Seventeen citizens awarded Queen’s Jubilee Medals

Fort Frances - Kenora - Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton is pleased to announce the successful nomination of seventeen constituents to receive the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal. These local residents have been chosen to receive this royal distinction for their dedication, service and commitment to their communities and the country in which they live.
“The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal recipients are local heroes whose exemplary achievements and service have built the Kenora-Rainy River area into the great place it is today,” Hampton said.
“Seventeen people have been chosen to receive the Medal but it’s the communities throughout Kenora - Rainy River that have benefited from the recipients’ efforts that are the big winners.”
Award winners are: Betty Newman - Fort Frances; Alphonse Langlais - PInewood; Anne Wilson - Rainy River First Nation; Ernest Craik - Kenora; Lily Bergman - Kenora; Peggy Sanders - Sioux Lookout; Ennis Fiddler - Sandy Lake First Nation; George Bartlett - Fort Frances; Val Pizey - Morson; Nancy Jones - Nicickousemenecaning First Nation; Ruth Bergman - Kenora; William Salonen - Dryden; Leo Noonan - Fort Frances; Owen Lindsay - Atikokan; Betty Bouchard - Kenora; Freda Hoshizaki - Dryden; & Garnet Angeconeb - Lac Seul First Nation
The Medals will be presented to the recipients at Ceremonies in Fort Frances, Dryden and Kenora in early March.
The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal was created to mark to the Queen’s 50th anniversary as Monarch and Queen of Canada.
Medals are being awarded to Canadians who have made outstanding and exemplary contributions to the community or to Canada.