Blind River Ontario People

    A black and white photo of Slamet Sukri, the school's 15 year old sponsored child accompanies the article.

    Mr. White won the regional OSSTF 1997 - Marion Drysdale Award in the adult learner class with his poem that dealt with the struggles many people face in time of economic challenges.

    The author accompanied Blind River Town operator Pierre Trudel on one of his shifts to gain a better appreciation of this important job.

    This article concerns the sudden death of a community elder, Mr. Eugene Lebouef. The article share information about Mr. Lebouef's life, his work as the owner of a meat market, and his community invo

    This three page internet article written from Ucluelet, B.C. concerns the celebration of the life of Denis Faucon who died unexpectedly at the age of 45. Born in Blind River, Mr. Faucon worked as a c

Bill Montague, The Sault Star, December 5, 2002, Section A, p. 8     A black and white photo of Erica accompanies this article.

Rocco Frangione, The Sault Star, March 12, 2002     Vehicles were lined up all along Highway 17 right through town.

Rocco Frangione, The Sault Star, April 14, 2002     This article is about local physed teacher Brenda Guitard realizing her goal of running the Boston Marathon. Information about her training and the Boston experience are also included.

Rocco Frangione, The Sault Star, October 1, 2002, Section A, p. 10     This article is about 17 year old Luc Rouillard's accomplishment in achieving his power engine pilot's license. The article includes information about Luc's aviation interest, participation in Air Ca

Norlyn Purych, The Sault Star, March 17, 2001     This article concerns the induction of the first country musician from the Blind River area into the Northern Ontario Country Music Hall of Fame. Some information about Earl Bell, Lucien Pilon and Ri

Shannon Quesnel, The Sault Star, April 18, 2007     This two-page article from the on-line Elliot Lake Standard concerns the new candidate for the Green Party for Algoma-Manitoulin-Kapuskasing. The article documents how the 18 year old candidate, Greg

    This newspaper article describes the volunteer work of 80 year old Alice Desabrais and how she won the Heart of Blind River volunteer award. The article also shares information about the local Canadi

Rocco Frangione, The Sault Star, June 1, 2001, Section A, p. 11     Photo caption reads " The Fourth Annual Influential Women of Northern Ontario Award show was held recently in Sudbury. Winners included: Blind River's Lila Cyr, left, Influential Women Award; Louise

Rocco Frangione, The Sault Star, June 1, 2001, Section A, p. 11     A black and white photo of Laura Brown Breevelt posing with the sculpture accompanies the article. Ms. Breevelt was a former Elliot Lake resident.

    Photo caption reads "Ruth Christilaw"

    A black and white photo of Leslie holding one of her works in progress accompanies this article. It should be noted that the original photo was of poor quality and efforts to improve upon it were uns

    This newspaper article informs the reader about local artist Al Wright's winning two awards for his watercolor paintings, one from the North of 17 juried show and another in Sault Ste. Marie, Michiga

Ruth Compton Brouwer, Jae-Dong Han and Young-sik Yoo, The Globe and Mail (Toronto) ( CTVglobemedia), July 26, 1999, Section A, p. 15     Dr. Whang practiced medicine in Blind River, Ontario for twenty years.

    Chantal was destined for Brazil while Sarah was travelling to Hungary.

Norlyn Purych, The Sault Star, April 27, 1997, Section A, p. 14     A photo of Courtney with his latest award ribbon plus another photo of Courtney and his horse William Tell at a Kentucky competition accompany the article.