My thumbs hurt. I hate to complain but they hurt, almost all the time, and I think if I ate more green vegetables, they would hurt less. And though that seems an easy enough remedy to incorporate into my daily schedule, I don’t seem able to master the excessive use […]
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The generosity of local residents certainly was front and centre once again over the weekend. On Friday night, about 80 people came out to the 200 block of Scott Street to spend the night on the sidewalk as part in the inaugural “Longest Night of the Year” sleep-out event. Organized […]
Dear editor: I am writing in regards to Dave Bourgeault’s letter to the editor in the Oct. 10 issue of the Times. He once again brought up the “name change” issue regarding the senior centre. I am very confused because the two requests he mentioned actually have been met. One […]
Dear editor: Oct. 15-21 is Foster Family Appreciation Week. This is our opportunity to celebrate and show gratitude to our foster families across Kenora-Rainy River District. What amazing families they are; that offer love and kindness to the many children and their families. They welcome and accept with compassion and […]
Dear editor: I am writing to you in response to Dave Bourgeault’s letter in last week’s Times with regard to the name change of the Fort Frances Senior Centre. First of all, I am amazed that June Caul alone, who is on the senior centre board, had the power to […]
Dear editor: With the upcoming municipal election, we cannot expect that a new mayor and an almost new-look council will reduce taxes in Fort Frances. The need for revenue increases on a yearly basis. The cost of living in Ontario is expected to increase this year over three percent. This […]
The Northern Policy Institute recently released a paper entitled “Exploring the Need for a Northern Newcomer Strategy.” It may have come to many as a shock but having watched census databases over the past two decades of the numbers and the reduction of population in the Rainy River District, it […]
It is great sadness that the family of Susan Joan Marr announces her passing on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Susan was born on June 4, 1954 in Fort Frances to the late Jack and Muriel Marr. She grew up in Fort […]
Ron Orton, of Rainy River, Ont., passed away on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018 at the Rainy River Health Centre at the age of 89. He was born on April 20, 1929 in Birmingham, England. After the end of WWII, Ron enlisted with the R.A.F. and was posted to Germany, where […]
It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of John Harold Bagacki on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018. Although John had been struggling with cancer, he passed peacefully following a stroke. John was predeceased by his parents, George and Catherine; sister, Lillian Boyce; and brother-in-law, Bill Moen. He is […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Jean-Paul Forget, 66, of Fort Frances, Ont., announces his passing on Monday, Oct. 8, 2018 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Paul is survived by his wife, Anne Forget; and children, Joelle Forget (spouse, John), Rozanne Flatt (partner, Mike), and […]
