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Fort Frances Mayor June Caul announced the Moffat Family Fund recipients last week during the Committee of the Whole meeting.
The fund, organized and given by the Winnipeg Foundation, allocated $93,750 to organizations in the community with the aim of supporting and advancing the economic, social, physical and intellectual well-being of children and families in the community.
The first recipient is KidSport Fort Frances, an organization that Caul said receives 100 applications per year from low income families requesting financial support to help with the cost of sport registration and equipment. KidSport Fort Frances is one of the 166 community chapters across Canada, Caul said.
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Hermina Fletcher, 76, died in Fort Frances hospital in January 2015 (Northridge Funeral Home)
FORT FRANCES, Ont. The operator of LaVerendrye Hospital and a former nurse are facing a $3 million lawsuit from the family of a patient who died in the hospital six years ago.
A statement of claim has been filed by the estate of Hermina Fletcher together with her surviving son and granddaughter.
She was 76 years old when she passed away in January 2015.
The claim against Riverside Health Care Facilities and ex-nurse Lindsey Coyle alleges that she suffered intense pain for weeks, and ultimately died because Coyle stole her medication, because her pain medication was improperly administered, and because Coyle forged medical records related to the medication.