Jennie Marian Mallory, 82, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
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Ronald Reford, 91, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
Ralph Bruyere, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. Cremation has taken place and a private service will be held at a later date. If friends so desire, in memoriam donations may be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 104-979 Alloy Dr., Thunder Bay, Ont., […]
I have my father’s camera—the one he took with him to India when he was stationed there during the Second World War. I’m not sure where and when he bought the camera, but I’m guessing he had it tucked into his kit when he ferried a Liberator from Gander, Nfld. […]
I like the lights of the Christmas season and especially enjoy the variety of styles that people use to decorate their yards. I hope we have enough snow to cover the leaves and brown grass, but not too much to bury the lights in the yard. Before the new LED […]
“Read many books.” My history teacher in high school said those three words every time we left his class. It’s been 38 years since I last walked past that teacher flashing his white-toothed smile and chanting his literary mantra to the group filing out of his classroom. But “Read many […]
A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to get to use my deer tag on a small eight-point buck not too far from my house. The beauty of living out-of-town like we do is that we pretty much can step out the door of our house and start […]
Most years I’m finished at the Emo Agricultural Research Station by Dec. 1, but that isn’t the case this year as I still have to finish my forage data. I think the fact that the building is not overly warm will make me work harder to complete it! I debated […]
This past week, Auditor General Michael Ferguson released his fall report and found that the Harper Conservatives are failing a number of Canadians, including veterans and people who are living in remote and northern Canada. Even worse was the Conservative government’s response. In his study of certain programs delivered to […]
A lot of things have changed in the more than 20 years since I have been writing this column, but none has been more earth-shattering for me than the demise of paper. Early on, I had to print out multiple copies of each column (on paper) and stuff envelopes, including […]
The new Fort Frances council for 2014-18 only was sworn in Monday evening but, as Mayor Roy Avis correctly observed, it will have to hit the ground running. Fortunately, with five returning faces to the table, that shouldn’t present much of a problem. And clearly the community has faith that […]
Dear editor: The message that was conveyed in the Fort Frances Times last Wednesday (Nov. 25) is full of misleading facts. Yes, facts, because Resolute used some truth to make themselves into the good guys. Their perception of themselves is not commonly shared by many. We still view them as […]
