MAINVILLE-STREY-Born to Jessica Mainville and Aj Strey, of Fort Frances, twin girls, Natalie Lynn, weighing 6 lbs. 2 oz. and Olivia Margaret, weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. on December 23, 2015 at St. Boniface General Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

THOMS-Born to Selma and Randy, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Jasper Jett River, weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz. on December 24, 2015 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

MORRIS-Born to Cassandra and Levi, nee Parise, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Bailey Lynn, weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz. on December 21, 2015 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

SPRY-Born to Tyler and Leanne, nee Beck, of Devlin, Ontario, a boy, Waylon Russell, weighing 9 lbs. 1 oz. on December 17, 2015 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

EASTON-Born to Nicole Renberg and Jim Easton, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Jack Arthur, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. on December 11, 2015 at HSC Women‛s Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Back in October, the town issued a plea for volunteers to help with organizing Canada Day activities here. It seems to have been heeded. Cynthia Donald and her group of six others reportedly have stepped forward to make July 1 a much bigger event in Fort Frances than it has […]

David M. Bourgeault Dear Mike: For several years now, I have followed the antics of our premier and her gang in charge at Queen’s Park. Mismanagement seems to be the order of the day and, in fact, has been much more prevalent when they are dealing with the Ontario Hydro […]

Florence Hill, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. A memorial service will be held Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Anglican Church in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.

Marshall Isaac Jourdain, 67, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., passed away peacefully, with his family by his side, on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 at Riverside Health Care Facilities. Marshall was born on March 11, 1948 in Fort Frances, Ont. to the late Armand and Ivaline Jourdain. He is survived by […]

The family of Eunice Mildred Hamilton (nee Leverance), 94, sadly announces her passing on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in Fort Frances, Ont. Eunice was born on May 4, 1921 in Fort Frances, the oldest of three children. She lived in Fort Frances, except during the war years, until 1949. She […]

William Ernest Joseph Miller, 55, of Ann Arbor, Mich. passed away on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 at the University of Michigan Hospital. He was born in Brampton, Ont. to the late Joseph and Zita Chartrand Miller, and was the husband of Kelly Geraldine Douglas Miller. In addition to his wife, […]

Ethel A. Raper, of Brechin, Ont., passed away Wednesday Jan. 6, 2016 at the age of 76 at the Lakeview Manor in Beaverton, Ont. She was the beloved wife of Howard Raper; loving mother of Heather Shier, Edward Raper, Stanley Raper, Betty Lapierre, Barbara Raper, and Cynthia Bartlett; and loved […]