Dear editor, Sorry for the passion expressed here, but I recently have been troubled by politics (as if that is considered a surprise) and feel compelled to write this letter. In the past several months, I have read article after article, editorial after editorial, and watched CBC news clip after […]
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Dear editor: I read in Monday’s Daily Bulletin an article about the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce urging Fort Frances residents to “Keep your town in business,by keeping your business in town.” I am insulted that the blame is put on “the consumer” for lack of business in Fort Frances. […]
ISABELLA (ELLA) NORTON It is with deep sadness that the family of Isabella (Ella) Norton annunces her passing at her residence at 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007. Ella was born Aug. 15, 1920 in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1942, she married her husband, Walter Norton […]
IVA MAE KOSKI Iva Mae Koski, 84, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away after a brief illness on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2007 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Iva was born July 8, 1923 in Border, Mn. to the late Joseph and Mary Ellen Kennedy. She was the youngest […]
Elaine Rose Jourdain, 62, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., passed away at her residence on Monday, Nov. 26, 2007. Elaine was born on Feb. 23, 1945 in Fort Frances, Ont. to the late Gilbert and Florence Perrault. She had worked as a nursing assistant in International Falls, Mn., as a […]
Dear editor: In growing up in this community, I have seen a lot of town-employed jobs lost to outside work. The Public Works department did all our water and sewer, road, curb and gutter, and sidewalk projects. The district contractors also were relied upon. Unfortunately, there are too many to […]
Dear editor: Again I would like to express my opinion and ask other frustrated taxpayers to do likewise. In my opinion, a front page article in a recent edition of the Daily Bulletin, clearly places and expresses, in campaign style, the name of the star candidate the town hall prefers […]
Dear Mr. Editor: On behalf of the members and staff of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s STEP Centre program, I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who contributed to our winning first place in the 50th-annual Christmas parade. We had a phenomenal float committee who worked for […]
Raymond Robert Tucker, 72, of Fort Frances, Ontario passed away peacefully at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Sunday Nov. 25, 2007. Raymond was born on Nov. 21, 1935 in Fort Frances to the late George and Jane Tucker. He lived in Fort Frances all of […]
Peacefully, on Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 at her residence in Barwick, Ont., Barbara G. Forbes (nee Barron) passed away after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Barbara was predeceased by her parents, Marjorie (nee Webb) and Harold Barron; and brother, Robert Barron. She is lovingly remembered by her husband, […]
It is with deep sadness that the family of Peter William Ballan Jr. announces his passing on Friday, Nov. 23, 2007 at his home in his sleep of natural causes. Peter Jr. was born Sept. 15, 1958 in Fort Frances, Ont. He had worked in Toronto as an iron worker. […]
MYLAND (MYLIE) AIMABLE GAUDRY On Monday, Nov. 26, 2007, at the Riverside health care facility in Rainy River, Ont., Myland A. Gaudry passed away peacefully at the age of 82. Mylie was born Jan. 2, 1925 in Minihico, Ont. and was the youngest son of the late Cleophaus and Blanche […]
