Whether it was regarding possible cuts to services, higher user fees, or ideas on how the town got into its current financial deficit, there was no shortage of feedback at a public meeting Monday night at the Civic Centre. < *c>Fire, Rescue Services An ongoing comprehensive review of Fire and […]
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To the editor: Now the Fort Frances Fire Department is under attack from our new town council. Rumours are flying from two or three positions removed to going to a totally volunteer force. Let’s address a total volunteer department. Who are the volunteers going to be? The men whose livelihood […]
Dear sir: Like many Canadians, I was quite disgusted when I saw the brawl on Vancouver ice. Initially, I condemned the attacker and expected a stiff penalty as a result of this incident. But when later I got a glimpse of a press conference and heard a representative of the […]
Dear sir: I was very disturbed to see in the Fort Frances Times a review of a movie the writer had not seen, making judgments on the motives of the director and the people who go to see it (“‘The Passion’ only feeds our passion for violence, March 3”). She […]
Dear sir: Do you have arthritis? I do, and I have changed from an athletic person who walked miles a day to a person who—some days—could barely walk. Medicine and exercise have helped a lot. Talking to others with the same problems also is a relief. That’s why I go […]
Town council has been tossing around a major tax hike, much higher user fees, service cuts, and metered water usage as it tries to wrestle with a monstrous $2.7-million shortfall for the 2004 budget. It was inevitable, then, that the notion of “bag tags” for garbage was sure to rear […]
The president of the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) has confirmed the party will hold a second polling station in Fort Frances this Sunday so local party members won’t have to travel to Thunder Bay to cast their ballot for the riding’s Liberal candidate. It will be set up in […]
Mary McCord is not the kind of lady you’ll find whiling away her time at such passive pursuits as euchre or crossword puzzles. You’re more likely to find her—at least in the summer months—up on Lake of the Woods, or one of the countless lakes to the east, plying the […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team is spending their March Break preparing for battle. The squad leaves Sunday for London, where they will practice Monday and Tuesday before opening action at the all-Ontarios next Wednesday at 7:30 (CST) versus the Orangeville Bears. The black-and-gold—seeded fourth overall—will play in Pool ‘D.’ After […]
The lawyer for a Fort Frances man convicted of killing his parents almost eight years ago filed an appeal last week for a new trial, saying he still believes Jamie Perlett to be innocent. “I am more certain today than I ever was,” Dan Brodsky said late Friday. “The appeal […]
I really don’t follow NHL hockey. Locally, I try to keep up with the season the Muskies are having and, to a certain extent, the Borderland Thunder. Both teams are supposed to be learning centres for area players to hone and develop their skills. Earlier this year, I watched the […]
