Dear Mr. Editor: Remember the “good old days” when you could get service with a smile? Customers were greeted with cordial verbal acknowledgment which placed them on a personal level with the store owner. I am pleased to discover there is still one entrepreneur in Fort Frances who is never […]
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Dear sir: By the time this reaches print, the Abitibi-Consolidated/Revenue Canada $500,000(?) faulty facility on the Customs project may have started. The recent project suggestion of the buy-out of the bridge may stall the project while the proposal is under study. While a change in ownership to a public facility […]
Dear editor: Just the facts please. Re: coverage of “Freedom Ride Hits the Trail” (Wednesday, June 6, 2001–Fort Frances Times Pg. B1 third-last paragraph). The fact is, CUPE Local 65 is in a labour dispute with the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living, not with NORTRA. The fact […]
Dear Mr. Editor: The Association for Community Living workers’ strike is another indication of the sad direction our society is headed. As corporate wealth continues to escalate and the rift between the rich and working poor widens to an abyss, the government blames the workers for our province’s financial woes […]
Dear sir: I would like to take this opportunity to speak to my swimmers, their families, and the community who knew me as the head coach of the Fort Frances Aquanauts Swim Team. To the swimmers who I have had the pleasure of coaching for the past 14 years, thank […]
Frederick Charles Sexton, a resident of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully at his home Thursday, June 7, 2001. Fred was born May 21, 1924 in La Vallee, Ont. to Arthur (Ted) Sexton and Mary Lavinnia Sexton (Gadd). He was predeceased by his parents; sister, […]
Jerry Gesley Beaudette, 84, of West Falls Est., International Falls, Mn., passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2001 at his home. He was born May 21, 1917 in Watertown, S.D. but he grew up in Minneapolis, Mn. He moved to International Falls in 1979. On Aug. 3, 1943, he was united […]
After a lengthy battle with cancer, Roy passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2001 with his family at his side. Roy was born in Fleming, Sask. on Oct. 29, 1915 to a farming family. He grew up playing hockey and baseball, travelling between towns on the train. In 1937, Roy joined […]
Valeda Elizabeth DeGagne, 90, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Sunday, June 3, 2001. Mrs. DeGagne was born Jan. 15, 1911 in LaBroquerie, Man., where she was raised. In September, 1936, she moved to Crozier, Ont., where she lived […]
William Donovan Start, 94, of Abbotsford, B.C., passed away peacefully Thursday, May 31, 2001. Don was predeceased by his wife, Germaine, in 1989. Surviving are his son, Hube, and wife, Karen, of Abbotsford; grandchildren, Jan and Dale and their families; and sister, Kathleen. Born in Curries, Ont., Don graduated in […]
Things are not getting off to a very good start. Sure, the big day is still 22 months away, but if the lack of entries so far (read none) in the centennial logo/slogan contest is any indication, getting townspeople fired up about Fort Frances’ 100th birthday bash in 2003 may […]
I would like to ask Mr. Kielczewski a question, with some comments later. Mr. Kielczewski, how did you feel when you were pulling fish, out of the water, by the hundreds. Day after day, etc. But then, you had the “right” under a “commercial fishing licence.” Well, we have a […]
