Okay, class, hands up everyone who knows Premier Mike Harris has resigned and the Ontario Progressive Conservatives are in the midst of a leadership race to replace him? Not bad. All right, hands up everyone who can name the five candidates vying to succeed Mr. Harris—and become Ontario’s next premier […]
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We were still chasing the Allan Cup in 1951 when I first met Colin Russell in Owen Sound. Now there’s a man right out of our local Atlantis lore! Our Canadians had, by now, broken hockey fans’ hearts all the way to the Pacific, but here we were in the […]
The congregation at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo welcomed Rev. Harold and Joanne DeJong as guest speaker for both the morning and evening worship services last Sunday (Jan. 13). The couple, hailing from Dispatch, Kan., also visited with Harold’s mother, Nellie DeJong, at the Golden Age Manor, as well […]
To say our “blue box” recycling program is in deep trouble may be the understatement of 2002—and the year is barely two weeks old. Kenora was the first to serve notice it intended to leave the Northwest Ontario Recycle Association when its current contract expires in June. And area municipalities […]
Dear Sir: On a pre-Christmas trip to Fort Frances, I experienced a flat tire on my car that had just been winter-serviced and travel-checked in Kenora. The day was a Sunday and I drove very carefully to the only open place I could find so early in the morning, hoping […]
Dear sir: This is Rapid Robert again, trying to put my thoughts down on paper. I have written several letters on appreciation by us people who are fortunate to live in this district. I’ve written about Hydro and their work in adverse conditions much of the time, and I’ve written […]
Dear editor: On behalf of the parents and organizing committee of last weekend’s Fort Frances Bantam ‘A’ tournament, we would like to offer a big thank you to Carol and her canteen staff. Through the entire weekend, even before 8 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday, the canteen was open and […]
Ed Rinas, 70, of Crozier, Ont., passed away Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002 after a courageous battle with lung cancer. He was born July 16, 1931 in Fort Frances, Ont. Ed attended school in Fort Frances and then in his younger years moved to Sudbury, where he worked in the mining […]
Clifford (Cliff) Peterson, 84, passed away at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances, Ont. on Friday, Jan. 11, 2002. He was born March 27, 1917 in Chapple, Ont. to the late Sweyn and Rudie Peterson. Cliff is survived by his wife of 55 years, Elaine; and his sister, […]
