As in many areas of the continent, we’ve had an unusually warm winter—and spring is continuing warm. With that warmth has come lots of sickness, especially very “thorny” colds. Colds that last and last. Colds that make people ill and result in very low life energy. Personally, I think the […]
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There aren’t many district events that can boast a 75-year plus history. The Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts is among those few—getting underway today for the 76th time and running through April 22, with the annual “Highlights” concert set for Tuesday, May 10 at 6:30 p.m. at […]
Randy Crampton Dear editor: Please let me start off with stating how proud I am, as a Canadian, and how much I agree with the decision that our new federal government made regarding providing the many thousands of Syrian refugees a safe and healthy place to call home and raise […]
Nathalie Donaldson Dear Mike: Although the Rainy Lake Market Square Advisory Committee already has decided against the fort-themed market square, I would like to clarify the, perhaps misconstrued, intent behind this idea. In gathering public input for the project, I have heard from numerous people working in tourism and retail […]
Dave Erwin Dear editor: I was disappointed to see your article in the March 30/16 edition of the Times in which Lindsay Strickland and Cathie Sinninghe made a plea for a family change room at the Sportsplex. I found it sad that one of the excuses trotted out was the […]
Terri Galusha Dear editor: In response to Duane Hicks’ March 30 article, it is good to hear the Fort Frances Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee continues to work on getting more doctors to our area. Yet funding ideas for recruitment and retention were limited to suggesting that locum physicians, coming […]
Joyce Estella Silander (nee Westover), 84, peacefully passed away on Thursday, March 31, 2016 at the Red Lake Margaret Cochenour Memorial Hospital surrounded by family. Joyce was born Feb. 10, 1932 in Barwick, Ont. to the late Milton and Ida Westover. Joyce was united in marriage to Leo Silander on […]
Mary Barnard (Melnick), of Fort Frances, Ont., peacefully went to be with her Lord and Saviour on Saturday, April 2, 2016 with family by her side. Mary was born Oct. 25, 1925 in Sintaluta, Sask. Mary was joined in marriage to James Barnard and they had six children, Shirley (Jerome) […]
Kenneth (Ken) Kellar passed away peacefully in his 84th year on Sunday, April 3, 2016, at his home at 703 Scott St. in Fort Frances, Ont. Forever cherishing his memory remains are his daughter Catherine Kellar (Ross Quirie); son Keith Kellar (Tammy); and grandchildren Kenneth Kellar, Katelyn Quirie (Jared Pursaga), […]
A memorial mass for Bill Saranchuk will be held Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic in Fort Frances, Ont., with Fr. Victor De Gagné officiating. Interment will take place in St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Kenora, Ont.
“The annual ‘Sunshine List’ landed not so much with a thud as a whimper,” Queen’s Park columnist Christina Blizzard wrote on Monday. There were few surprises. Pan Am executives earned huge salaries to make the Toronto Pan Am Games the most successful ever, but at the same time, the games […]
Mark Gerber Dear sir: Looking through last week’s Fort Frances Times, I could not find even one mention or message regarding Good Friday and/or Easter. Since these are the major Christian events we celebrate each year, I would think it a good thing for them to be recorded and also […]
