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 […]
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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 […]
It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of Edith Beryl Doucette, 51, a resident of Kenora, Ont. for the past 20 years. Edith was born and raised in the Fort Frances, Ont. area and moved to Atikokan, Ont., in 1969, where she lived until her move to […]
Leona Mary Johnston passed away Sunday, Oct. 2, 2005 at Grey Gables in Markdale, Ont. Leona was born in Emo, Ont. on Nov. 2, 1925 to Bill and Maude Cooke. Leona married Bill Johnston in 1961, who survives. They had three children, David (Emma) of Toronto, Ont., Ruth, and Gordon […]
Gaston Joseph Godbout, 76, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully with his family at his side at the Emo Health Centre in Emo, Ont. on Oct. 10, 2005. Gaston was born June 25, 1929 in St. Omer, Bonnaventure, Que. Speaking only French when he arrived in Fort Frances, Gaston […]
Wallace (Bubs) Hughes, of Devlin, Ont., passed away Saturday, Oct. 8, 2005 at the Emo Hospital in Emo, Ont. Bubs was born June 16, 1924 in Atwood, Ont. to the late Wallace and Ivy Hughes. He attended Atwood and Rainy River schools. He later moved to Devlin in 1936 and […]
David John Mowe passed away peacefully on Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005 at the Riverside Health Centre in Fort Frances, Ont. after a lengthy illness. He was born March 7, 1958 in Kenora, Ont. David is survived by his mother, Sybil Mowe; son, John; and two brothers, William and James Mowe […]
