Jesse Carmody of NCDS pulled the winning ticket for the Kiwanis Club Trip of the Month draw for September this morning. Dawson Mihichuk was the winner of a Newfoundland Self- Drive trip valued at $3,800. October’s draw is for a Banff Ski Package ($3,800). –Ken Kellar photo
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Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the August Riverside 50/50 electronic raffle is Justin Hagen of Emo, ON with the winning ticket number K-2019504. Hagen takes home $16,102, with the same amount going to the Foundation. The draw was made Tuesday, August 31 […]
The Bluenose II is currently docked on the Lunenburg wharf on Nova Scotia’s south shore. I like to think she dreams, while gazing out to the Atlantic, of racing with the same prowess as her predecessor in whose likeness she was created. Visitors are allowed to stroll her open decks […]
Dear editor, Vast, beautiful, healthy forests define Canada, making up 38 per cent of our land. But they are under attack. Wildfires engulf huge swaths of woodlands in British Columbia; smoke from similar infernos in north-west Ontario reaches as far as Toronto, Windsor and Ottawa. We know a main cause […]
Prior to the last municipal election, affordable housing in Fort Frances and the district was a concern of many voters. Now in the 2021 Federal Election cycle, affordable housing has become a major issue with Canadian voters from coast to coast. The government’s definition of affordable housing includes a statement […]
Bob Dunn
Distant Replay
Distant Replay
Flashback: A sideline reporter’s job is to interview out-of-breath football players on the sidelines as they prepare for the next series of plays. This is new to radio (or TV) broadcasts. Also new to this is the reporter, who is told by a broadcast higher-up he now has a half-time […]
You know it is just amazing how many emails I get from people I haven’t written to They offer all kinds of goods and services that I’m not even interested in. Isn’t it amazing. Of particular interest are the charities I support. People like Canadian Red Cross CNIB and Leprosy […]
Naicatchewenin First Nations is hosting their annual fall bass and walleye fishing tournament on September 10 and 11. The entree fee is $300.00 To register call Darlene at 486-3515. There will be food booths during this event. Weigh-ins are at 4 p.m. both days. This is always a fun tournament, […]
Henry Miller
Tales from the Wild
Tales from the Wild
In a previous article, I had mentioned that only a few bluebirds had returned from the south this spring. Ice storms had killed the migrating bluebirds as well as most wildlife in some southern states. In addition, I had given preliminary results of our first monitoring of the birdhouses. In […]
The end of August! August is such a fast month for me, and I dread it as I end of missing some days at the Station, the students leave and it is a mad scramble to get plots harvested, seed cleaned, and winter crops planted. We had enough rain that […]
By Elizabeth Donaldson
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
Mother always worked outside but she always tried to be prepared for the occasional visitor that came. She had many cousins who liked to come and there were also several business people to deal with. We did not often have company in the winter as the sideroads were not snowplowed. […]
May 19, 1976-August 24, 2021 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Corey James Langner on August 24, 2021. Corey was born on May 19, 1976, to parents William and Beverley Langner in Sioux Lookout, Ont. He lived in various places and went to school in […]
