Dear editor: If the citizens of Ontario accept what the Mike Harris government is doing in this province, how can we stand on Nov. 11 and say “Lest we forget”? I fail to see the difference between what happened in Germany in the late 1930s, which ultimately led to World […]
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Dear sir: In the fall of 1995, we circulated a petition in Fort Frances and Northwestern Ontario. It was directed to the National Parole Board requesting that parole be denied to Neil Scott Soutar, convicted of brutally raping two young women in Fort Frances. At the time, he was the […]
Dear sir: I have joined the ranks of those in Fort Frances who may sometimes be seen wearing clergy shirts. Mine resembles our new police uniform shirts (black) so as not to be easily visible by night–only mine has a little target at the neck. Since we arrived here in […]
Dear sir I write on behalf on Cambrian Presbytery, The United Church of Canada. The United Church of Canada has taken a position against gambling for decades. This position has been reviewed many times, and every review has resulted in a position against gambling. Now, we are faced with a […]
Dear editor: I was excited to see the brochure included in your paper in last Wednesday’s edition of the Fort Frances Times. It was advertising M & M Meats. Great? Wrong! I was checking through all the ads and found something very disheartening–“New York-striploin steaks; cut from government-inspected New Zealand […]
Dear editor: To begin, I would like to thank a close friend of the family for telling me to write this letter. Without his insistence, I may never have had the courage to do this. I am a mother of three and a teacher of many. Today, I broke with […]
Dear sir: An open letter to the Hon. David Johnson, minister of Education and Training, re: Bill 160–a bill to defraud the students of Ontario of their right to a quality education; a bill designed to concentrate fiscal and decision-making power in the hands of one man based in Toronto. […]
Dear Mike: So our municipal election looms on the horizon. Perhaps people need a recap of the work that’s been done in the past six years to help them make an informed decision. Too often, people’s memories are short and they often develop a “what-have-you-done-for-me-lately” attitude. We saw decisions on […]
Dear sir: Here’s the question: Do you honestly believe that the quality of education can be improved with another $670 million removed from the system; and that replacing qualified teachers with uncertified personnel in the classroom will solve the problem? If you do, then may I suggest that we have […]
Sometimes the best life wisdom comes from the most unexpected places. And today mine came from K-Mart. Rushing as I was to grab a few items and check out fast, it’s a wonder my ears were even working. And I still don’t know who wrote the first song or who […]
On Oct. 28, 1997, John T. (Jack) Egan passed away at Fort Frances, Ont. at the age of 77 years. He was the second-oldest in the family of Patrick Philbert Egan and Gertrude Rose Egan (nee Harrigan), and was born at Mazenod, Sask. on Nov. 17, 1919 “out on the […]
Irene Villeneuve, 75, of 632 First St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances on Tuesday, October 28, 1997. She was born April 1, 1922 in Bergland, Ont. to the late Norval and Alma Brusven. On Feb. 21, 1942 in Kenora, Ont., Irene […]
