To the editor: On Wednesday, Oct. 3, the CBC Ontario News reported the Auditor General of Ontario has accused the provincial government of paying a foreign firm $93 million in 2000 to halt welfare fraud. This was not generally reported. After some research, I found the firm was the Bermuda-based […]
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Dear sir: Thank you, Mr. Harry Vandetti. We fervently endorse your comments regarding the huge trucks that ply our streets and make us in our little cars feel so vulnerable. I do hope that we don’t have to experience a tragedy involving one of “them”–before a decision is made to […]
Dear sir: To whoever found my wallet with $300 plus in it. Keep the money but send the wallet to P.O. Box 232, Fort Frances, Ont., P9A 3M6. I need the contents of the wallet, badly. No questions asked. Signed, Allan Kielczewski
Step one of the Muskies’ first year in the Winnipeg High School Football League has been completed: get a feel for every team and gain confidence heading into the playoffs. They’ve done that—finishing the regular season in fourth-place with a 4-3 record after beating the Sisler Spartans 26-17 last Friday […]
Talks are in the preliminary stages but the possibility of a live-release walleye derby coming to Emo have grown after a meeting last week between the Chamber of Commerce there and reps of other fishing tournaments from the district. The next step is to get input from the community, said […]
A $500,000 price tag to refurbish the Northwestern Ontario Recycle Association’s processing plant in Dryden is the final blow for the organization, which is about to hand over operations to a Thunder Bay company. “We’ve asked municipalities to respond by Nov. 9. It’s either that or shut down,” noted NORA […]
Born to Billie Scott and Joe MacNeil, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Reece Christopher, weighing 6 lbs. 10 oz. on October 14, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
