Dear sir: We, Doc Halliday’s Cuban Cigar House, rent the back of the building and the parking lot on the east side of the Royal Canadian Legion. And for three years now, we have had to remind the local residents not to park in this lot unless they have a […]

Dear editor: Over the last several months, there has been much interest and debate on the topic of fishing. But let’s discuss some numbers. For every pound of female walleye, 10,000 eggs are produced. From 10,000 eggs, .12 percent survive to adulthood. It takes five years to produce a spawning […]

Dear sir: Without a doubt, border-crossing issues are getting worse every year. Outfitters’ business will be down another 10 percent in 2005. Of course, this is not an isolated issue. We are challenging softwood lumber tariffs and, hopefully, a few dollars out of the millions now flowing to U.S. businesses […]

Dear editor: We are teachers and coaches at Beaver Brae High School in Kenora and we are writing this of our own accord. Specifically, we are writing to express our disappointment with the May 26 article by Emmanuel Moutsatsos in which he covered the NorWOSSA soccer tournament played in Kenora. […]

TAYLOR–Born to Milagros Cabral and Jerry Taylor, of Emo, Ont., a girl, Jasmine, weighing 7 lbs. 10 oz. on May 9, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

BRUYERE–Born to Jodie Tucker and Jeff Bruyere, of Couchiching, Ont., a girl, Emma Lynne, weighing 6 lbs. 7 oz. on May 12, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

WILSON–Born to Wynter Tom and Conrad Wilson, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Conrad Lee Andrew Jr., weighing 9 lbs. 4 oz. on May 12, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont. SMITH–Born to Stacey and Nigel Smith, nee Lafl eche, of 856 Minnie Ave. Fort Frances, Ont., […]

TOLLS–Born to Crystal McLeod and Sean Tolls, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Haylee Marie, weighing 6 lbs. 5 oz. on May 24, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

BRUSVEN–Born to Vance and Michelle, nee Unsworth, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Joshua, weighing 7 lbs. 3 oz. on May 26, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

KING–Born to Jason and Sherri, nee Williams, of Barwick, Ont., a boy, Duncan Samuel, weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. on May 27, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

WILSON–Born to Wynter Tom and Conrad Wilson, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Conrad Lee Andrew Jr., weighing 9 lbs. 4 oz. on May 12, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

SMITH–Born to Stacey and Nigel Smith, nee Lafl eche, of 856 Minnie Ave. Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Harlow Alexandra, weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. on May 15, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.