Dear Editor, With Daffodil Month now over, the Canadian Cancer Society would like to thank the many volunteers who helped make the month such a large success in our community. During the month of April, volunteers throughout the community banded together to sell bright yellow daffodils – the symbol of […]
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Dear Editor, With all due respect to Allan Kielczewski and his opinions. First off, I am not really sure how to address his comments about the native fisherman. So I’ll start with what I agree with. Yes, I do think there should be a closed season for the walleyes. Spawning […]
It is fitting that the four party leaders in Canada can declare a truce to mark the 60th anniversary of VE day. Sixty years ago, this community shut down for two days to mark the end of that war and celebrated with parades and church services. One week earlier, the […]
Dear sir: I would like to take this opportunity to address the situation of access to the north end of Fort Frances. As a north-end homeowner who works in the south end of town, I often have been frustrated at the lack of supervised crossings to and from the north […]
Dear sir: Twenty-five years ago, on May 5, 1980, I drove into Fort Frances a shy, quiet, and reserved 20-year-old journalism school grad looking with anticipation and fear to starting my first job in the business. Today, I’m still shy, quiet, and reserved, and I am forever grateful to the […]
Dear Editor, Please extend my congratulations and thanks to all of those who attended the recent blood donor clinic. The simple act of donating blood saves many lives that we are often unaware of, but nonetheless it is always appreciated. I am so proud of all the donors who helped […]
Dear Editor, I don’t understand how the athletic achievements of the Mine Centre students can be consistently overlooked by your paper. I phoned your reporter back in April asking this question after our boys’ team won their SECOND regional GOLD medal of the year (they won the gold medal at […]
Ronald McGinnis (Pikoojigwiiwizens) of Manitou Rapids, passed away on Monday, May 2, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital at the age of 65. He was born in Manitou Rapids on March 27, 1941. Ronald was a very loving and loyal family man. He was a husband, father and grandfather who […]
With great sadness we announce that Mary Andrusco passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2005 with her daughters Leda and Julie by her side at Rainycrest Home for the Aged. Left to cherish her memory is her husband Walter; children Leda Beck (Freddie), Billy Andrusco, and Julie Andrusco; five grandchildren, […]
With sadness, the family of Gordon Clelland Watson announce his passing on April 20, 2005 at the age of 93 in Yuma, Ariz. He was born Sept. 5, 1911 to the late George and Clara Bell Watson (nee Lennix) of La Vallee, Ont. Surviving are his son, Ray, and family […]
In loving memory of Margaret Hatfield, who passed away suddenly at the Dryden Regional Hospital on Monday, April 25, 2005. Margaret will be sadly missed by her loving children, Wendy Lavers (Dale), Louise Hatfield-Rousseau (Rick Fostey), Carol Vlassoff (Robert), Nancy Gour (Darcy Ollis), and Norm Hatfield. Margaret also will be […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Helen Badiuk announces her passing at LaVerendrye General Hospital on Monday May 2, 2005 at the age of 85. Helen was born on February 6, 1920 to Theodore and Mary Sedor in Sundown, Manitoba. She was raised there on the family […]
