Dear sir: It is time to question the direction that the public school system is headed–the cuts in funding, revised teaching responsibilities, a decrease in the number of local school boards, a centralized control of the system, and draconian legislation that creates an atmosphere of mistrust and confusion. During the […]
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Dear sir: I graduated from university in 1991 with a degree and certification to teach grades nine to OAC from this increasingly fascist province. At the time, I wished to pursue other interests and placed myself on the call in list for “supply teaching.” As it happened, though, immediately after […]
Dear editor: I’m writing about the quality of the Times online. I had asked my mom about a subscription from your paper while I’m away at school. She had gotten it for my brother when he went to Alberta four years ago so I thought I would, too. She told […]
Dear editor: At the risk of alienating the Times readership, I feel compelled to pen one more letter about the Harris government’s money mismanagement. If you have watched any Ontario-based TV channel lately, you no doubt have seen our millions of tax dollars at work in education ministry commercials. What […]
Dear sir: I would like to congratulate Rainy River District for exceeding last year’s work-for-welfare placement target. By creating 55 placements last year, Rainy River District helped local welfare recipients get the skills, job experience, and self-confidence they need to move from welfare to work. Taxpayers demand high standards and […]
Dear sir: We are sure that by now, many of you are aware the teachers at Fort Frances High School–as well a countless other high schools across Ontario–have withdrawn their services from all extra-curricular activities. This is due to the fact that members of the OSSTF are being forced to […]
As a part-time firefighter for more than 13 years, I have responded to many other types of emergencies, including motor vehicle accidents. The number one cause of accidental deaths in Canada is motor vehicle accidents. Trips and falls are second. Wearing a seat belt in Ontario is the law! Yet […]
Alvern Joyce Ayerhart passed away at the Northumberland Health Care Centre in Cobourg, Ont. on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2000. She was the beloved wife of George Ayerhart; dear mother of Douglas and his wife, Heather McLean, and Monty; loving grandmother of Jessie McLean and his wife, Kathleen, and Shae Ayerhart; […]
Cecelia Elizabeth Hodson Boucha passed away peacefully at her home Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000. She was the daughter of Alfred E. Hall of Emo, Ont. and Lily Marie Hurdle of Newbury, Ont. Cecelia was born May 4, 1927 in Emo, Ont. She was 73 years old. Cecelia left behind to […]
Bernard Bird of Green Manor, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye hospital Sept. 14, 2000. He was born March 8, 1927 in Fort Frances. He is survived by children, Bradley Bird, Edward Bird and friend, Mary, Bonnie Tolzman and husband, Brian, Beverly and Bob Smith, and Michael Bird. […]
John C. Butler, 62, of Brazil, Ind., passed away suddenly on Sept. 13, 2000 at Nestor Falls, Ont. in a boating accident. Born Nov. 9, 1937, in Brazil, he was the son of Lochel and Esther Woollard Butler. He graduated Van Buren High School in 1955. He received his Bachelor […]
Elizabeth Carter, beloved wife of Stewart Carter of Buffalo Point, and formerly of Ste. Anne, Man., passed away suddenly Friday, Sept. 8, 2000. Born April 3, 1939 at at Teulon, she attend school there and graduated from Teulon Collegiate. Elizabeth married Stewart Carter on Nov. 22, 1957 and resided in […]
