To the editor, The other day I saw something that I think deserved mentioning. I was walking at the water front at 6:30 a.m. and I saw an elderly couple walking toward me. I had seen them before, but this time they were carrying bags and they were picking up […]
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I have always admired these working giants, and I am glad they are making a comeback on the farm. I suppose my feelings are, at least in part, nostalgia. I quite easily can recall, as can many of you, when the really heavy work was done by a horse, or […]
Gene Andrusco, 38, of Huntington Beach, Calif., passed away Monday, March 20, 2000 at his home. He was born April 6, 1961 in Fort Frances, Ont. He was a graduate of Garey High School in Pomona, Calif., where he lived for many years with his parents before settling in Huntington […]
Our most familiar harbinger of spring is most likely the robin. But its close relative, the Bluebird, is another. In Northern Ontario, there are only two other birds which are blue. But the bluebird can be easily identified by its red-brown breast, its deep blue head, back wings, and tail, […]
Area First Nations deserve applause for taking the bull by the horns to establish a satellite dialysis unit at La Verendrye hospital here–and their determined effort to land a service so desperately needed by so many district residents warrants widespread support. They’ve enjoyed remarkable success so far. Last week, they […]
Dear sir: I would like to reply to the letter of Mr. Al Kaczorek that recently appeared on-line on your web site. I, and everyone I personally know, have complied with every Canadian regulation that we know of when we come up to fish the “river” in March and April. […]
Dear sir: In reference to the article in last Wednesday’s Times, “Elizabeth Taylor to attend FFHS reunion,” I wish to inform you that I will be bringing another celebrity to the reunion, James Taylor. Although James is not a graduate of FFHS, he looks forward to meeting all Fort High […]
Dear sir: I am an avid reader of the Fort Frances Times, and I rarely miss an issue of the Daily Bulletin or the weekly edition of the paper. When we moved here three years ago, my first connection to the town of Fort Frances was through reading your newspaper. […]
Wylie Young Roach passed away of cancer in his 49th year Monday, April 3, 2000 in Vancouver, B.C. Born in Sussex, N.B. on April 10, 1951, he was a beloved son of Dr. W.A. (Bill) and the late Eileen Roach; and dear youngest brother of Graham of Toronto, Beth of […]
On Sunday, April 2, 2000 at the Foyer Valade, Mrs. Lucienne Thorimbert went to her final rest at the age of 88 years. Lucienne is survived by her four daughters, Rose Tremblay (Léo) Jeanne Lajoie (Raymond), Thérese Degagné (Ed), and Cécile Pundyk (Ed). She also is survived by numerous nieces, […]
Stuart Edward McLeod was born in Emo, Ont., on March 21, 1928. He grew up on the family farm during the Great Depression and was educated by the quiet common sense of his late father, Addison, mother, Muriel, and the nearby country schools that couldn’t contain his wanderlust. Stuart passed […]
Mary Rose (Plichta) Larson, 69, passed away Wednesday, March 29, 2000. She was born July 24, 1930 in Sundown, Man. to the late Joseph and Annie Plichta.
