Dear sir: One of the main reasons I immigrated to Canada was that it was a compassionate country. We are about to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, who brought compassion to the world, yet just last week, we heard the news of a coroner’s jury that found a pregnant […]
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Despite this being the first time she’s headed up organizing the community Christmas dinner, the executive director of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau said the annual event is all ready to go tomorrow—with nary a stitch in the plans. “Everything is going quite well,” Vanessa Hebert said yesterday afternoon. “We’ve […]
Dear Mr. Editor: I am responding to the letter that was written by the gentleman in Thunder Bay that had his wallet stolen at the Super 8 in Fort Frances. As a proud citizen of our community, I took offence to the implications that Mr. Kenney wrote about. I would […]
With a beard-growing contest being held in conjunction with the Town of Frances’ centennial celebrations in 2003, centennial co-ordinator Marla Simpson is urging every man to give it a shot. And if they don’t without first getting a permit to go beardless, there could be consequences–a $2 fine from the […]
The Township of La Vallee will improve local recreational infrastructure, emergency services, and road conditions with a $200,000 investment from the provincial government, it was announced last week. “Our government understands the importance of investing in civic infrastructure to improve the quality of life and help build strong northern communities,” […]
Northwestern Health Unit staff are poised to begin enforcing a smoking ban in all enclosed public places in the Kenora-Rainy River districts come Jan. 1. “We’ve had enforcement training, staff are trained, and we’ve had legal experts from southern Ontario look at the whole procedure,” Bill Limerick, the health unit’s […]
In this season of giving, I figured it was only appropriate to spread the Christmas joy around. Instead of working from lists of who’s been naughty (excluding me, of course) and who’s been nice, I’ve decided there’s a number of individuals and teams from this area who deserve presents of […]
When you eventually find your way to Celebration City—that’s up in Christmas Country, you know—you soon will bump into a pair of our most cheerful citizens. Just call them our Christmas twins—and the reasons are pretty obvious. Ron and Bob are not actually related, but both have snowy white hair […]
For more years than I care to remember, I have painstakingly made New Year’s resolutions. I begin my list very early and fine tune it in the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Some resolutions that I have made, I have acted on. To name a few—watch old sit-coms […]
Cribbage winners at the Emo Legion last Wednesday (Dec. 18) were Darcy and Liz Jack (high), with consolations to Mary Gavin and Elder Jack. Winning door prizes were Lois LaBelle, Gerald Bullied, Connie Hill, Jerry Allen, and Tina Wehrewberg. Merry Christmas to all and happy holidays from the Legion Br. […]
Edmund J. Rea, 63, a resident of Devlin, Ont., passed away at McKellar Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Monday, Dec. 16, 2002 following a long battle with chronic lung disease. He was born May 18, 1939 in Port Arthur, Ont. to the late Agnes and Stuart Rea. After being […]
Rosemary (Bunny) Meades, of 423 Second St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully Thursday, Dec. 19, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital. Bunny was born Jan. 23, 1928 in Toronto, Ont. Bunny married Harold Meades on Aug. 26, 1948. In the beginning, they lived in Toronto, later moving to […]
