Unless you were visiting another planet, or stranded on a deserted island here on this one, you know the big controversy gripping Canadians from coast to coast to coast last week was the heart-wrenching saga over whether Ron MacLean would be back as host of Hockey Night in Canada. That’s […]
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Dear sir: In response to Harry Vandetti’s column in last Wednesday’s paper. Whether we’re selling our house or not is nobody’s business but ours, and it certainly isn’t important enough to write about in a gossip column. Having said that, it shouldn’t take a brain surgeon to figure that out […]
Dear sir: In an interesting and potentially-tragic twist, the latest Liberal affront to the members of Canada’s Armed Forces comes under the guise of spending instead of routine denials of the need to increase the military budget. The Liberal government is now coming under fire for the purchase of replacement […]
Nellie Adelle Tyne Johnson, 91, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Friday, Oct. 4, 2002 at the Falls Good Samaritan Care Center. She was born Jan. 4, 1911 at Rainy River, Ont. to the late James. J. and Mary L. Tyne. Adelle first attended school in Strome, Alta., where her […]
Ella Mae McGee, of 901 Shevlin Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away with family by her side on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2002 at Riverside Health Care Facilities. Ella Mae had a difficult struggle with cancer but with the love and support of her family and friends, and the exceptional care […]
BEGIN–Born to Kevin and Dana-Lynn, nee Tester of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Matthew Robert, weighing 8 lbs. 3 oz. on September 19, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
SWING–Born to Bob Swing and Pam Avis, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Samuel Aidan, weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz. on September 23, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
JONES–Born to Todd Morrisseau and Melanie Jones, of Red Gut Bay, First Nations, Ont., a baby girl, Samarah Marie Faith, weighing 9 lbs. 7 oz. on September 25, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
TORISEVA–Born to Steve and Liane, nee Ogden, a baby girl, Tori Anne, weighing 6 lbs. 15.8 oz. at 2:10 a.m. Sept. 28, at Falls Memorial Hospital. Grandparents Albert & Helen Toriseva, Cecil & Thelma Ogden, and Great Nana Solange Gill.
Bob Darrah of Christina, born June 21, 1927 in Fort Frances, Ont., passed on at the Boundary Hospital in Grand Forks with his family at his side on Sept. 28, 2002. Bob was very active. Enjoying golf and curling games (and beer) with his buddies, and a healthy lifestyle that […]
Sydney “Syd” Baldwin, 77, of 901 Shevlin Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances on Monday, Sept. 16, 2002. He was born Dec. 28, 1924 to the late Stephen and Christina Baldwin. Syd was married to Vivian Calder in 1949. Later, on Oct. […]
The Rainy River District School Board deserves high marks for its concerted effort to improve local students’ results on the provincial Grade 10 literacy test, which saw the board jump from the lowest-ranked in Ontario to above the provincial average. All in the space of a year. While the debate […]
