William (Bill) Albert Miller, 88, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., formerly of La Vallee, Ont., passed away at his residence on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 25, 2006 at 10 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort […]
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Harold Thomas Dennis, 79, of Mine Centre, Ont., passed away Friday, Feb. 17, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born Sept. 1, 1926 in Kenville, Man. to the late Thomas and Jennie Dennis. In his earlier years, Harold worked for the Department of Highways […]
Adolphus (Al) Otto Larocque, born July 24, 1921 in Chapple, Ont., passed away peacefully at the Nanaimo General Hospital on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He rode the rails during the Depression, found work in a sawmill in Ontario at the beginning of the Second […]
Emmett Findlay (“Fin”) Warren passed away Saturday, Jan. 28, 2006. He was born Dec. 8, 1931 in Fort Frances, Ont. and moved to Atikokan in January, 1951 to work at the Steep Rock and Caland mines for 27 years. Fin became involved with the Atikokan Fire Department in 1952, and […]
(Wasse-Giizhig) It is with great sorrow that the family of Ben Brown Sr. announces his passing on Monday, Feb. 20, 2006 at his home in Rainy River First Nations. Ben was born Feb. 28, 1918 in Manitou Rapids First Nation and had lived there all of his life. He met […]
If NDP MPP Peter Kormos has his way, hospitals in Ontario soon could be harvesting organs from deceased people before moving their bodies down to the morgue and then on to funeral homes. A private member’s bill Mr. Kormos is planning to re-introduce at Queen’s Park would, in effect, change […]
Harold Thomas Dennis, 79, of Mine Centre, Ont., passed away Friday, Feb. 17, 2006 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006 at 2 p.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, with Pastor Diane Clifford officiating. A luncheon will follow […]
Mary Stuart, 89, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006 at the Golden Crest Care Center in Hibbing, Mn. Mary was born on July 21, 1916 at Algona in Plum Creek Township, Iowa. She lived in Garry, Mn. and Wauban, Mn. before settling in International Falls. She […]
Canada’s performance at the Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy has followed the same old song and dance so far: high hopes not translating into medals. And frankly, it’s beginning to sound like a broken record. Heading into the Turin Games, there was talk of Canada hauling in as many as […]
Dear editor: Re: the letter in last week’s Times concerning taxes on cigarettes and alcohol going into a general fund. If the government had a surplus in the area of health care, they wouldn’t have any reason to keep increasing taxes on these two items. They are smarter than we […]
Dear editor: Have you been watching CNN and all the wrong decisions made during and after Hurricane Katrina last year? The governments on both sides of the border don’t seem to have a problem collecting donations, but always seem to neglect to come up and keep promises. They did say […]
Dear editor: Please allow me to take issue with the last two sentences in last week’s “Publisher’s Pen.” I recall that this newspaper last year published a very derogatory cartoon of the new Pope within weeks after he was elected. “Accurate and truthful?” You must be kidding. The media today, […]
