Dear sir: Mr. Watt’s comments (regarding occasional teachers) that appeared in last Wednesday’s Times, while clear and concise, were, regrettably, also misinformed. Because everyone has attended school at one time or another, everyone feels they can meaningfully comment on the educational system. But unless one actually has donned the robe […]
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Dear editor: As a teacher with the Rainy River District School Board, I am disheartened with the way that occasional teachers are being treated in their attempts at a fair contract settlement. These teachers are a necessary part of the education system, filling in for absent classroom teachers in every […]
Someone, somewhere, must have a logical explanation as to why it would be better to route U.S.-bound traffic down Mowat Avenue instead of Central Avenue, as is currently the case. It clearly must be more logical than having U.S. traffic—particularly on those summer weekends when the line-up stretches to McDonald’s—inching […]
Dear Mr. Editor: The volition of this writer (witness) is to show the contradicting use of the word “democracy” by the leaders and politicians. Thinking, observing, and a little research will reveal to anyone that “things are not as they appear.” Not a day goes by without the leaders and […]
Dear editor: Double-dipping has just “risen” to a new low. The secondary school occasional teachers, who are all in receipt of generous pensions, feel that $197.22 is not enough for a day of glorified babysitting. If they like the classroom so much, why did they retire early as soon as […]
Dear editor: A lot of people can’t understand how we came to have an oil shortage in Canada. Well, there’s a simple answer. Nobody bothered to check the oil. We just didn’t know we were getting low. And the reason for that is purely geographical. You see, our oil is […]
Hi Mike: You’re absolutely right (re “We cannot waver,” April 12). In for a penny or in for a pound. Being a little bit at war is like being a little bit pregnant. The rules of engagement were laid down nearly five years ago when a bunch of fanatics used […]
Dear editor: Probably very few of the general public are aware of the fact that the Rainy River secondary school occasional teachers (supply teachers) are on strike against the local public school board. Probably even fewer care that they have been working without a contract since August, 2004. They are […]
Edward James Ward, 92, of St Andrew’s Centre, Edmonton, Alta., passed away peacefully and in faith on Friday, April 7, 2006. Edward was predeceased by his wife, Kathleen Lorreto Ward; parents, Edward and Edith Ward; and siblings, Margaret Oster, Thomas Ward, Sidney Ward, and Martha Reynolds. Edward, although without children […]
It is with great sorrow that the family announces the passing of Francis Allan Haw, 70, of Fire Lake, Ont., on Thursday, April 6, 2006 at the Atikokan General Hospital in Atikokan, Ont. Francis was born Nov. 30, 1935 in Shenston Township, Ont. to the late Allan and Isabel Haw. […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of their beloved father, uncle, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Harold Peterson, into the hands of God on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances, Ont. Harold was born in 1918 in Saskatchewan and then […]
Ingrid Arlene Stevenson passed away Tuesday, April 4, 2006 at home in Fort Frances, Ont. with family after a long and courageous battle against ovarian cancer. Ingrid was born Feb. 15, 1952 in Kenora, Ont. She was predeceased by her parents, Roald and Joan Stevenson. She is survived by her […]
