Dear sir: Our sincere congratulations goes out to local Special Olympian Joyce Gosselin on her achievement of making “Team Canada” for the 2005 Winter Games in Nagano, Japan. This was no surprise to me as, attending the Regional Winter Games in Kenora a few years back, I watched Joyce make […]

April Fool’s night, 1989 will be forever etched into the hearts and minds of the 3,000 people jam-packed into the old Memorial Arena to watch our beloved Muskies capture all-Ontario gold on home ice with that 5-3 win over the St. Jerome’s Lions (Kitchener). Fortunately, thanks to the hard work […]

Dear sir: We, as a group, would like to offer a great big bouquet to the gals of the Hair and Body Care Shoppe in Emo, who have just successfully completed another fundraiser for a family in the district affected by cancer. This is the seventh such year for this […]

Dear sir: This letter is being written in response to the editorial in the April 14th edition of the Fort Frances Times and to add to the comments made in the letter to the editor, entitled “Profit and Gain,” in last week’s Times. Although the letter that appeared last week […]

Dear Mike: Our family wishes to express its sincere appreciation to the individuals and organizations who worked so hard to carry out a successful hosting of the national Midget hockey championship in Kenora last week. The tournament committee and many, many volunteers deserve special mention for the time and effort […]

Dear Mike: In our busyness, each day too easily blurs from one to the next with no significance—nothing setting it apart from yesterday other than it’s one day closer to the next pay cheque or the next day off . . . until it happens. Our day is turned upside […]

Born to Trina Gagnon and Ryan Kubicek of Edmonton, AB., a baby boy, Brayden Michael Gagnon, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. on April 11, 2004.

Born to Genevieve Shepstone and Jeff Bliss, of Mine Centre, Ont., a girl, Emily Alexandra, weighing 5 lbs. 12 oz. on April 17, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Andrew and Stephanie, nee Gaouette, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Tessah Leigh, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. on April 18, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Ashley Allan and Paul Penagin, of Red Gut, a girl, Lakota Rain, weighing 9 lbs. 8 oz. on April 19, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Ron and Dawn, nee Korpi, of Devlin, Ont., a boy, Raice Edwin, weighing 9 lbs. 11 oz. on April 19, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Roberta McCoy and Ryan Wyder, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Lillyan Violet, weighing 7 lbs. 2 oz. on April 19, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.