Dear sir: The late Tommy Douglas was the father of medicare when he introduced it in Saskatchewan. His budget targeted 70 percent of health care. The Liberal government of the day made health care universal in Canada. They funded it 50 percent. The present Chrétien government reduced it to some […]
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Gladys Steele, 79, of 1010 Fifth St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital on Monday, March 13, 2000. She was born Feb. 18, 1921 in Fort Frances to the late Frederick and Nora Alton. Gladys lived most of her life in Fort Frances. As a […]
Jonathan Kenneth Cleaveley, 67, passed away peacefully with his wife and family at his side in the Atikokan General Hospital on Saturday, March 11, 2000 after a brief bout with cancer. He will be lovingly remembered and dearly missed by Gloria, his wife and companion for 45 years; daughter, Laurel […]
Dear editor: I just want to get something off my chest regarding the current gas and diesel oil prices. And while I’m at it–a bit about “outshopping.” I would like to make a point regarding the purchase of gas in the United States. If one is going that way for […]
To the editor: I was wondering why the wayside washrooms have to be open so late in the spring and closed too early in the fall. We travel to Thunder Bay three times a week because I’m on hemo-dialysis. Those washrooms sure would come in handy. So why can’t they […]
Dear editor: They say small towns are filled with rumours and small talk, and stories spread like wildfire, especially in Fort Frances. Well, I’ve never appreciated this more than on Friday, March 3 when my eight-year-old son, Kevin, failed to return home after school. By 5 p.m., I had called […]
Each year in Canada, people are injured and others are killed by accidents that could have been prevented. In fact, 90 percent of all accidents are predictable and, with proper education, largely preventable. Falling into an open manhole or sewer, being crushed by some heavy item, or injured because you […]
When we think of the birds of spring, we usually think of the robin or some other nice one. But actually, the bird which comes back to us really early is the crow. You usually can hear him long before the snow has gone. In almost any other situation, the […]
On Tuesday, March 7, 2000, Gordon Galbraith, of R.R.#2, Emo, Ont., passed away peacefully in his sleep at the Emo Hospital. Gordon was born to Richard and Jeanette Galbraith on June 28, 1929 in Fort Frances, Ont. He attended school in LaVallee, Ont., and spent all his life in Rainy […]
Kenneth Carl Bebee passed away peacefully March 4, 2000 at the Extended Care Wing of the Atikokan General Hospital, where he had been a resident for the past six years. He was born Dec. 25, 1916 in Linton, N.D. He moved to Canada with his family when he was three […]
Mervin Hayes, 62 years, of Fort Frances, Ont. passed away peacefully Friday, March 3, 2000 at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital (Port Arthur) after a brief battle with cancer. Mervin was born Sept. 20, 1937 in Miscampbell, Ont. He will be remembered as a jack-of-all-trades–a putterer, who, with torch or carpenter’s […]
