Katherine (Katie) Corda, nee Kazina, passed away peacefully on Monday, Feb. 28, 2005 at her home for the past two-and-a-half years, the Charleswood Convalescent Home, at the age of 89 years. She was widowed after 65 years of marriage to husband, Joseph, in 1999. She was born in Tyndall, Man. […]
Features
Marie “Olga” Kosonic, 83, of Warroad, Mn., passed away Friday, Feb. 25, 2005 at her home. Olga was born Dec. 18, 1921 to Michael and Marie Ksionzek in Sioux Lookout, Ont. She was united in marriage to Mike Kosonic on June 8, 1940 at La Vallee, Ont. Olga, Mike, and […]
Success in recruiting and retaining physicians is crucial to the future health of Fort Frances, so it’s comforting to see town council and others finally waking up to the urgency of the problem. True, this situation did not crop up overnight. The local physician recruitment and retention committee has been […]
Dear Mr. Behan: Never have I felt so compelled to contact the news media as I am now. I attended the Thunder/Ice Dogs game in Fort Frances on Feb. 22 and the disgusting display of sportsmanship clearly evident that evening should be brought before the courts of law after serious […]
Dear sir: I realize I don’t fit into the “letters to the editor” rules, but I still need to respond to Mr. Lowe’s letter of Feb. 23. I would urge Mr. Lowe to continue reading Genesis 19: 1-38 (the entire chapter). This is the story of Lot, the destruction of […]
Dear editor: When the Ontario government cancelled the spring bear hunt, I told them then that within a few years our moose population would be in trouble. Now it is. The reason for this is no boar bear being killed in the spring as 98 percent of all spring bear […]
Dear sir: This is a letter for the disturbed individual who chose to throw a sealed box with four baby kittens out on the River Road on Feb. 20. We found the abandoned babies, and also found homes for all four within an hour of rescuing them. Perhaps in the […]
Dear sir: I’m wondering if the Christmas tree by the post office is still burning bright to comfort those attempting to recuperate from Christmas debt? And if we are going to continue paying to light this tree, could we perhaps have seasonal colours—like purple for Lent, and maybe yellow, turquoise, […]
