Loraine Ellen Bullied (nee Brigden) passed away quietly on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at the Emo Health Centre in Emo, Ont., with her family by her side, after a brief struggle with cancer. She was born Aug. 13, 1934 to Adeline and James Brigden. She married the love of her […]
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Erma Armit Dear Mr. Editor: I want to take this opportunity to commend Andrew George for taking the initiative to organize the meeting on the Pither’s Point Park issue on April 1 at the East End Hall. I am amazed that there has been so little public information or discussion […]
Ken Boshcoff Dear editor: It is quite remarkable that the NDP would try another one of their very expensive “tours” to again ask select groups of people to tell them what they should be doing. It was just a short while ago that a wasteful “tour” asked select groups and […]
Nancy L. Frost Dear editor: On Thursday, Feb. 26, Pickering-Scarborough MPP Wayne Arthurs introduced Bill 148-Visual Fire Alarm Systems Act, 2009, which would require all new provincial and municipal public buildings to be equipped with a visual fire alarm system. For several years, the Canadian Hearing Society has advocated, on […]
Jeff Gustafson Dear editor: Every other week in my column, you hear me mention the words Sunset Country to describe our region. I also write fishing-related stories for various publications across North America, and in many of these I refer to Northwestern Ontario as Sunset Country. I’ll even go so […]
Tami LeBlanc Dear editor: I am writing this letter in response to Mr. Michael J. Meunier’s letter to the editor, headlined “Distraction,” in last Wednesday’s Times. I am absolutely disgusted that someone would even take time out of their day to write such a sickening letter. This memorial cross set […]
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Fred M. McKelvie, 75, on Sunday, April 12, 2009 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Fred was born Sept. 12, 1933 in Fort Frances, Ont. to the late Albert “Mac” and Doris McKelvie. Upon graduation, Fred […]
It is with great sadness we announce the sudden passing of our dear wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Nina Gertrude Windego (Councillor), 75, of 126 Fifth St. E., Fort Frances, Ont. and formerly of Nicickousemenecaning First Nation, Ont., on Saturday, April 11, 2009 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort […]
It is with deep sadness we announce the passing of Helen Jean Eide, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., on Saturday, April 11, 2009 at La Verendrye General Hospital with her family at her side. Helen was born Jan. 23, 1921 in Fort Frances to the late Archibald and Cynthia Shaw […]
John Joseph Plichta, 81, of 304 Victoria Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. He was born Dec. 7, 1927 in Boissevain, Man. to the late Joseph and Axana Plichta. In earlier years, […]
Evidently some town councillors forgot April Fool’s Day was last Wednesday, not this past Monday. What else would explain their continued wavering on the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre even at the 11th hour? Do they not believe our library has out-grown and out-lived its current location […]
