Lloyd Reynolds, 81, of Devlin, Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, May 6, 2016 at his residence, with his family by his side. He will be greatly missed by family and friends. Cremation has taken place, and a gathering of family and friends will take place at a later date. […]
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Mae Neill-Upshall, 90, peacefully passed away, with her family by her side, on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. Mae was born Sept. 1, 1925 in Kingsford Township, Ont. to Ernest and Ethel (Cann) Smith. Mae was married to John (Jack Matheson) […]
Curran Strachan Dear editor: This is a response to the “Scandalous” letter you published on April 27. What I find “disheartening” about this letter is that still today in 2016, we have people who still have such narrow minds. It’s unfortunate that it is still frowned upon to dress your […]
Nina Stopa Dear editor: I am writing this in response to the letter entitled “Scandalous” in your paper last week. While I am not here to dispute Mr. Johnson’s claims, as it is my belief that such ignorance and bigotry is inarguable, I am here to say shame on you […]
Matt Soprovich Dear editor: I’d like to extend a big public jeer to Jerome Johnson for last week’s thinly-veiled homophobic rant disguised as a letter to the editor (“Scandalous,” April 27.) You’ve clearly expressed yourself with the clarity and logic of a YouTube comment section when you try to argue […]
Amanda Little Dear editor: The definition of scandalous: causing general public outrage by a perceived offence against morality or law. When I saw a letter to the editor entitled as such, I thought to myself, “Well, I better click on that.” However, I wish I hadn’t. I wish I hadn’t […]
Valerie Hallam Dear editor: In reply to the letter “Scandalous” from Mr. Jerome Johnson (Fort Frances Times, April 27). Oh dear, Mr. Johnson . . . where have you been? Time and the world have moved on. I am quite confident in suggesting that no parents of these children “forced” them […]
Anika Beaudry Dear editor: I read a letter to the editor from last Wednesday’s Times. Now normally I would skip over this part of the paper, and normally I would not even think about writing a response. However, the letter that caught my eye basically was about how “Day of […]
Rainy Lake’s ice finished sinking to the bottom over the weekend and the first boats started filling marinas. Everyone seems to be rushing to get their boats on the water. I wasn’t the first to put my boat in this year. The blue water beckoned and Badiuk’s had my boat […]
It is my birthday on Friday (April 29). As I write this, another year has gone, slipped away overnight never to be retrieved, and I find myself remembering birthdays past (as I am inclined to do), where I wander around in my memory searching in corners for treasured moments. Birthdays […]
