It is with sadness we announce the passing of Stanley McDonald, formerly of La Vallee, Ont., on Oct. 21, 2006 at Versa Care Home in Thunder Bay, Ont. at the age of 86. Stan was born in Kingsford Township (Emo) and married at a young age to his sweetheart, Elva. […]
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David Roach, 50, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, Nov. 6, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. A memorial mass will be held Friday, Nov. 10, 2006 at 2 p.m. at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Couchiching First Nation. A complete obituary will follow.
Mrs. Anna Clara Jondreau, 93, a resident of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away peacefully at her residence (Dawson Court) on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2006. Born in Annaheim, Sask. in 1913, Anna moved from the Fort Frances, Ont. area to Thunder Bay in 1981. Her main interests were her home and […]
While no one can argue against the need to protect Canada’s food supply, the Northwestern Health Unit’s abrupt closure of Sunrise Meat and Sausage in Barwick last week is a prime case of a regulation that flies in the face of common sense. How is it that a moose carcass, […]
Dear Mr. Editor: I would like to correct Coun. Wiedenhoeft. Matters of public health care are not to be kept secret, and the act he refers to does not allow council to hide these documents—nor suppress the $1 million of taxpayers’ money—to the point where the public cannot receive, review, […]
Dear editor: Another new bylaw will come into effect Jan. 2, 2007. Landlords, do you feel another hand in your pocket? A seal for your water! Off/on $36, plus a charge of $36 to secure a seal for each rental. What do the Public Works employees do for their pay […]
Dear editor: I would like to commend the town on its plans for building standard-sized ice rinks and adding smaller surfaces for non-hockey use. Recreational skaters, as well as hockey enthusiasts, will both enjoy this development. For the past 10 years, I have been involved in erecting, flooding, and maintaining […]
Dear editor: I am a hunter, fisher, and gatherer. I am aboriginal! The Creator gave my ancestors a wealth of gifts from which to make a living and the laws to govern the ways in which to exercise this sacred privilege. I exercise this honour in my daily life mindful […]
Dear editor: It is not daily headline news but there is something happening within the Liberal Party of Canada. The party is getting ready to choose its new leader. Local delegates were announced late last month and will be travelling to a national gathering in Montreal on Nov. 29-Dec. 3. […]
Dear Mike: On behalf of Riverside Foundation for Health Care and the “Just Imagine” campaign, we would like to congratulate and thank Bill Michl for his outstanding contribution to the campaign. Bill ran 60 miles from Rainy River to Fort Frances back on Oct. 20 to officially kick-off the “Just […]
Dear editor: In this fine country, countless animals are being gut shot, shot in the front quarters, hind quarters, and maybe many times on any parts of their bodies. They are being dragged through swamps, rivers, mud—any terrain you can imagine. These carcasses are being hung in trees, and in […]
Dear editor: With all those letters to the editor in the Nov. 1 edition of the Fort Frances Times, I was most impressed. I’ve been reading your paper since the early 1970s and can’t recall such feedback. People are “offended, speechless, saddened, giving up. . . .” Much of it […]
