As a citizen, do you recognize your local fire department as a partner in community services? Your fire department, whether full-time or volunteer, has an important function within your community.The fire department performs fire suppression and life saving functions, and responds to many other challenging emergencies such as motor vehicles […]
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Always remember ‘practice makes perfect’ “Practice makes perfect,” they say. And without question, it is true. Take tennis, for example. Tennis pros practice long hours each day to stay in shape. And your game will never move beyond the point of embarrassment unless you play regularly for substantial blocks of […]
By Colin Crawford
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Outdoors Pro-Mo
With the dog days of summer upon us, the fish have really slowed down. Here are some tips that you can use to produce more fish during this difficult time. Jig modification and the use of a natural bait will produce more and bigger fish. Jigs account for most of […]
It is with deep sadness that the family of Emily Vandetti announce the unexpected passing of our wife, mother, grandmother, and sister on Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2000. Born on Aug. 5, 1928 in Winnipeg, to the late Mary and Andrew Shortreed of Fort Frances, she was raised in Emo and […]
Ada Holme, 88, of 435 Oakdown Road, Qualicum Beach, B.C., formerly of Fort Frances, passed away at Dufferin Place in Nanaimo, B.C. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2000. She was born Aug. 15, 1912 in Thunder Bay, Ont., to the late Phillip and Amelia Mosher. During her youth, she had moved […]
It is with great sadness that the family announce the passing of Isabelle Emma Johnson, aged 79, of Emo, Ont. on Monday, Aug. 21, 2000 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Isabelle was born on December 24, 1920 in Emo to Henry and Nellie Harron. Isabelle spent […]
March 20, 1902 to August 20, 2000 The family sadly announces the passing of our special mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and mother-in-law at Golden West Centennial Lodge Aug. 20, 2000 at the age of 98. Left to cherish her memory are her daughters; Elaine Anderson (Ron) and Delsie Cumming, both of […]
To the editor: Well, I’ve been patiently waiting for hemo-dialysis to start in Fort Frances. What’s the problem? I was told by a very prominent person from Fort Frances that it would be up and going by this fall. This person was at the “Care Close to Home” stretcher push […]
Council gave the green light to a new customs facility here but only after the corporation turned on the power. For a while there, it looked like clear minds and logic would win the day but alas, the one-horse town mentality raised its ugly head again. The majority of the […]
Hi, I just found your homepage and I think your FFHS reunion coverage is great. I couldn’t make it back but it sounds like everyone had a great time Cheers, Jim Falconer (’65) Edmonton, Alta.
To the editor: As a Sr. Matric grad of F.F.H.S. in 1948, it was great to be able to be part of the recent Millennium Reunion. What a tremendous effort by the local community–I’m proud of my hometown! However, I recently received a copy of the July 12 edition of […]
Dear editor: Some of Bob Nault’s comments in his attempt to discredit the flat tax proposal of the Canadian Alliance, in his column on Aug. 2, are quite misleading. This proposal has a 17 percent tax rate, an increase in the basic personal and spousal exemptions to $10,000, and a […]
