Jean Eliza Barron (nee Armstrong), 81, a resident of Creston, B.C., passed away at the Creston Valley Hospital on May 26, 2001 after a valiant struggle against cancer. She was born Dec. 28, 1919 at Macoun, Sask., where she was raised and received her education, excelling in track and field […]
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Walter Caribou Sr. passed away Sunday, May 20, 2001 in Grand Portage, Mn. He was born Dec. 25, 1914 in Minnesota. He was united in marriage to the former Alma Redsky of Lac La Croix. Walter lived in Nett Lake and Grand Portage most of his life. He was predeceased […]
Since the Fort Frances Times first began publishing on the web in 1995, the look and feel of the online edition has gone through four overhauls. Each improved the edition over the previous. Last night, the Fort Frances Times launched its newest version. For most people viewing the site, it […]
Dear sir: I have found it reassuring to hear that the hemo-dialysis unit in Fort Frances is on track for operation come the fall. It is my understanding that the room is coming along quite nicely, and that there are nurses hired and in the process of starting to, or […]
Dear sir: I am (once again!) dismayed (but not surprised!) at the extremely poor coverage given of our recently-held Rainy River Festival of the Performing Arts. Each year this exciting event involves hundreds of young people and volunteers from across the district. The participants devote countless hours of practice perfecting […]
Dear editor: To the people living on Emo Road 2 north from Emo. Two weeks ago, I completed my annual pickup of garbage thrown from some of your car windows. I picked up from the cemetery back as far as my place as I have always disliked seeing the roadsides […]
Dear sir: I would like to thank the aboriginal people and their descendants for sharing their walleye and sturgeon with us–the under-privileged people who must wait until spawning season is over to commence fishing. The aboriginal people are to be congratulated for sharing their bounty with us. This is very […]
We have some brilliant birds in Northwestern Ontario but here’s one which we don’t really have very much–not yet, anyway. The cardinal is a bird which is almost all red–at least, the male is. He is vermilion red all over, except for a bit of black around his beak. He […]
Helma Sophia Angus, 87, of 301-851 Colonization Rd. W., Fort Frances, Ont., P9A 2T3, passed away at La Verendrye Hospital on Friday, May 25, 2001. Helma was born in Worthington Township, Ont., on Aug. 24, 1913, the third child of Charlie and Tillie Widgren. She was raised in Bergland by […]
On May 15, 2001, his 37th wedding anniversary, John Wayne Herod entered into rest at Emo Hospital. Born Oct. 4, 1941 and raised on his parents’ Oneida farm, his early years were spent at Caledonia Allis Chalmers. He was married May 15, 1964 to Dianne Jerome, and they moved to […]
It is with great sadness we, as a family, announce the passing of Hazel Kathleen Douglas at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital (McKellar) on Tuesday, May 22, 2001. Hazel was born in Mather Township, Ont. on Dec. 8, 1914. She was a resident of Versa Care in Thunder Bay, Ont. […]
