Dear editor: To help the town of Fort Frances create needed revenue it should bottle and sell water from our town. Because it is excellent tasting water and it would be sellable. Perhaps even call it “Cold Rainy Lake Water.” From, Bobby Gillon
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Dear Mr. Mike Behan: Drinking water is getting plenty of media attention these days. It is right for Canadians to expect a clean and safe water supply. But what about the air we breathe? Second-hand cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals. Over 50 of these are known to cause […]
Dear sir: My thirteen year old daughter, Kristina Bombay, was invited to perform at this year’s “Quest for the Best” as a guest performer. I am proud to say that her performance was phenomenal. It takes a great deal of courage and talent for any performer to stand in front […]
Mary Churick of 825 Smith Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away in her 93rd year on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2001, at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Mary was born on Dec. 3, 1908 at the family homestead in Pine Ridge, Man., the third child of Joseph and […]
Muriel Durocher, age 89, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne Street, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Friday, Aug. 17, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001 at 10 a.m. at the Barwick Community Church […]
On Aug. 18, 2001, after a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer, Colleen passed away at her home at the age of 66 years. Mrs. Wells is survived by her husband Wilfred (Bob) and son, Tracy. Colleen was born in Fort Frances, Ont., on March 1, 1935. She attended Robert […]
Dawson David joined the family in Waterloo, Ont., on June 14, 2001. Parents are Lisbeth and David; siblings are Carolyn, Tristen, Jackson, Victoria and Zephy. Grandparents are Vernon O’Donnell and Vivian O’Donnell.
Born to Kelly Morrison and Randy Jones, of Fort Frances, a baby girl, Madison Jane, weighing 7 lbs. 2 oz. on July 29, 2001 at La Verendry General Hospital.
Born to Michelle McKinnon and Jason Gartzke, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Alexandra Jae, weighing 7 lbs. 3 oz. on July 31, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont. Maternal grandparents are Dave and Darlene Hughes and the late Alexander ‘Bud’ McKinnon and Leroy and Linda […]
