St., International Falls, Mn., passed away Dec. 5, 2002 at the Falls Memorial Hospital. Tom was born Aug. 15, 1924 in Fort Frances, Ont., and was raised here. In 1942, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the Pacific Theatre during […]
Born to Rhonda Blanchard and Eric Onichuk, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, camron Eric weighing 7 Ibs. 4 oz. on November 20, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Ben Nawatchewaykapow Kabatay, 61, of Seine River First Nation, passed away Saturday, Nov. 30, 2002 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Ben was born Nov. 18, 1941 in Seine River First Nation to Peter and Aggie Kabatay. He spent most of his life in the Seine River area. […]
Lorna Elizabeth Pearl Brandrick (nee Hayes) passed away Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2002 in Fort Frances, Ont. at the age of 72. She was born March 13, 1930 in Sundridge, Ont. Lorna attended school in Renwar, Man., but moved back to Ontario when she was just a child. She made a […]
One of the many impacts of the impending closure of three elementary schools here is the future of Fort Frances Nursery School, which currently is housed in Alexander MacKenzie, one of the schools on the chopping block. Needless to say, the nursery school’s board has been studying options to keep […]
