Dear editor: I swore that I would not do this again but I must vent my anger someplace, lest I take out my frustration on the nearest Mike Harris look-alike. Last week, the Harris government discussed a possible 42 percent pay raise for Ontario MPPs, citing a prolonged 10-year drought […]
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Dear editor: I am an OAC student at Fort Frances High School and last week I was told, after asking a number of people, that there would not be a Remembrance Day assembly held at the school this year. I was given several reasons for this, the first being that […]
Nearly all childhood unintentional shooting deaths occur in or around the home. And most of those shooting deaths involve firearms that have been loaded and accessible to children. The big problem in Canada and the United States is that many children between the ages of five and 14 have died […]
In Northern Ontario, we have three grouse–the Ruffed, the Spruce, and the Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus). It is often, wrongly, called prairie chicken but that is an entirely different bird. The Sharp-tail is a little bit larger than the common Ruffed Grouse. Its conspicuous marks are a short pointed tail, […]
It’s fall again. Autumn if you want to wax poetic. And think about it, for a minute, what would autumn be without leaves? Oaks, maples, aspens, cottonwoods, green ash all blanketing the countryside with colour. It’s because of autumn leaves that we think nostalgically and longingly of New England, the […]
It is with sadness we announce of the peaceful passing of Leonard Treflin on Nov. 14, 2000 at Riverview Health Centre in Winnipeg, Man., following a brief illness, in his 88th year. Leonard was born Aug. 4, 1913 in Elm Creek, Man. but moved to the Rainy River District at […]
“You can’t reach 80/hale/and hearty/by driving 80/home from the party/Burma-Shave.” Those were the words I read every time we went to town for groceries, every time we went to Grandma’s house, and every time we went to church. I’ll never forget that jingle. How could I? Burma-Shave and I grew […]
Dear sir: I just have a few comments in regards to the recent televised debate between the candidates for mayor and town council. 1). What has happened to showing a little respect for others? Name-calling is not tolerated from our children–should it be tolerated from a mayor? This is unacceptable […]
Dear editor, I read in complete bewilderment Bob Nault’s article (View from the Hill, Oct. 18, 2000). Mr. Nault has a “problem” with a flat tax proposed by the opposition Canadian Alliance. The Liberals endorsed the seven percent GST. I wonder, does he have a problem with that? Signed, John […]
Dear editor: What are the sworn duties, commitments, and obligations of an MPP to the constituents that elected him? Answer: Represent constituents’ interests in provincial governance at Queen’s Park in Toronto. That is what our provincial tax dollars pay our elected MPPs to do. We now have a federal election–to […]
It’s that time of the year again–time to start practising safe heating! Give heating equipment such as furnaces, radiant heaters, space heaters, and hot water tanks space. Remove trash and materials stored near heating equipment. Keep combustibles at least three feet away from heating equipment at all times. If you […]
John Harold “Jack” Huntley, 75, of 739 King’s Highway, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Saturday, Nov. 4, 2000 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. He was born Oct. 3, 1925 in Hazenmore, Sask. to the late Isiah and Ethel Huntley. At the age of eight, Jack moved with […]
