Dear sir: I recently spent some time in Fort Frances, and it brought back many memories of past visits when I was a young man, 30 years ago. I always remember the easy access to American beer and pizza, and the casual walks each night across the border to indulge […]
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Dear sir: On a recent trip across the irritation bridge, I heard a quick double beep as my commuter card was scanned. I asked the toll booth attendant if the two beeps mean I had been charged for two trips. I was informed by the attendant that I had been […]
Dear sir: What an interesting wee article about the Lion’s Park fountain in last week’s Times. More interesting were the remarks made regarding the implied ineptitude of local volunteer organizations and people. I would almost bet Fort Frances council needn’t worry about a project of this sort going bad in […]
Dear sir: On my third crossing of the industrial bridge to Fort Frances, I asked for a receipt. I told the lady I had been overcharged one crossing. Her answer: “I can’t do anything about it.” On my next trip, I suggested to a different lady I’d been overcharged. After […]
Helen Bowman, 101, of 600 Church St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2000. She was born Aug. 5, 1899 in Newbury, Ont. to the late Robert and Jane Johnston. Helen moved to Stratton, Ont. in 1906. On May […]
Dear sir: Many people in the province soon will be receiving a cheque from the provincial government illustrating their gross misuse of our tax dollars. They are sending out millions of our tax dollars to everyone in the province who paid income taxes. If this money were being paid to […]
Dear sir: To say the very least, I was upset with your front page article in the Oct. 2 Daily Bulletin concerning a friend of mine I have known since 1982. Unlike most of the population of Fort Frances who, unfortunately, have had a subjective view forced down their throats, […]
A 103-year-old does yoga daily. An 85-year-old runs 17 miles a day. A 100-year-old writes weekly news notes for her local paper. A 93-year-old climbs Mount Fuji. An 84-year-old runs a successful Mary Kay business. An 85-year-old lives to play the piano at area nursing homes. A 65-year-old starts a […]
Ruth Claudia Kliner (nee Burron), of Kelowna, B.C., went to be with her Lord on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2000. She is survived by her husband, Adolph (Ed) Kliner and family. Arrangements by Springfield Funeral Home, 2020 Springfield Rd., Kelowna, B.C., V1Y 5V8 (1-250-860-7077).
In loving memory of Paul Kitzul, 80, of Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away Friday, Oct. 6, 2000 at his home. Paul was born June 12, 1920 in Insinger, Sask. He worked as a shift boss at the mine in Lynn Lake, Man. After retiring, he and his wife Lina, […]
By Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
Construction of the new regional hospital is proceeding energetically. It will be big, beautiful, and as state-of-the-art as our public and private purses allow. Actually, I hope even a little more so. Now explorations are underway about whether we should have a northern medical school, and whether we should have […]
Mike Baranowski
The Way It Is
The Way It Is
Maybe, just maybe, I’ll change over to musky tournaments now that the survival rate is almost guaranteed 100 percent. A customer of mine, Jim Groves, asked me to be his partner at a musky tournament at Cass Lake, Mn. But knowing the survival rate was low, I refused his invitation. […]
