Local News from Across the Rainy River District
While that stinking garbage-hauling strike at Toronto has to be considered as bad as it gets in the world of labour relations, especially during this heat wave, we have had our moments when strikes and work stoppages generally have given us bad times in Fort Frances. A local labour leader, […]
Headlines of Allen Iverson’s recent run-in with the law is just another reminder of the sick fascination the general public has with athletes that make the rap sheet. Count me in. Despite the obvious big altercations in sports history out there—the 1918 White Sox scandal, the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial, […]
One of my fondest memories is of neighborhood parties around long tables. We all lived on a two-mile stretch on Route 12, 50 miles from the Canadian border. Sometimes we had upstate New York’s trademark—sugar-on-snow. This was maple syrup boiled to the hardball stage and poured in thin ribbons on […]
Anyone who has an infamous “junk drawer” in their kitchen, or closets that spill their contents every which way each time you dare to open the door, knows all too well how hard it is to get rid of things. Still, the time always comes when you just have to […]
Dear Mr. Editor: We were disappointed to hear the Town of Fort Frances has declined to purchase the old Fort Frances High School from the board of education for $1. We hope our idea for the use of the property will not fall on deaf ears and that the town […]
Dear sir: I believe our town has the best cemeteries in the country. I have never seen better anywhere. This year with the flowers planted on time, the sunshine, and the rains, they are superb. The parks board employees are to be congratulated on their good work. Thank you, Ron Helliar
Dear editor: I have been in Winnipeg since May taking treatments for cancer and in that time, I have had quite a lot of time to look around. One of the things I saw got me to thinking. It was the Louis Riel Museum. Louis Riel was more advanced in […]
Dear sir: Recently, I visited with Irene Katz Marantz in Winnipeg, who shared with me the column written by Harry Vandetti entitled, “They’re gone, but not forgotten.” I belatedly want to thank him for writing the column expressing his sentiments about the Jewish residents of Fort Frances. The town was […]
Dear sir: In light of the current “recycling blues” that many people are experiencing, and in an effort to divert some recyclable materials from going into the landfill, the Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists are having its first “kick at the can” fundraiser. We would encourage everyone to save their […]
Dear sir: I would like to say a big thank you to the person(s) who found my brown wallet—all contents intact—that I lost about three weeks ago. It was placed by the Thrift Store door at the Salvation Army. It’s very encouraging to know that there are still Good Samaritans […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Maria Kupila, who resided at Dawson Court in Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away peacefully with her family at her side on Friday, July 12, 2002—one month before her 101st birthday. Grandma was born in Evijaren, Finland and immigrated to Canada with […]
Ida Theoline Olson, nee Morken, 90, of Emo, Ont., and formerly of Stratton, Ont., passed away peacefully with her loving family and friends at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Saturday, July 13, 2002. Ida was born in Roseau, Mn. on May 31, 1912 and moved to Stratton […]
