It’s been some time since I’ve told anyone my exact age. Not that I’m embarrassed about it. How could you possibly be embarrassed about the length of time you’ve been on this planet! It’s just a non-fact. It really doesn’t matter. The reason I don’t want to share my age […]
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Maybe five men couldn’t make the world go around, but our oldsters—Billy Walker, George Henry, Bob Taylor, Bob Readman, and Louis Camirand—could look after practically everything concerning our old town hall for more than half-a-century. They could all handle authority, these leaders of our main municipal departments. They carried on […]
Are you interested in getting involved in your community? Then be a committee member. The Township of Chapple is looking for members to sit on a committee that would put together an emergency plan for their township and one that would determine a long-term goal for the R.V. park. If […]
Two rules I learned from my mother: 1). Never go on a vacation without your house in perfect order. Just in case you don’t come back. And 2). Never go away in the car without dressing up. Just in case you have an accident and have to be taken to […]
The provincial government has been murmuring aloud of late, including Natural Resources minister Jerry Ouellette, about reinstating the spring bear hunt. Perhaps it’s just a trial balloon, a little pre-election ploy to gauge the level of support or opposition before the impending campaign. But a big voice weighed into the […]
Hi: I was in the Fort last year. First time in 30 years. Our family headed west to B.C. in 1970, something my dad, Mel Tate, always wanted to do. It was both interesting and disappointing as I walked the streets looking at my old high school, which looked boarded […]
Jackie, age 67, of Fort Frances, Ont., formerly of Thunder Bay and Terrace Bay, Ont., passed away Saturday, Aug. 24, 2002 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital with her family by her side. Jackie was born May 3, 1935 in Fort Frances to the late Stanley and Corine O’Connell. She […]
If you spent a good part of June helplessly watching the rising lake flood your property, swamp your dock, or erode your shoreline, then chances are the International Joint Commission and its rule curves (last updated in 1999) were a convenient scapegoat. And much of that pent-up anger was unleashed […]
Dear editor: I was informed of the passing of Walter (Woody) Gray recently. I am writing to express my respect for Woody and of the way he handled his disabilities/illness. I work with persons with disabilities and always find it interesting how people deal with their disability. Woody demonstrated to […]
Dear sir: “Our object is to continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada that has not been absorbed into the body politic, and there is no Indian question, and no Indian department.” This is a statement made by the then Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, Duncan Campbell […]
Bertha Annie Elliott, 89, of Rainycrest Home for Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Saturday, Aug. 17, 2002. She was born Nov. 9, 1912 in Iron River, Wis. to the late Francois and Nathalie Desrochers. Bertha moved with her family to Crozier, Ont. at […]
In loving memory of Raymond Michael Parnell, 69, of Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away suddenly Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2002 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. He will be greatly missed by his wife, June; daughters, Susan Parnell of Calgary, Alta., Valerie and husband, Dan Calvert, of Fort Frances, […]
