Last Thursday’s provincial election is but a distant memory here as district residents battle a major flood threat for the second time in 12 years. But while people’s attention obviously is occupied by more pressing matters, incumbent MPP Sarah Campbell’s re-election by a wide margin warrants congratulations. She cruised to […]
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James Edward Gundeson, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, June 16, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral services will be held Friday, June 20, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.
It is with great sadness that the family of Linda Beth MacDonald announces her passing in Ottawa, Ont. on Tuesday, June 10, 2014 after a courageous battle following a stem cell transplant. Linda was born on Friday, May 20, 1949 in Fort Frances, Ont. to the late Frank and Fern […]
Elsie Gosselin passed away Thursday, June 12, 2014 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral arrangements are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
Mary B. Smith, 78, of Naicatchewenin First Nation, passed away Thursday, June 5, 2014, surrounded by family, at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born Sept. 22, 1935 on Clearwater Lake to Mike and Florence Johnson. She lived in the Naicatchewenin First Nation all her life. […]
Will your voice be heard at the ballot box? Or are you among the 50 percent of Ontario citizens who are going to let someone else make the decision for you about who will govern the province following tomorrow’s election? Around the coffee table, it appears no one is excited […]
Spring is a great time of year; it may very well be the most expressive season. It’s certainly the most hopeful despite spring’s tardiness, besides its awakening of biting insects and crawling vermin that may very well desecrate the trees and their leaves. But for now, in this moment, Mother […]
For the first time this year, I finally was able to get some much-needed yard work accomplished this past weekend. Well, I nearly had to get the tractor to pull my lawn mower out in one spot and had to go around a few puddles after that. But the grass […]
On June 6, 1944, nearly 21,000 Canadians took part in the Normandy landings with the goal to free Europe from the grips of the Nazi regime. So it was fitting that the all-party Veterans’ Affairs committee in Ottawa, of which I am a member, last week agreed to the 14 […]
In my lifetime, I have done a few impossible things–at least two! Impossible: unable to be done; not possible. That’s one definition. But there’s another one. Impossible: very difficult! And I’ve accomplished some very difficult things. The first impossible thing involved my mother and happened in Edmonton, Alta. in 1966. […]
The recent high water levels have brought all kinds of interesting news. Competing in the Emu walleye tournament, Bryan Bonot reportedly showed a predilection for switching from angling to full-immersion water sports. No word if he plans to make the switch permanent or if he was just “testing the waters,” […]
Dear editor: In response to James Sutherland’s letter, headlined “Fiddling away,” which appeared in the June 4 issue of the Times. Mr. Sutherland, I absolutely share your concern with the sky-high hydro rates in the northwest. This legacy of the Harris and McGuinty governments hurts families, hurts small business, and […]
