Dear sir: If you are an “empty nester” aged 55 and over, the proposed Rainy River Life Lease non-profit co-operative housing project may be for you. A number of us who attended the first Rainy River meeting on the proposed project visited the Kenora Life Lease Southward Villa. This one-year-old, […]
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Safety and the role it plays in your life depends on many things, including your attitude. All of us need to learn how to protect ourselves and family members from the potential injury hazards that can strike at any given time. We all need to be made aware of and […]
Ross McDonald, 52, of King Street, Emo, Ont., passed away Sunday, Aug. 16, 1998 in Emo. Ross was born Jan. 12, 1946 in Emo to Willard and Ruby McDonald. He lived all of his life in Emo, and on May 11, 1968, was united in marriage to the former Marilynn […]
Herbert Horatio (Herb) Summers passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1998 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Comox, B.C. after a courageous battle with cancer. Herb was born March 9, 1917 in Riverhurst, Sask. He is survived by his wife, Margaret, of 54 years; two sons, Gary Summers and Mark Summers of […]
William Russell Bennett passed away suddenly at his residence on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 1998 in his 78th year. Beloved husband of Elizabeth; loving father of Frederick and his wife, Betty, William and his wife, Pamela, and Cathy Mazurkiewicz and her husband, Eugene; and grandfather of Amy, David, Jennifer, Holly, Frances, […]
Something special is happening in health care in Northwestern Ontario. No, it’s not the doom and gloom, roof-is-falling-in stuff in the daily media. It’s ordinary people doing extraordinary things as they respond constructively to change. For more than a decade, the do-better-with-less revolution has hammered every workplace. Hospitals and health […]
Dear editor: The Conservative government’s document, “Lands for Life,” is a proposal that intends to affect vast changes to many of our interests. Almost every outdoor activity we as residents of Northwestern Ontario relish and consider sacred could be affected. It is our belief this government will destroy a system […]
Dear editor: I am 88 years old and my wife is 81. I have looked after my wife, who has severe Alzheimer’s disease, at home for the last nine years with the help of Home Care and occasional respite care in hospital. Two weeks ago my wife and I went […]
Dear editor, As Fire Marshal of Ontario, I deal with the impact and tragedy of fire on a daily basis. The fact is, approximately 70 percent of fire deaths occur in homes that are not protected by working smoke alarms. It is particularly tragic when fire strikes our most vulnerable […]
Andrew Carpenter, 66, of Arbor Vitae, Ont., passed away at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Man. on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 1998. Andrew was born May 6, 1932 in Vassar, Man. to the late Paul and Cecile Carpenter. As a young boy, he attended Sutherland School in Arbor Vitae, and at […]
Melvina Blackburde, 62, of Manitou Rapids, Ont. passed away at McKellar Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Friday, Aug. 7, 1998. She was born Dec. 21, 1935 in Manitou Rapids, Ont. to the late Gilbert and Charlotte Blackburde. Melvina had lived all of her life at Manitou. Throughout the years, […]
Clarence Lorne Caul, 86, of 43 Queen Street, Emo, Ont. passed away Friday, Aug. 7, 1998 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born March 28, 1912 in Cartwright, Man. to the late Rufus and Gertrude Caul. Clarence moved to the Rainy River District at a […]
