Boozhoo nindinawemaaganag. Zaagategaabo nindigoo. Wazhazhk nindoodem. Mitaanjigamiing nindoonji. A few days ago, as I read comments on Facebook about the possible name change of Colonization Road, I was utterly disgusted at the number of ignorant remarks. So, I decided to ask Siri what the definition of colonization was. Siri answered […]
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Dear editor, I am writing in response to your article summarizing the opinions of the residents of Colonization Road with respect to a proposed change of street name. The results suggest that many residents that responded to the survey stand against the proposed change as evidenced by the mostly anonymous […]
Dear editor, Colonization Road will be renamed, now or in the future, because of the simple fact that it is offensive and hurtful. I don’t feel any other reason is required. However I would like to address some of the discouraging responses I have read, particularly with regards to Councillor […]
Dear editor, Last week I was both surprised and humbled to receive a special recognition for the 2020 Citizen of the Year Award. Thank you to the Mayor, Council, and my nominators for considering me. In this letter I would like to add some details about the organization I was […]
Dear editor, It behooves the guardians of public opinion such as Fort Frances Times to publish unsigned opinions of any issue without the signature of the writer. Doing otherwise reduces such opinions to useless drivel. Signed,Ted Brockie
“I’m no lady, sir, nor may you call me dear.” That is my mantra, the first part borrowed from a movie I recently watched (The Secret Garden) and the latter of my own creation. I never aspired to be a lady, much to my mother’s disappointment. Her list of my […]
Natali Trivuncic
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
A new academic study released on Monday in northwestern Ontario finds health care staff are over-worked and facing psychological distress during the pandemic. Dr. James Brophy and Dr. Margaret Keith, academic researchers affiliated with the University of Windsor, led the investigative study on health care workers’ experiences in Ontario’s hospitals […]
Back in the pre-COVID days when we could travel, after being rooted out of bed by the grandkids I would head for the Koffee Klatch at the City Mall Food Court. One morning it was like viewing a UN collection of the walking wounded – literally. The group clustered around […]
Ken Kellar Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The future of health education is here, and it’s at Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI). SGEI campuses in Fort Frances, Kenora and Sioux Lookout are rolling out their brand-new Health Disciplines Simulation Labs in order to provide their students in various programs like nursing, […]
Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) Health Disciplines Coordinator Taylor Noble demonstrates some of the functions of the Anatomage Virtual Dissection Table that has been set up at the school’s new Health Disciplines Simulation Lab at SGEI’s Fort Frances campus on Friday afternoon. The Anatomage provides a hi-tech alternative to textbooks […]
Ken Kellar photo Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) Health Disciplines Coordinator Taylor Nobel demonstrates some of the functions of the Anatomage Virtual Dissection Table that has been set up at the school’s new Health Disciplines Simulation Lab at SGEI’s Fort Frances campus on Friday afternoon. The Anatomage provides a hi-tech […]
Ken Kellar photo Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) Health Disciplines Coordinator Taylor Nobel demonstrates some of the functions of the Anatomage Virtual Dissection Table that has been set up at the school’s new Health Disciplines Simulation Lab at SGEI’s Fort Frances campus on Friday afternoon. The Anatomage provides a hi-tech […]
