Dear Mr. Editor: It’s time for a change. Would you please consider an Arts and Entertainment section, or at the very least a calendar of events listing for the newspaper. We are all very proud of what we do, please show us some respect! Nothing irks me more than to […]
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Dear sir: After my first year of teaching at Fort Frances High School, I was fired because the principal and the chairman of the board were afraid I might quit. When I tell people about this, they always comment on the absurdity of such thinking. However, during the last 30 […]
Dear Mr. Editor: In answer to the protest over bridge tolls, perhaps the answer lies in a new, government-owned bridge similar to the one at Baudette where there are no tolls. Perhaps a committee should be formed to investigate that matter. I am finding a considerable amount of interest on […]
Dear sir: I was pleased to read Bell Canada is finally going to upgrade the phone lines in Rainy River District, so that we may become part of the “super” highway, but I did not need your editorial to tell me that once again Lake of the Woods Township would […]
Dear sir: An open letter to the Hon. Robert Nault, minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, and MP for Kenora-Rainy River, re: the Fort Frances-International Falls bridge. Mr. Nault, “you can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s (pig’s) ear!” Despite a new Customs facility on the U.S. […]
Safety and the role it plays in your life depend on many things, including your attitude. All of us need to learn how to protect ourselves and family members from potential hazards that can strike at any given time. We all need to be made aware of and reminded to […]
Here we are again. It’s woodtick season. I imagine most folk think of ticks as insects. Well, they aren’t. They are related to spiders, scorpions, mites, and so on, all of which are classified as Arachnids. Arachnids have either eight or 10 legs while insects get along with only six. […]
“Stand firm in the faith.” Earle Armistead, loved father, grandfather and esteemed Rainy River resident, passed away Sunday, May 28 at the Health Sciences Centre. Predeceased by his wife Joyce (née Jackson) he is survived by sons Richard (Glenys), Gregg (Laura) both of Winnipeg, daughter Anne Mailloux of Rainy River […]
Dear sir: The Government of Canada says it needs a new Customs facility at Fort Frances, at an estimated cost of $3-4 million. The owners of the bridge are required–or being asked by the Government of Canada–to pay for the cost of the new facility. I had a meeting with […]
Dear sir: The recent resolution by town council to table any action on the announcement to increase tolls on our international bridge, coupled with the loss of toll booth jobs to the International Falls side, was a severe mistake and a lack of leadership. It should not require a public […]
Edith Munro, 93, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her home May 23, 2000. She was born Dec. 23, 1906 to John Joseph and Delima Arsenault of Balmoral, N.B. The family moved to Kapuskasing, Ont. in the early 1920s. She was […]
