Born to Leonard and Suzanne, nee Bois, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Sarah Lynn Michelle, weighing 10 lbs. 6 oz. on August 21, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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Born to Bill Witherspoon and Amanda Ward, of Devlin, Ont., a baby boy, Cooper Bryan, weighing 7 lbs. 6 oz. on August 23, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Ray Frederick, 72 years old, passed away from lung cancer on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2001. He was born in Fort Frances, Ont., and came to Sudbury in 1958 to play hockey for the Senior Sudbury Wolves and to work for Northern Ontario Natural Gas. Ray was a “goal tender” and […]
Janet McFarland, writing in the Globe and Mail on Monday said it all: “Rural Canada may need to drive itself on to the Net’s fast lane.” Although the Federal government has mandated that every Canadian will have high speed Internet available by 2004, no roll out schedule exists in Northern […]
Dear Mr. Behan I am writing in response to your article titled “Apology Needed” in reference to Mayor Witherspoon. I am compelled to respond and defend Mayor Witherspoon’s years of public service, dedication and commitment as a civil servant for your community. When the Mayor wrote that letter he never […]
Dear sir: At the time of putting together this little letter, my wife and the other workers at the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living, have been out on the picket for 105 days. This is far too long, and as far as the level of client service […]
Dear sir: Rainy Lake is part of my back yard and I cherish it. We as citizens of Fort Frances and the Rainy River District live near and have daily access to unarguably one of the most beautiful lakes in Canada. Fine fishing, breathtaking scenery and wildlife watching provide hours […]
Hello Fort Frances Times, Just a quick note to express my appreciation of the fine job staff writer Jack Tynan has been doing covering the recent effluent spill. I’m hooked. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in terms of evaluations, clean up, legal implications, human and […]
Dear sir: We are responding to Mr. York’s recent letter to the editor (Aug. 15 Fort Frances Times) with respect to the following: River Walk is a non-profit condominium housing project being developed under the sponsorship of Fort Frances Non-Profit Innovative Housing Inc., (“Non-profit”). Non-profit is responding to a local […]
In loving memory of Ilene Emma (Armstrong) Rivard, age 86 of Dryden, who passed away Saturday August 18, 2001. Ilene was born June 25th, 1915 in Rainy River District, the second daughter of Les & Ethel Cooper. She was raised in Emo, and Pipestone Lake where her parents operated a […]
Born in Emo, Ont., and raised and educated in Barwick, Ont., Rodney met and married the love of his life and best friend, Marlene (McRitchie) of Fort Frances on March 30, 1963. In his early years he was employed as a bartender at various local hotels and latterly by Saskatchewan […]
