Corinne Cross, 71, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, formerly of 375 Daniel Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Tuesday, April 27, 1999 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Corinne was born April 23, 1928 in Fort Frances, where she also was raised. On Feb. 18, 1950, she […]
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Marion Elizabeth (Goode) Hodgins passed away Saturday, April 24, 1999 at West End Villa in Ottawa, Ont. She was the daughter of the late Allan and Jean Goode (Forester); wife of the late F.W. (Bill) Hodgins; mother of Maureen (John Allistone); and Nan of Brendan and Devon. Born in Port […]
This is one of our common woodpeckers, although you wouldn’t always know it. It is generally brownish, bigger than a robin, and is usually found on the ground–your lawn or garden. The overall impression of this bird is brown, it does have some quiet distinguishing marks. For one, it has […]
By Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
Every day we are bombarded with information about investments that will give us security and/or growth. Why? The market is growing! Those who study population growth and health now predict that 50 percent of the “baby boom” population will see the age of 100. And 70 percent of the people […]
When I entered the Café at Hooterville a few weeks back, gloom hung over the Debating Table like a March blizzard. Puddin’ Pye and the Sage Jr. Looked particularly depressed. “What’s the matter? Illness in the family,” I queried directing my question first at Puddin’ then at the Sage Jr. […]
My name is Ronald Mattson. I was born in the Fort on March 28 1930. My family split up when I was a infant. My mother never told me anything about my father. Too make a long story short I went to the Fort after serving in Korea to look […]
Dear sir: According to your article of April 13, 1999, council has approved a plan by CN to remove a fuel oil contaminant that leaked from a storage facility on CN property on to town property in the area of Central Avenue. It is good to see such co-operation about […]
Alice E. Cameron (nee Lawson) passed away in Barrie, Ont. on April 16, 1999. She was predeceased by her husband, Hugh C. (Bert). She is survived by her son, Hugh and his wife, Christine; daughter, Patricia and her husband, Aldino Delsole; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Margaret Nault, 80, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Friday, April 16, 1999 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born on Dec. 11, 1918 in Battleford, Sask., to the late Joseph and Nellie Savoie. As a child […]
Melvin Sinclair, 74, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, April 16, 1999 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born on July 24, 1924 in Rainy River, Ont., to the late William and Lottie Sinclair. Melvin moved to […]
Mabel Dick, 95, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., went home to be with her Lord, with her daughter by her side, on Sunday, April 11, 1999 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Mabel was born Oct. 6, 1903 in Handswoorth, England to the late […]
Residents in the west end of town have been complaining since January about an odour–an odour so distinct it was clear in their minds it had to be coming from the newly expanded and upgraded sewage treatment plant along the river. Not so, said the town, in a story that […]
