Dear sir: I read with great interest the letter from Bob Cottam in last week’s Times. Mr. Cottam, this letter is not directed to you in particular, but more as a matter of public interest. In your letter, when the officer spoke to you, you focused on the “drinking.” I […]

Dear sir: In last Thursday’s Daily Bulletin, there was an article on Canada winning a NAFTA ruling on the long-running softwood lumber dispute with the United States. We then believed the U.S.-imposed duties on Canadian softwood lumber exports would be lifted. These duties hit all parts of Canada, but B.C. […]

Dear editor: Sending subsidy cheques to Northern Ontario forestry companies for operating expenses is a bad idea that only will delay the inevitable closing of unprofitable and obsolete mills. Subsidies to industries are a waste of taxpayers’ dollars that allow companies to temporarily put off innovating, modernizing, and adapting to […]

It is with great sadness that the family of Sharon Marie Larocque announce her passing after a short battle with cancer on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. at the age of 61. She was born April 18, 1944 in Emo, Ont. to […]

ARMSTRONG–Born to Matthew and Nikki, nee Brisson, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Noah Matthew, weighing 6 lbs. 10 oz. on July 24, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

ADAMS–Born to Karen Garon and Mike Adams of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Ashton Michael Denis, weighing 8 lbs. 4 oz. on July 26, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

BOSHEY–Born to Allison Boshey and Terry Bluebird of Lac La Croix IR, Ont., a boy, Alex, weighing 8 lbs. 7 oz. on July 27, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

SPENCE–Born to Tim and Sandra, nee Szlauko, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Torrie Anne, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. on July 28, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

BRUYERE–Born to Christine Jourdain and Nathan Bruyere, of Couchiching IR, Ont., a boy, Travis Edward Timothy, weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. on July 28, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

MANN–Born to Mandy Wendler and Jeremy Mann, of Rainy River, Ont., a boy, Hudson Kendrick David, weighing 8 lbs. 9 oz. on July 29, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

LOUISY–Born to Regina Louisy and Joshua Morrison, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Chloe Veronica, weighing 6 lbs. 7 oz. on July 31, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

TREMBATH–Born to Andrea and Cameron, nee Perry, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Magnus Alexander, weighing 7 lbs. 6 oz. on August 2, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.