Hello, You may find this letter a little strange as I am writing to you from Perth, Western Australia. Through the Internet, I have met a wonderful family from Fort Frances. They have shared with me all the wonderful things that make your town so appealing to families and the […]
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Hi! Thank you for providing the Fort Frances Times on-line. I keep up with the news on a weekly basis and it brings back many fond memories. We lived in Fort Frances for eight years and our three children were born there. During that time, I had managed the Diagnostic […]
Dear sir: A while back, there was some concern about how many of our young people were leaving our community for better paying jobs. We know of this first-hand as our two sons have left Fort Frances for jobs and school. We also are the parents of a developmentally-challenged young […]
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Duff, flats, galley, racks, hatches, bulkheads, killicks, GTs, PDEs, degaussing ranges, RHIBs, bridge wings, the dogs, the serpent or tail, wardroom, the XO, HODS, EO, FMF. The above terms, and more acronyms than I care to remember, were part of the four days I recently spent aboard the Canadian patrol […]
Cecelia Frances Larocque, 94, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Friday, March 2, 2001. She was born Dec. 28, 1906 in Bechard, Sask. to the late Englebert and Rosanna Baker. Mrs. Larocque moved to Fort Frances in 1937 and […]
It was my first year of high school teaching in a small parochial school with very high standards. I was intimidated and worked late in the night to prepare my lesson plans, and still was nervous when it came time to teach. More than anything, I wanted to make a […]
Dear sir: Last evening (Feb. 28), I attended the “Fort Frances High School to Germany” concert at the Townshend Theatre. While I played in a band during high school, and sang in several choirs since, I lay no claim to being a music critic. Despite that, what I heard was […]
A 20-month-old child from Quebec choked to death a week after an un-popped popcorn kernel got stuck in her throat. The kernel absorbed saliva and expanded to nine mm within seven days, growing large enough to completely block the trachea. Each year, young children in Canada are at some risk […]
You cannot spend much time in the north woods without becoming familiar with the Whisky-Jack.He will drift out of the trees in the coldest weather to share your lunch–stealing the beans from your plate and your sandwich while you reach for the coffee. This bird is one of the jay […]
Gladys Kadikoff, 85, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. A memorial mass will be held Friday, March 2, 2001 at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.
In loving memory of Lucy Fedoruk, 94, of Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away peacefully in her sleep Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Lucy leaves behind her four children, Lena and her husband, Lindy Wallen, of International Falls, Mn., William (Sambo) and his […]
In the early hours of Feb. 24, 2001, Bill (Pud) Wilson, under a star-filled sky, peacefully passed away in his cabin on the shores of Frederickson Lake. Born in 1933, he spent his early years in the Emo, Ont. area. He loved sports and in his younger years pitched hardball […]
