Allan T. Bedard Dear Mr. Editor: Thank you for printing my last letter to the editor in the Fort Frances Times re: community health care in crisis [“Answers needed,” Feb. 3]. I would like to take your remarks to task that I am providing false information for the purposes of […]
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Jack Elliott Dear Mr. Editor: It is indeed a tragedy when anyone is injured or loses their life in an accident like Mr. Hyatt did recently, but to suggest that the coverage of it was inappropriate or “salacious” is in itself inappropriate. Anyone who has ever had to cover a […]
Rebecca Benson Editor: I am writing this letter with disappointment as when I went to read the obituary of Aaron Hyatt on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010, I came across the front page of the Fort Frances Times newspaper. I could not believe your newspaper would print a picture of the […]
Lori Eaton Editor: I could not believe my eyes when I received my Fort Frances Times this past week. Right there on the front page is the scene of a fatal crash—the crash that took the life of Aaron Hyatt. How horrible for his family, loved ones, and friends to […]
The quality of health care is a critical issue to any community, whether in a major city like Toronto or small-town Fort Frances. As such, the public is right to demand to be fully informed of the situation at the Fort Frances Community Clinic and, more specifically, on the efforts […]
Marcia Collett passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 27, 2010 with her family by her side in Bloomington, Calif. Marcia was born Nov. 3, 1943 in Michigan. She was predeceased by her first husband, Richard Skolmowski in January, 1983; her second husband, Bill Collett in August, 2009; her mother, […]
Ruth Wall (nee Sander) passed away peacefully on Nov. 30, 2009 at St. Peter’s Residence at Chedoke (Hamilton, Ont.) in her 91st year. Ruth was born in Chapple, Ont. on Feb. 27, 1919 and grew up on a small farm. She was predeceased by her husband, Oscar Wall from Sweden; […]
John “Harley” Gillies passed away peacefully on Jan. 26, 2010 at St. Josephs Hospital in Courtenay, B.C. after a courageous struggle with cancer. He will be sadly missed by his wife, Mabel; son, Fran; daughter, Judy; sisters, Shirley Nedland of Dawson Creek, B.C. and Gladys “Nanny” Smith of Emo, Ont.; […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of their loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Mildred Irene Johnson, who passed away peacefully at the age of 87 with her family by her side at the Dryden Regional Health Centre in Dryden, Ont. Mildred married her one and […]
