Dear editor: We certainly live in changing times! Of course, time has always brought change. With change, we are faced with new opportunities. What the present generation decides will set the course for the generations to come. On behalf of the Alberton Central School, I’d like to express some views. […]

Dear editor: I am dismayed the Rainy River District School Board has decided to go ahead with its school closure process and is still including Alberton Central School. They are doing this even though the Alberton school closure sub-committee recommended the school stay open. It’s nice to see the RRDSB […]

Dear editor: At the very beginning, Olympic sports were for amateurs only and it stayed that way for a very long time until political measures crept into the system allowing professionals to participate, thus making it a mixture of amateurs competing against the pros. This surely degrades what the Olympics […]

Carol Ellen Edwards passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 17, 2002 after a courageous 15-year struggle with cancer. She was born Dec. 24, 1946 and raised in Brandon, Man., coming to live in Fort Frances, Ont. in 1968 following her marriage to Glen, who had joined the high school teaching staff […]

It is with immense sadness that the children of Daniel “Dan” Foran Jr. announce his passing. Dan, 65, of 616 Church St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly Friday, Feb. 15, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. He was born Dec. 27, 1936 in Fort Frances to […]

Dale Richard Bone, 47, of 577 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Dale was born Oct. 19, 1954 in Fort Frances and had lived here all his life. He worked in the plumbing and heating business, and […]

Larry Andrushuk, 64, oF Burriss, Ont., passed away suddenly Monday, Feb. 11, 2002 near Jellicoe, Ont. He was born July 4, 1937 In Portage la Prairie, Man. to the late Peter and Euphemia Andrushuk. Larry moved away from home at an early age, travelling and working throughout Canada before coming […]

Born to Marco and Kayla, nee Smith, of Emo, Ont., a baby girl, MacKenzie Sadie, weighing 6 lbs. 9 oz. on January 17, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Robert and Kristy, nee McRae, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Kaymen Sverra, weighing 8 lbs. 2 oz. on February 2, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Cory Calder and Cheri Witherspoon, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Jillian Alysa, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz. on February 5, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Lorne McDowell, 78, recently of Mine Centre, Ont., passed away Friday, Feb. 8, at Unity, Wis. in the home of his son. He was born Nov. 17, 1923. He is survived by his wife, Joyce; daughter, Brenda McDowell of Mine Centre, Ont.; son, Robert of Unity, Wis.; and 10 grandchildren. […]

Henry (Hank) Hill, 78, passed away Friday, Feb. 1, 2002. He was born July 1,1923 in Burriss, Ont. Henry served in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. After the war, he returned to Toronto, Ont., where he worked for many years at John Inlas Co. Ltd. He […]