Northwestern Ontario welcomed the start of another tourist season last weekend as the yearly flow of U.S. visitors began to trickle across the border here. It’s only fitting, then, that the region’s annual fishing tournament circuit kicks off this Friday morning when the Emo Walleye Classic takes to the waters […]
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Dear sir: “Communities in Bloom” is a non-profit organization committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility, and beautification. The Fort Frances committee is up and running, and the town will be provincially judged based on the efforts in management planning, maintenance, improvement, and innovation of the following: tidiness effort, environmental […]
Dear Mr. Editor, This is to make people aware that Stewart Road in the Township of Alberton has been in terrible condition since the spring thaw (late March). With all the rain, the potholes just keep getting deeper and deeper—and wider. The township has not even bothered to display warning […]
Dear sir: In his letter to the editor last week, Allan Kielczewski asked for our thoughts on the Manitou fish fry. I am happy to share my thoughts both as a reader of Mr. Kielczewski’s annual letter on this subject and as one who enjoyed the event. When Treaty #3 […]
After a short but courageous battle with cancer, Marjorie Cossitt of Fort Frances, Ont. passed away peacefully Thursday, May 19, 2005 at the age of 76. She will be lovingly remembered by husband, Orval, with whom she celebrated 58 years of marriage; son, Jerry, and wife, Barbara of Alberta; daughter, […]
Doug Shute, born July 2, 1938, passed away unexpectedly on May 21, 2005. Doug was born in La Vallee, Ont. to Mary (Kosonic) and Clifford Shute, and then raised in Rainy River, Ont. until moving to Fort Frances, Ont. with his mother and step-father, Bill Tremblay, in 1954. Doug had […]
Mr. W.A. (Bill) Lowes, 80, passed away peacefully in the hospital with family at his side on Wednesday, May 18, 2005. Bill was born in Dauphin, Man. on April 18, 1925. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and served overseas in World War II. He later was employed by […]
Suddenly on May 4, 2005 Douglas Gillon, passed away at the age of 85. Doug is survived by his loving children, John Gillon, Donald Gillon (Lucie), Robert Gillon (Lise), Sheila Marr (Robert); his sister Christine Smythe of Wichita, Kansas; his grandchildren, Rachael Gillon, Bruce Gillon, Joyce Gillon, Marc Gillon, Matthew […]
Word has been received of the sudden passing of Jack Kott, 81, of Dawson Creek, B.C., on Monday, May 16, 2005. Jack had worked at Canada Post in Fort Frances, Ont. for 35 years. Upon retirement in 1983, he and his wife, Bertha, moved to Dawson Creek to be close […]
Town council made the wrong decision last week when it voted not to replace a full-time firefighter at the Fort Frances Fire Hall. Now it’s up to residents to get councillors to change their mind. One way is to sign a petition being circulated around town. Another is to voice […]
Dear Mike: It has been brought to my attention that Fort Frances town council is discussing a reduction to the staff of our full-time firefighters. I personally find this very disturbing. I have been a volunteer firefighter for nearly 10 years. During that time, I have been in very hazardous […]
Dear editor: In last week’s Times I see the Manitou fish fry is taking place again. These walleyes are spawning fish, with a closed season on the same. The law says natives can give the fish to you for no reimbursement of any kind. I think this is very liberal […]
