Joyce Estella Silander (nee Westover), 84, peacefully passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital surrounded by family. Joyce was born Feb. 10, 1932 in Barwick, Ont. to the late Milton and Ida Westover. Joyce was united in marriage to Leo Silander on […]
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Mary Barnard (Melnick), of Fort Frances, Ont., peacefully went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Saturday, April 2, 2016 with family by her side. Mary was born Oct. 25, 1925 in Sintaluta, Sask. Mary was joined in marriage to James Barnard and they had six children, Shirley (Jerome) […]
Kenneth (Ken) Kellar passed away peacefully in his 84th year on Sunday, April 3, 2016, at his home at 703 Scott St. in Fort Frances, Ont. Forever cherishing his memory remains are his daughter Catherine Kellar (Ross Quirie); son Keith Kellar (Tammy); and grandchildren Kenneth Kellar, Katelyn Quirie (Jared Pursaga), […]
A memorial mass for Bill Saranchuk will be held Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic in Fort Frances, Ont., with Fr. Victor De Gagné officiating. Interment will take place in St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Kenora, Ont.
“The annual ‘Sunshine List’ landed not so much with a thud as a whimper,” Queen’s Park columnist Christina Blizzard wrote on Monday. There were few surprises. Pan Am executives earned huge salaries to make the Toronto Pan Am Games the most successful ever, but at the same time, the games […]
Mark Gerber Dear sir: Looking through last week’s Fort Frances Times, I could not find even one mention or message regarding Good Friday and/or Easter. Since these are the major Christian events we celebrate each year, I would think it a good thing for them to be recorded and also […]
Ashlyn Haglund Dear editor: A fort is not a benign architectural structure. As a visual statement, it’s not in any way symbolic of peaceful co-existence or fair trade. To the contrary, a fort carries the weight of a specific narrative as a defensive edge in a vast territory, and as […]
Bill Olson passed peacefully on Wednesday, March 23, 2016, with family at his side, at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. He was born on May 9, 1927 in Rainy River, Ont. As a young man, he enjoyed the outdoors, and was an accomplished hunter and fisherman. He left […]
Mary Alice Drennan was born on Aug. 17, 1945 in Emo, Ont., the youngest daughter of Sig and Mary Olson. Mary Alice went home to be with her Lord and Saviour on Good Friday, March 25, 2016. She had one sister beside her and another beckoning from the other side. […]
COUNCILLOR-Born to Kersten Smith and Riel Councillor, of Devlin, Ontario, a girl, Leighton Grace, weighing 8 lbs. 14 oz., on March 14, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
