Born to Jessica Indian and Donald Kelly Jr., of Nestor Falls, Ont., a baby boy, Kasper, weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz on January 6, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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Leif Gordon Willer, 92, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at his residence Monday, Jan. 14, 2002. He was born Aug. 28, 1909 in Foldahl Township, Marshall County, Mn., the son of John and Oline (Hamstead) Willer. Leif immigrated with his parents […]
Master Warrant Officer Richard Amil Kreger, 60, passed away Monday, Jan. 14, 2002 in Thunder Bay, Ont. Prayers will be held Thursday, Jan. 17, 2002 from 7-8 p.m. at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church in Rainy River, Ont. Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 18, 2002 at […]
It is with heavy hearts that we say goodbye to Barry. Barry Frank Rogers, of Clearwater Lake, was born Nov. 18, 1969. He passed away Jan. 10, 2002. Barry spent much of his childhood in Kenora, and then moved to London, Ont. More than 10 years ago, he returned to […]
Marie E. Willis, 86, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., formerly of Nestor Falls, Ont., passed away at her residence Monday, Jan. 7, 2002. She was born Oct. 25, 1915 in Minneapolis, Mn. Marie was united in marriage in 1944 to Gordy Willis. She […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Esmeralda Marequita Larson announce her passing Monday, Dec. 24, 2001 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Esmeralda was born Sept. 17, 1911 in Salol, Mn. She came to Tovell, Ont. with her parents, Henry and Elizabeth Lundquist, in 1923. […]
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of Gail Lyrette, 60, of Fort Frances, Ont. on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002 at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital (Port Arthur) after a courageous battle with cancer. She will be sadly missed by loving husband, Phillip, and loving mother, Edith Laughton; […]
Okay, class, hands up everyone who knows Premier Mike Harris has resigned and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives are in the midst of a leadership race to replace him? Not bad. All right, hands up everyone who can name the five candidates vying to succeed Mr. Harris—and become Ontario’s next premier […]
We were still chasing the Allan Cup in 1951 when I first met Colin Russell in Owen Sound. Now there’s a man right out of our local Atlantis lore! Our Canadians had, by now, broken hockey fans’ hearts all the way to the Pacific, but here we were in the […]
The congregation at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo welcomed Rev. Harold and Joanne DeJong as guest speaker for both the morning and evening worship services last Sunday (Jan. 13). The couple, hailing from Dispatch, Kan., also visited with Harold’s mother, Nellie DeJong, at the Golden Age Manor, as well […]
To say our “blue box” recycling program is in deep trouble may be the understatement of 2002—and the year is barely two weeks old. Kenora was the first to serve notice it intended to leave the Northwest Ontario Recycle Association when its current contract expires in June. And area municipalities […]
