Dear sir: In response to J.J. Witherspoon’s letter calling me some rather nasty names, I would like to say she missed the point. It was a request for people to speak up politically for the things we hold so dear, yet take for granted. I’m sickened by the possibility of […]
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Dear editor: In response to Donald Clink’s letter, “Dream world,” dated June 4. Life must be grand behind those rose-coloured glasses you wear and the religious cross many hide behind and use to validate their disdain for homosexuals. Mr. Clink, I am all for free speech, with the exception of […]
Dear sir: I am writing to express my thoughts about the recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal on June 10 that declared the historic definition of “marriage” unconstitutional. The definition of marriage in Canada, for all of the nation’s 136 years, has been based on the classic formulation […]
Dear sir: My wife is a granddaughter of the Hon. Peter Heenan. On July 1, 1936 in Fort Frances, then Ontario Premier Mitchell Hepburn opened the highway between Fort Frances and Kenora and named it the “Heenan Highway.” In 2001, my wife and I visited Peter Heenan’s hometown, Kenora, and […]
Dear editor: This past month, Jim Cumming, the publisher of the Fort Frances Times, completed his term as president of the Canadian Community Newspapers Association (CCNA). As the president of the CCNA, Jim has volunteered his time to represent the interests of nearly 900 local newspapers, which tell the stories […]
Mrs. Muriel Barton, 70, of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away June 15, 2003. Funeral services were held Thursday, June 19, 2003 at St. John’s Anglican Church. The family of Clinton, Doris, Carling, Sarah, and Colin would like to thank all those who supported them through cards, phone calls, flowers, and […]
Everett James “Buck” Riley, 88, of International Falls, Mn., passed away June 14, 2003 at Falls Memorial Hospital in International Falls. Buck was born July 5, 1914 in Fort Frances, Ont. He was raised in Fort Frances and graduated from high school there. In 1936, he moved to International Falls […]
Peacefully, on Thursday, June 12, 2003, Arthur Douglas McLennan passed away at the St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Man. at the age of 83. Douglas was born in Fort Frances, Ont. to Judge and Mrs. Allan McLennan. He was predeceased by his first wife, Joan (O’Donnell); sons, Hugh Douglas and […]
Peacefully, on Thursday, June 12, 2003, Arthur Douglas McLennan passed away at the St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Man. at the age of 83. Douglas was born in Fort Frances, Ont. to Judge and Mrs. Allan McLennan. He was predeceased by his first wife, Joan (O’Donnell); sons, Hugh Douglas and […]
In loving memory of our dear wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend who passed away suddenly at her home on Sunday, June 1, 2003. Bernice was born June 12, 1932 in Portage La Prairie, Man., the eldest child of Harry and Marg Lipinski. At an early age, the family […]
Donald Redford, 83, of Emo, Ont., passed away Thursday, June 5, 2003 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born Dec. 31, 1919 in Emo to the late Stephen and Edith Redford. Don and his brothers, Steve and Ron, owned and operated gravel and logging trucks […]
Surrounded by the caring staff of the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living, John peacefully passed away Sunday, June 8, 2003. John was born in Rainy River, Ont. on March 28, 1959. He spent much of his life in Thunder Bay, Ont., returning to the district in 1993 […]
