Born to Corey and Andrea, nee Shute, of Emo, Ont., a baby boy, Chase Norman Frank, weighing 8 lbs. 12 oz. on November 22, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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Bernice Gesine Wiedenhoeft, 84, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Friday, Nov. 23, 2001. She was born May 17, 1917 in Siren, Wis. to the late Gabriel and Ruth Tjomsland. Mrs. Wiedenhoeft attended and graduated from the Siren High […]
Yvonne Rose Zimowski (nee Duivenvoorden) passed away with her family at her side at St. Joseph’s Hospice in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Friday, Nov. 23, 2001 after a very courageous battle with cancer. Yvonne is remembered by her loving husband, Cas; daughters, Shannon and Karleen; father, Theodore; and brothers and […]
Finger-pointing. Name-calling. Tit for tat. Nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah. These are the kinds of things you’d expect to hear on an elementary school yard, not coming from those we’ve entrusted to lead us. Yet that’s precisely the petty garbage we’ve been inundated with since Monday between Premier Mike Harris and Prime Minister Jean […]
Dear sir: Now, let’s get this correct. The North Western Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA) is in trouble because not enough tourists are coming to their camps. So to correct this problem, they want to make it easier for convicted drunk drivers to come to Canada. And the editorial in last […]
Dear sir: In the early morning of last Saturday, a fire occurred at our residence which consumed our travel trailer and extensively damaged the garage and its contents. The experience was horrifying for us but there is no doubt it would have been much worse if not for the competent […]
Dear Mr. Editor: It was with great disappointment that Atikokan Township council members read the negative comments written about Atikokan in the Nov. 14 edition of the Fort Frances Times by Harry Vandetti. Harry is entitled to his opinion when he refers to our community as a “sad place.” However, […]
Dear sir: Many items in the news in the past several years have prompted me to mumble to myself or to blurt out loud that I am going to write a letter to the editor. Well, something has finally spurred me to action. I have been silent too long. Actually, […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
The region finally has had its first taste of real “break out the shovel” snow. And with less than a month to go before Christmas, things like goodwill and kindness are starting to become a little more noticeable. That being said, I’d like to take a quick time-out from all […]
Mike Behan
Moving With Mike
Moving With Mike
It quickly was degenerating into one of those “It seemed like a good idea at the time” situations. That revelation came late Saturday afternoon—either when the freezing rain made the “curling sheet” atop the parade float so slippery that no one could stand on it, or when the 40 mile […]
So it’s been one vicious chunk of weather, this belated introduction to the sorry side of our calendar. Our first snowstorm has been a horror and then freezing Sunday, wrecking driving conditions probably for the rest of the week at great cost to you and your insurance companies. It’s all […]
