Dear sir: I cheerfully accept Mr. Hallikas’ correction of my arithmetic. In my attempt to be politically correct and use the metric system, I obviously also mentally switched to the metric hour which, logically, should contain 100 minutes. His, correct, arithmetic makes my argument even stronger. With a three-second yellow […]
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To the editor: I would like to publicly congratulate the group of women from the Rainy River First Nation who protested at their band office earlier this month. In my community, we have similar problems. I also have written letters and asked community members about the Casino Rama money. The […]
Dear sir: I would like to congratulate the Fort Frances-International Falls Bridge Committee on their first meeting, which was held June 26 at 7 p.m. in the committee room of the Civic Centre here. Although not on the committee, I attended the meeting in order to present committee chairman Mayor […]
Last summer, some friends of mine returned from the Folk Festival in Winnipeg. They informed me of a tragedy they came upon. A child, who was just pulled from the water, was being work on by rescuers. The child never made it! Recently, they returned from the 2001 Folk Festival […]
Eunice Mildred Booth, 80, of 557 Elm Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Thursday, July 12, 2001 at McKellar Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. She was born March 3, 1921 in Emo, Ont. to the late Noble and Annie Hyatt. Mrs. Booth lived all her life in Rainy River District. […]
Born to Judy Councillor and Robert Meawasigne, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Tristan Dylan Quinn, weighing 9 lbs. 14 oz. on July 5, 2001 at La Verendrye Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Walter Henry Roulston, who was born April 13, 1914 in Burriss, Ont. and who resided in Abbotsford, B.C. since 1978, passed away at the age of 87 on Sunday, July 1, 2001 with Ruby, his wife of 62 years, at his side. Words cannot express the depth of personal loss […]
Mr. Nickolia Michael (Nick) Plichta, 61, a resident of 123 Black Bay Crescent, Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away unexpectedly Sunday, July 8, 2001 at the family cottage on One Island Lake. Born in Sundown, Man., Nick spent his first 20 years in Fort Frances, Ont. but has resided in Thunder […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Edward Kelly Jr. announces his passing on Sunday, July 1, 2001 at Onigaming First Nation. Edward was predeceased by his father, Edward Kelly Sr., on Aug. 1, 1990; infant brother, David; and his grandparents, Harry and Mary Kelly, and Bert and […]
