Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Adding to our Atlantis attractions this summer, suddenly we have the invasion of bears by the number. By actual count around our town dump Saturday, there were 16 of our favourite carnivores rummaging for anything at all to eat. But before everyone starts packing for safer spots to be, and […]
Rudy and Rose French of Alpine, Wyoming were in our vicinity during the Emo Fair working on their property they have purchased–a retirement spot in Canada. They were former residents in the Off Lake area before moving to the United States, where the boys Jim and Joe were attending a […]
The softwood lumber dispute is hurting, and it is affecting district residents. With local sawmills curtailing production and larger mills making major cutbacks, all sectors of the forest economy in Northwestern Ontario are hurting. Even the trucking industry delivering the materials to the U.S. lumber retailers are being hurt. One […]
Dear editor: I am writing this letter as I feel a situation has gone on in this community too long and there appears no likelihood of it changing in the near future. I am speaking about the strike between the Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living and its […]
Dear Mr. Behan: We are fortunate in the Town of Fort Frances to have dedicated citizens who are willing to give their time to our community through service on both our Town Council and as our Mayor. In last weeks editorial it was suggested that our Mayor personally make the […]
To the editor: I read the quotes by Alanna Barr in last Wednesday’s paper about the strike. She chooses her words very well. I think the key sentence is “the services still being offered.” It is the services not being offered that concern me. As a parent of a handicapped […]
Dear editor, Hi. I am writing to you to let you know how bad I feel for the F.F.D.A.C.L. clients. It is a shame that this strike can’t be worked out for them. I know how I would feel because at one time I worked as a client. I worked […]
Dear editor: To help the town of Fort Frances create needed revenue it should bottle and sell water from our town. Because it is excellent tasting water and it would be sellable. Perhaps even call it “Cold Rainy Lake Water.” From, Bobby Gillon
Dear Mr. Mike Behan: Drinking water is getting plenty of media attention these days. It is right for Canadians to expect a clean and safe water supply. But what about the air we breathe? Second-hand cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals. Over 50 of these are known to cause […]
Dear sir: My thirteen year old daughter, Kristina Bombay, was invited to perform at this year’s “Quest for the Best” as a guest performer. I am proud to say that her performance was phenomenal. It takes a great deal of courage and talent for any performer to stand in front […]
Mary Churick of 825 Smith Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away in her 93rd year on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2001, at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Mary was born on Dec. 3, 1908 at the family homestead in Pine Ridge, Man., the third child of Joseph and […]
Muriel Durocher, age 89, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne Street, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Friday, Aug. 17, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2001 at 10 a.m. at the Barwick Community Church […]
