In loving memory of Albert Markland “Mac” McKelvie, 98, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2003 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Mac was born Aug. 14, 1904 in Fort Frances to Robert and Florence McKelvie. He was united […]
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Alice Myrtle Torseth (nee Hafdahl), 86, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Sunday, Jan. 26, 2003 at Falls Memorial Hospital in International Falls. She was born Aug. 26, 1916 in Fairland, Mn. She grew up in Loman, Mn. and moved to International Falls in 1934. She worked at Pearson’s Bakery, […]
Fur is what brought the first voyageurs to this area some 300 years ago, but it was the lure of the forest—and the seemingly boundless timber resources—that laid the foundation for this town to be officially born in 1903. It is very fitting, then, as Fort Frances celebrates its centennial […]
Dear sir: I am writing in regards to the Rainy River Walleye Tournament moving its date back one week. In the past, there was talk about moving the dates and it was said by committee members that they could not move do so because of the pumpkin festival. So, Dale […]
Dear sir: In regards to the story Jan. 15 in the Fort Frances Times, I thought your newspaper did a fine job in covering the dams issue. If the MNR would have done half the job your paper did, the public meeting would have had three times the amount of […]
Dear sir: I was happy to record my vote on the Web poll question about Dr. Pete Sarsfield earlier this month, but found that I could not include the votes of my other six family members. We are in total agreement with his move, albeit strong-armed, to make smoking in […]
Dear sir: Hi, it’s Rapid Robert again. Recently, for whatever reason, several people have asked me how long my wife, Eve, and I have been married. Maybe they are perplexed and wonder how one woman could stand a guy like me. I really don’t know, but the truth is, we […]
There have been a deluge of letters to the editor of late over Dr. Pete Sarsfield’s ongoing efforts to ban smoking in all enclosed public places as well as whether Wal-Mart will proceed with building a store here. But where’s the outcry over an equally serious, if not moreso, problem […]
To the editor: To the persons who see gloom and doom if Wal-Mart is “allowed” to build here, I say, when and what is a good business to “allow” to build here? One that doesn’t sell or use “off shore” products, doesn’t pay minimum wage or very close to it, […]
Dear sir: Well, it has happened again in Fort Frances. You now can add Shaw Cable to the list of corporations and its businesses that are seemingly not interested in the opinions of the public nor customers on the service which they provide. It is the same old, same old—here […]
Dear editor: For the past few weeks, I have been reading negative letters and articles concerning the prospect of Wal-Mart coming to Fort Frances. While some of the writers do have legitimate concerns, I have noticed they often live in areas where they have diverse shopping and access to Wal-Mart. […]
Dear sir: It simply amazes me how the Town of Fort Frances seems to decide for us taxpayers what is best for us. I am referring to the latest fiasco regarding the condominium project on the riverfront. Nobody asked me if I was willing to accept the responsibility of paying […]
