Dear Mike: Not only was I surprised but absolutely stunned that the Fort Frances Times had no reports relating to the sudden shutdown of the current session of the Ontario legislature on Monday, June 4. Regrettably, Shaw Cable (Ch. 80) telecasts only five hours (daily) from the legislative assembly; therefore, […]
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Dear editor: With regard to the article “New school eyed at Robert Moore site,” does that mean they [the Rainy River District School Board] are intending to demolish Robert Moore? That would be a terrible mistake. The construction dates on each of the three sections are a visible reminder of […]
Full credit must go to the group of people in Emo who are spearheading the construction of a water spray park there. After months of initial discussions and legwork, the committee is now set to launch its fundraising campaign this Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at Cloverleaf Grocery in Emo. Raising […]
Dear Mike: Several weeks ago, I received a very nice letter requesting monetary assistance to help fund construction of a new library in the Town of Fort Frances. My wife and I are now, and have always been, supporters of the library. I sat on the library board as a […]
Dear editor: Last week on CBC news from Winnipeg, the sports reporter had an item about a young man from Boise, Idaho trying out for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ football team, who is on probation from the U.S. courts for five years for being involved in a car racing incident […]
Dear Mike: Having recently been a patient at La Verendrye General Hospital here in Fort Frances, I have come to know the operation of it well. The “girls,” as they collectively and respectfully refer to themselves, make up the heart of the operation, whose absence would render the hospital mere […]
COUSINEAU–Born to Corey and Natalie, nee Katona, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Peyton Marcus, weighing 8 lbs, 7 oz. on May 29, 2007 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
ERB–Born to Craig and Christine, nee Bergman, of Surrey, B.C., a girl, Kayla Elizabeth, weighing 5 lbs. 6 oz. on June 3, 2007 at Surrey Memorial Hospital, Surrey, B.C.
Eunice Irene Rusnak (nee Van Tassel), born Feb. 15, 1933 in Worthington Township, Ont., passed away at the age of 74 on Saturday, June 2, 2007 at the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. Eunice fought a courageous battle with advanced auto-immune liver disease. She enjoyed her last […]
Marlene Dustak, 56, of Smiths Falls, Ont., passed away Tuesday, May 29, 2007 at her home. She was born June 12, 1950 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Nicholas and Margaret Joyce Dustak. She moved to Smiths Falls as a young girl, where she has resided at the Rideau Regional Centre. […]
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our dear mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, Dorothy Dungey. She passed away peacefully on May 26, 2007 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital with family by her side at 96 years of age. She was born April 13, 1911. […]
