It is with great sorrow that the family of Samantha Rayanne Hayes announce her peaceful passing on Sunday, April 18, 2004. Samara was born May 15, 1997 to Corey and Susan Hayes in Thunder Bay, Ont. She was the second of five children. Samara loved to spend time with her […]
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Plans will get rolling next week now that Fort Frances has landed its bid to host the OFSAA boys’ hockey championship in 2006. As first reported in Friday’s Daily Bulletin, the town’s bid was presented to a committee in Toronto that morning by Harry Curtis, the NWOSSAA boys’ rep to […]
Fort Frances will be losing its “Block Parent” program, which provides safe haven for children who feel threatened, at the end of the month because of a lack of interest. “Not many people are showing an interest in becoming new ‘Block Parents,’” said Sandra Whalen, chairperson of the local Block […]
Members of the local Business Improvement Area deserve kudos for getting together at the Civic Centre last night to solicit ideas and hammer out strategies to revitalize the downtown core in the face of Wal-Mart’s opening here in January. Most on hand admitted they have been losing to Wal-Mart over […]
Dear sir: I am writing this letter to the editor in response to your opinion in the Times on April 14 regarding “Too high a cost.” First of all, I must disagree with you on your headline of that article. Yes, it’s true that some of us can—and will—become addicted […]
Dear sir: Video lottery terminals will produce revenue for the Town of Fort Frances. I believe the council should look very serious at them. The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. is taking millions of dollars out of this area and returning nothing. The time has come for our elected officials […]
Dear editor: April 18-24 is National Volunteer Week. It is a time to recognize and honour those who contribute so much to their communities. Volunteers do so to make their home towns better places to live in, more vibrant and caring. I also believe volunteers feel they personally benefit from […]
Dear editor: Re: “Education key to making ‘bag tags’ work” It seems to me that council members are operating on the premise that residents will abide by the bylaw regarding garbage collection, which council is in the early stages of preparing. It is assumed people will go willingly to the […]
If you think the substantial amount of snow we had this past winter will alleviate the low water conditions in the district in the near future, think again. That was the opinion of at least one person who has some experience in these matters. Mel Jack, who owns and operates […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team held its annual awards night at the Adventure Inn here Monday to cap off a great season which included a trip to the all-Ontarios. “We had a bunch of great boys this year, on and off the ice,” said assistant coach Ken Christiansen. “It’s hard […]
A major roadblock has been thrown in front of Alberton’s attempt to impose a lower speed limit on Frog Creek Road, council learned at last Wednesday’s regular meeting. Alberton council has been notified that the Ministry of Transportation will not permit the township to arbitrarily post lower speed limit signs […]
The Town of Fort Frances’ involvement the River Walk Condominium project looks to be nearing an end as more and more of the 32 units are getting bought up. “We’re down to six units. I would say three more are in the serious contemplation stages,” Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig […]
