Andrew (Andy) Larry, 43, of 410 Third St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Sunday, Oct. 16, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. He was born Nov. 11, 1961 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. to Lawrence and Roma Stewart. At the age of four, Andrew moved with […]
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Edith Susan Soderholm, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, Oct. 17, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Edith was born April 17, 1917 in Hillsburg Municipality, Man. to the late William and Margaret Lockman. She enjoyed knitting, sewing, baking, and fishing, and was a great […]
Dear Mike: I was a member of the audience at the public meeting on the doctor shortage last Wednesday night and was both very pleased and optimistic about the presentation, but very dismayed by the lack of positive or open-mindedness of the press and some questioners. It is very apparent […]
Dear sir: I’ve been reading the tirades of our sports reporter, Emmanuel Moutsatsos, and how his reporting of district sporting events has made him disliked by many local residents. I would like to do a poll to see how district residents really feel about him and, at the same time, […]
Dear editor: I attended last Wednesday’s meeting about the medical clinic. I was quite impressed by Mr. Punch’s evaluation of our situation here in Fort Frances. He seemed to have all the answers at his finger tips, but he missed some of the problems. All we would have to do […]
Dear sir: Thank you to the community for taking the time to attend the community forum that was held Wednesday, Oct. 12 in the auditorium at the Memorial Sports Centre. It was great to see such wonderful support from a cross-section of the demographics represented in Fort Frances. Primary care […]
Dear sir: I read with interest the letter in last week’s Times from Bud Edwards concerning aid for the earthquake victims on the Pakistan-India border. World Vision is there working around the clock to help. They had, as of Oct. 13, been distributing 3,000 tents, 1,000 quilts, 12,000 litres of […]
Dear sir: I’ve been reading the tirades of our sports reporter, Emmanuel Moutsatsos, and how his reporting of district sporting events has made him disliked by many local residents. I would like to do a poll to see how district residents really feel about him and, at the same time, […]
Dear editor: Further to last week’s hasty condemnation of Canada’s response to the Pakistan earthquake, I offer the following summary. The Canadian government is providing $20 million in addition to the initial $300,000. Further, the Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) will be developed. Our response as a nation must be […]
To the editor: Last Tuesday (Oct. 11), I had a disturbing shock when I witnessed a truck and utility trailer travelling past Tim Hortons with a severed moose head mounted at the truck’s roof. How absolutely disturbing and disgusting this show of “I am the mighty hunter!” The only thing […]
Edmund R. Liedke, 84, of River’s Edge Villa in International Falls, Mn., went home to be with his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2005. Ed was born Nov. 29, 1920 in Fabiandorf Province, Dangzig, Germany. He served in the German armed forces in the Panzer division […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Joe Perry announces his passing on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005 at the St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Man. He was born in Fort Frances on April 18, 1926 to Harvey and Anna Perry. The family moved to the Ducharme Road in […]
