Dear sir: The “Great Dream” for our polticians begins. Anyone running for public office has honest ideas and intentions to do the best job for their constituents if elected. They are all getting “carried away” during the campaign with promises they are unable to keep, regardless which party is being […]
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Dear sir: On behalf of the festival committee, I would like to thank all individuals, businesses, and organizations that helped make our 59th-annual Music and Drama Festival possible. I would especially like to say thank you to the volunteers who helped run the sessions, acting as chairperson, adjudicator’s assistant and […]
Dear sir: The weather was not warm or inviting but your generosity and goodwill shone through to help us achieve a very successful Tag Day for ’99 (May 7). Thank you for your contributions, allowing La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary members to further enhance patient care in our hospital. Each person […]
Dear sir: Mike Harris has one of the poorest attendance records in the Ontario Legislature compared to those of recent premiers. Since the Tories came to power, there have been a total of 214 votes called in the Legislature and Mike missed 158 of these (a whopping 74 percent). He […]
Dear editor: I would like to thank the many people who contributed once more to a very successful spring clean-up. Originally, the plan was designed to help senior citizens, disabled people, and those without access to a truck or trailer (or to a friend, relative, or neighbour who had one) […]
Dear sir: On behalf of the CEP Local 49 in Fort Frances, I would like to thank the many businesses, unions, and individuals who made donations towards our strike against Bell Canada. It is thanks to your contributions that we were able to hold out for a better contract that […]
Occasionally, I get a bit of mail from my faithful readers. Here’s a sampling: Dear Squirrel Pie, Obviously yew don’t know a darn ting about socks! Uffda! Any bushvacher mit a smidgen uff common sense can explain how to get at least two years out uff a pair of socks. […]
On Friday, June 18, 1999, our beloved brother, uncle, and great uncle, George Kelly, passed away due to cancer at Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora, Ont. with family members at his side. He was born Dec. 4, 1940 in Kenora to the late Harry Kelly and Mary […]
Peacefully with her loving family by her side, Dorothy Bonot passed away on Tuesday, May 18, 1999 after a long battle with cancer. Dorothy was born Aug. 15, 1928 to Axel and Laura (Ducharme) Anderson on her grandparents’ farm along Highway 621 in the Township of Pratt. She attended school […]
Dennis Eldon Hayes, born Dec. 6, 1953 in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away of pneumonia May 17, 1999 at the age of 45. He went to school in Miscampbell and Fort Frances before working in the bush for Ontario Hydro and Boise. He also worked construction, and belonged to International […]
Mary Anne Helen Medicine passed away May 16, 1999. She was born Feb. 7, 1957. Mary Anne Medicine left behind ex-husband, Glen Medicine of Manitou Rapids Reserve, Ont. She had three children, Steve Wynne of Toronto, Ont., Darlene Sullivan of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., and Alphonse Nolan of Manitou Rapids […]
Mr. Ken Corrigan, 60, of Shebandowan, Ont., passed away peacefully in hospital Saturday, April 24, 1999 with his family at his side. Born in Emo, Ont. on July 5, 1938, he later moved to Port Arthur, Ont. in 1957. Ken was well-known and respected throughout Northwestern Ontario in the capacity […]
