Hello, this is “Rapid Robert,” the old guy with the plaid tam, writing again after a long dry spell. People give me trouble if I don’t write occasionally. My subject this time around is about the Emo hospital, “Care Close to Home,” the doctors who treat the patients, and the […]
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Her beautiful warmth that drew many closer to her dimmed, flickered, and went out late in the evening of Dec. 12, 2001. Gladys Anderson entered a new bright dawn. She was born Bertha Gladys McLeod on Sept. 2, 1904 in La Vallee, Ont. On Sept. 20, 1936, she married Willis […]
Eric McConnell, 82, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at his residence Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001. He was born Jan. 20, 1919 in Fort Frances to the late Jack and Elizabeth McConnell. In his earlier years, he played junior hockey with different […]
Finance minister Paul Martin, in his budget Monday, has proven he’s a master juggler, capable of tackling the crises of the day while holding to fiscal responsibility. The budget may not be what Rainy River District would want, but it does address the need for this area’s residents to feel […]
I just wanted to write a quick thank you to the two students who did such a wonderful job painting the windows of the BIA office (front of Rainy Lake Hotel). Randi Caldwell and Tracy Treflin, both from Fort Frances High School, were willing to come on their own free […]
By Harry Vendetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
After the most memorable Christmas our town ever knew, they left us for six years to help win the war—first by slaying the forests of Scotland and then plunging into European combat. Later, they would introduce us to their bonny war brides, mostly from Edinburgh, and it’s been a different, […]
