Dear sir: I would like to comment on recent news articles regarding the local Forest Management Plan (F.M.P.) and the Trout Road access question. I would specifically like to comment on references made to the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club. Questioning the right of the F.F.S.C. to be at the table […]
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By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
Surely, Lady Frances Simpson deserves a leading role in any 2003 pageantry surrounding this town’s 100th birthday party. And yet . . . . ! While it’s been well-documented that Lady Frances gave her name to Fort Frances, there have been certain doubts expressed as to the legitimacy of her […]
In loving memory of Shirley Ann Fowler, 54, of Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away Sunday, Feb. 4, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Shirley was born Nov. 10, 1946 in Fort Frances. She lived here all of her life. She was united in marriage to her […]
It is with great sadness and sorrow that we announce the sudden and accidental passing of our wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Beverley May Hyatt, 64, of Burriss Township, Ont. on Saturday, Feb. 3, 2001. Bev was born March 29, 1936 in Rainy River, Ont. to Allan and Gwen King. […]
Margaret Dolph, 81, of 420 Keating Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, on Friday, Feb. 2, 2001 at St. Joseph’s Care Group, Hospice Ward, in Thunder Bay, Ont. Margaret was born Jan. 3, 1920 in Fort Frances to the late Theodore and Lena […]
Harold Meredith Cotton passed away Thursday, Feb. 1, 2001 at the Hotel Dieu Hospital in Sherbrooke, Que. at the age of 93. Born on June 19, 1907, he was the youngest son of the late Edwin and Wilhemina (Minnie) Cotton of 694 Elm St., Sherbrooke. He leaves his sons and […]
In loving memory of Allan MacKenzie, 73, of 1109 Scott St., Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away peacefully Thursday, March 1, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Allan leaves behind his wife, Josephine MacKenzie of Fort Frances, Ont.; son, Allan MacKenzie and wife, Judy, and their children, […]
Ralph Norman Allen, 75, of 25 Walker St., Emo, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born April 29, 1925 in Emo to the late Thomas and Helen Allen. Mr. Allen had farmed in the Devlin, Ont. area. In […]
By Sam Anderson
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Off-season projects for the fisherman make fishing season get here faster. January is a difficult time of the year for the fisherman because the fishing season for most folks has become little more than a memory as the snow piles up outside–and the time until the opener seems longer by […]
I love winter. I love snow and snowmen, skating and tobogganing, lying down and making angels in the snow, going to the ski slopes, and most of all sitting by the warm fire with a steaming cup of cocoa. Growing up on Tug Hill plateau in the foothills of the […]
Just last week, while commenting on our precarious weather patterns, it appeared I was overlooking the single most important factor in our local geography–the presence of thousands of square miles of the healthiest drinking water on this planet, or anywhere else. Right now, we are also discussing the most popular […]
Dear editor: I would beg to kindly remind Mr. Vandetti and his friend whose “joke” he repeated (Just Passing By, Jan. 24) that the “gnashing of teeth” is not just “proverbial.” It is the words of Jesus, which He spoke five times in the Gospel of Matthew, in Chapters 13, […]
