Dear Mr. Editor: Thank you for allowing space in your paper. I strongly encourage the public to vote the present councillors out of office. Why? Because of this council’s poor decisions: 1. Our 9-1-1 dispatch is gone; 2. Our local fire crew was cut; 3. The mess we had at […]
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Dear editor: I would like to commend Mr. Krukoski on his letter to the editor last week about the secrecy of town council. One issue that he missed was the cutbacks at the fire department. Oops, that’s right, hardly any one in town knows about the cutbacks at the fire […]
Dear Mr. Editor: As a municipal taxpayer who was saddened by the decisions of town council over many issues over the last few years, I want to encourage the public to invest in this community by voting the present councillors out—and the new candidates in. We need a council that […]
District tourist camp owners, along with local politicians from both sides of the border, deserve praise for their role in helping convince the U.S. Congress to delay implementation of Washington’s passport requirement for those entering the country via land crossings until June 1, 2009. But while getting the reprieve is […]
Dear Mr. Editor: Thank God there are enough candidates running in the Fort Frances municipal election. I say this because of the lack of integrity, openness, and credibility the present council displayed in its decisions over the last few years. Here are some examples: (a). When the Northern Action Group […]
Dear sir: I noted in the paper that the BIA has declined to continue with the “Scott Street Scare.” My reaction was “Good!” It always seemed a little odd to me that Hallowe’en had become an event for children, organized by adults. Perhaps we can return to the traditional way […]
HATFIELD–Born to Aimee Hatfield and Chris Sinclair, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Maverick Reed, weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. on September 23, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
PATTISON–Born to Ashley Pattison, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Shaylea Blair, weighing 8 lbs. 16 oz. on September 29, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our wife, mother, and grandmother, Kimberlee Ann (“Kim”) Glueheisen, 48, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances, Ont., on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006. Kimberlee was born Dec. 22, 1957 in International Falls, Mn. to the late Mavis […]
Mrs. Marguerite Elizabeth Kerber, 78, a resident of Bears Passage, Ont., passed away Friday, Sept. 29, 2006 with family by her side. Margo was born in the late 1920s in the town of Preston, Ont. From early childhood, poetry always had been a special form of expression for Margo. Her […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Morris E. Loveday announces his passing on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. at the age of 44. Cremation has taken place at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Thunder Bay, Ont. A memorial service will […]
