Dear Mr. Editor: Language is the tool to express/communicate our thoughts so we may understand each other’s volition. Noah Webster and his Webster dictionary are well-known to most, but this statement of his may not be: “The bastardization of the English language is the greatest crime against the English-speaking people.” […]
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Dear editor: The 2005 “Mitts For Kids” campaign was another success. We filled 200 Christmas hampers for the local Salvation Army, and since there were mitts left over, several schools in the Fort Frances area, as well as Devlin, received “mitt kits.” I personally would like to take this time […]
Dear sir: Town council has been very quiet on issues surrounding the Fort Frances Clinic purchase and the move to a Family Health Team concept of medical care. Where is council on this subject? We know the Sault Ste. Marie-based GHA dropped out because they believed (as we did) that […]
Norman Everett Calder, 60, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. He was born Jan. 21, 1946 to George and Mabel Calder. Norman was a heavy equipment operator for numerous contractors in Northwestern Ontario until his retirement […]
After a brief battle with cancer, Ethel “Janet” Fenton (nee Paterson), of Dyment, Ont., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2006 at the Dryden Regional Health Centre. Janet was born Dec. 1, 1934 at Emo, Ont. She attended school in Carpenter Township and Fort Frances, Ont. After high school, she worked […]
William (Bill) Albert Miller, 88, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at his residence on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006. Bill was born April 28, 1917 to the late Margaret and Henry Miller. He lived the majority of his life in La Vallee running the family […]
(Way-u-Beek-Moose Dodamin) It is with sadness that the family of Stella Keast (nee Nash), 62, announces her passing on Friday, Feb. 24, 2006 at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, Man. Stella was a member of Northwest Angle 37 First Nation and lived in Fort Frances, Ont. Born Jan. 22, […]
Gordon Markam Meyers, loving father of Grant (Lucinda) and Kim (Geoff), passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2006 at the Emo Health Centre in Emo, Ont. Gordon was born May 17, 1933 in Iroquois Falls, Ont. to Markam and Stella Meyers (nee Owen). Gordon’s passion in life was his […]
Jenni Condon - The Way I See It
So let’s wrap it up—the 2006 Winter Olympics have come to an end (that’s it . . . already?) with a full 2-4 of medals for Canada—not bad at all.It seems like it flew by, and I feel like I could have watched curling religiously for another 10-12 years straight […]
Hazel Anderson (nee Benjamin), of 113-1301 Elizabeth St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006. Hazel was born in Rainy River, Ont., on Aug. 21, 1933. She was raised in North Branch, Ont. and married Leonard Anderson on Nov. 22, 1950. Hazel and Leonard raised their family […]
ANDERSON–Born to Alexis Anderson and Clint Williams, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Alya Jane, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. on February 10, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
STATES–Born to Shannon Wilson and Trevor States, of Emo, Ont., a girl, Ava Clara, weighing 6 lbs. 2 oz. on February 12, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
