In choosing Stéphane Dion over Michael Ignatieff on Saturday, the federal Liberal party continued its long-standing tradition of alternating its leaders between Anglophones and Francophones. That certainly didn’t seem to be the case leading up to last week’s leadership convention in Montreal. If that tradition was cast in stone, for […]
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Dear editor: Winning the Liberal leadership by Quebecer Stéphane Dion might have fooled many television viewers on Saturday, as well as the delegates at the convention. But after the results of the second ballot were announced, it was obvious that Dion was going to be the new Liberal leader. My […]
Dear editor: Same old car, new paint. After 13 years of broken promises and corruption, the Liberals have picked a new front man. Their choice? An out-of-touch academic who spent 10 years in a scandal-ridden cabinet and whose record as environment minister was condemned by environmentalists and the environment commissioner. […]
Dear editor: Hi. We’d like to thank Mrs. Plumridge for giving us a tour of the Fort Frances Times. We learned a lot of things about what it takes to make a newspaper. We especially enjoyed meeting the staff, watching the big machines operate, and checking out the cool computers. […]
Dear editor: Re: The assertion that I owe taxes to Reef Point Road. I am not on your road. For a few glorious days each summer, I occupy a roadless peninsula—a virtual island in the once gin-clear waters of Rainy Lake. I pay $450 a season to a proper Canadian […]
With deep sorrow the family of Muriel Cooper announces her passing on Monday, Dec. 4, 2006 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A complete obituary will follow.
DOROTHY KELLY “THUNDER WOMAN” STURGEON CLAN With great sadness we announce the passing of Dorothy Kelly of Onigaming First Nation at the Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora, Ont. Dorothy was born in Fort Frances, Ont. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Edward Kelly, in 1990; infant […]
WILKINS–Born to Mark and Andrea, nee Hawrylak, of Red Lake, Ont., a boy, Brody Mark, weighing 6 lbs. 1 oz. on October 14, 2006 at Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg, MB.
SLACK–Born to Shelley Fairbrother and Casey Slack, of Emo, Ont., a girl, Mikka Joeve, weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. on November 21, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
CALDER–Born to Troy and Jen, nee Leishman, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Tucker Patrick, weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz. on November 23, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
On Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, with her daughters at her side, Dorothea Georgina Mary “Georgie” Peloquin (nee Rekert) passed away in Thunder Bay, Ont. She leaves to honour and cherish her memory two daughters, Lynette and husband, John Zirk, of Oakbank, Man., and Lauris Werenko of Fort Frances, Ont.; and […]
April 3, 1949 – November 23, 2006 It is with a feeling of loss and blessing that the family announces the passing of Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Derendorf on Thursday, November 23, 2006, at the age of 57 years. After her rediagnosis with cancer, she never gave up hope and fought the […]
