Everyone involved with “A Wacky River Cruise,” this year’s version of the VALA Variety Show, deserves a standing ovation—not just for staging three enjoyable performances on the weekend, but for showing the rest of us how important it is to just have fun. Judging from all the pictures in today’s […]
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JACK CALVERT Jack Calvert was born Sept. 19, 1916 and raised by his mother, Gertrude, and father, Ernie, with help from his older sisters, Phyllis and Irene, in Rainy River, Ont. As he was growing up, he spent time with his dad like all boys, doing typical guy stuff. At […]
SIGNEY OLGA JORDAN Signey Olga Jordan, 86, of Fort Frances, ONT., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. She was born Oct. 5, 1921 to the late Paul and Nellie Strand in Blackhawk, Ont. Signey was a homebody who enjoyed the company of […]
WENZEL KEPES It is with great sadness that the family of Wenzel Kepes announces his passing on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 in Fort Frances, Ont. Wenzel was born Oct. 30, 1920 in Kislod, Hungary to Antal and Rosalia Kepes. He was united in marriage to Frances Marosi on Feb. 8, […]
Lillian Phyllis Morrisseau, 49, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Lillian was born Feb. 8, 1958 in Atikokan, Ont. She was raised in International Falls, Mn., where she met Richard at an early age and later […]
It is with broken hearts we announce the sudden passing of Robert W. (Buba) Carlson at the age of 48. Dear husband, father, son, brother, and uncle, Rob was a family man who enjoyed hunting but had no patience for fishing. He had a passion in finding anything mechanical that […]
Its not that many Fort Frances residents have a bad memory; just a short one. Less than three years ago, in September, 2005, the town council of the day did not simply appoint John Albanese—the first runner-up in the previous municipal election—to fill the seat vacated by the sudden passing […]
Dear editor: Mayor Roy Avis would like to share with the community the letter he wrote to former resident Duncan Keith on his selection to the NHL all-star game: Dear Duncan: On behalf of the citizens of the Town of Fort Frances, I would like to extend our sincere congratulations […]
Dear editor: I would like to thank the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association for including our two PeeWee girls’ teams in the boys’ Atom ‘A’ tournament held over the weekend here. When I first learned we had the opportunity to play, I thought it would be a great weekend playing […]
Dear editor: I would like to begin by saying that Deb and I are in favour of the abattoir coming to Emo. Let me explain why. As mentioned in an earlier article in the Fort Frances Times, the site selected has four things the facility needed, those of which are: […]
Dear editor: I attended the annual Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association meeting and came away from it quite disgusted and disheartened with the news that the association was being sued by its previous sales barn manager. The cattlemen’s association is a not-for-profit entity, and its only assets are the sales barn […]
Dear Mike: I was amazed and disgusted—at the same time—when I read last week’s letters to the editor. I find it hard to believe the venom and ugliness in the letters which have been written by Mr. Krukoski, Mr. Grynol, and Mr. Bedard. Let us look intelligently at the situation […]
