Peacefully with her loving family by her side, Dorothy Bonot passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 1999 after a long battle with cancer. Dorothy was born Aug. 15, 1928 to Axel and Laura (Ducharme) Anderson on her grandparents’ farm along Highway 621 in the Township of Pratt. She attended school […]
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Dennis Eldon Hayes, born Dec. 6, 1953 in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away of pneumonia May 17, 1999 at the age of 45. He went to school in Miscampbell and Fort Frances before working in the bush for Ontario Hydro and Boise. He also worked construction, and belonged to International […]
Mary Anne Helen Medicine passed away May 16, 1999. She was born Feb. 7, 1957. Mary Anne Medicine left behind ex-husband, Glen Medicine of Manitou Rapids Reserve, Ont. She had three children, Steve Wynne of Toronto, Ont., Darlene Sullivan of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and Alphonse Nolan of Manitou Rapids […]
Mr. Ken Corrigan, 60, of Shebandowan, Ont., passed away peacefully in hospital Saturday, April 24, 1999 with his family at his side. Born in Emo, Ont. on July 5, 1938, he later moved to Port Arthur, Ont. in 1957. Ken was well-known and respected throughout Northwestern Ontario in the capacity […]
Dear sir: I am writing because of my concerns of the automation of the CN Rail drawbridges located at Mile 68.3 (Bear’s Pass) and Mile 84 (Five-Mile) in Fort Frances subdivision. These are not only the concerns of the six seasonal employees it directly affects, these also are the concerns […]
Dear sir: On April 30, 1999, my term as chairman of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship ended. The time had come for me to step aside and allow for new ideas and new enthusiasm to take the tournament to the next level. Before I can finally feel my job […]
Dear sir: In the early days of the election campaign, the issues are taxes, health care, and education. The most important issue, however, is largely being ignored. Environmental protection is the single best investment we can make for our future. We need, therefore, a government that will protect the biological, […]
Dear sir: As another provincial election approaches, the citizens of Ontario are faced with a very difficult task determining what is really happening in Ontario. If you read the material released by the government, you would be led to believe that a perfect world is being created. Millions of our […]
With his family and close friends by his side, John (Jack) Victor Mills, 80, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital on Tuesday, May 11, 1999. Jack was born Nov. 10, 1918 at the end of World War I in Rush Lake, Sask. to the late […]
On Mother’s Day, May 9, 1999, God called Ann Hawrylak home to his garden. She was born Jan. 5, 1912 in Candiac, Sask. to the late Metro and Mary (Gilewicz) Sharber. Ann completed her education in Saskatchewan, including Normal School to obtain her teaching certificate. She taught in rural and […]
Eileen Dorothy Coppen, 76, of 202 Armit Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1999 at La Verendrye hospital in Fort Frances. She was born March 2, 1922 in Reading Birkes, England to the late Harry and May Titcombe. She worked at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in […]
When we think of warblers, we usually have a mental picture of green or yellowish birds. Well, here are two which are out of the ordinary. The males are black and white–with no yellowy green at all. The Blackpoll Warbler (Dendroica striata) has a generally striped body, black and brownish […]
