I spent the Family Day holiday expanding my family as calves are coming. Alas, winter still is very much here with this blowing snow that we really do not need. I know we shouldn’t complain. It has warmed up—but it doesn’t need to snow every time it does. I think […]
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This past week was a very busy one in Ottawa, during which the Harper government presented another 400-plus page monster budget bill that does nothing to create jobs or make life affordable in Northwestern Ontario and that saw me take the issue of propane price gouging to the floor of […]
I’ve been flag-watching since the Sochi Olympics opened and though it is impossible to contain my bias, I love the clean, simple freshness of our Canadian flag and its uniqueness. The Maple Leaf conjures up any number of concepts for me: our vast natural wilderness, what I think of as […]
That new gigantic purse your spouse has just acquired looks like a real fashion statement. But is it really? The added capacity could be for anything from bringing along a supply of Depends for hubby to harvesting snacks at the buffet for tomorrow’s dinner or for the dog (or, in […]
After spending a few weeks in south Florida, it was back to reality (and winter) for me this past week. Other than the foot of snow that had piled up in my driveway, it was nice to be home. Although this winter has been long, with no end in sight, […]
Joey Payeur Enough of the dress rehearsals. Let’s get on with the big show. The Muskie boys’ and girls’ hockey teams are anxious to begin what they hope will be championship runs as the NorWOSSA playoffs get underway this week. On the girls’ side, the black-and-gold capped their regular season […]
Joey Payeur Necessity has forced Fort Frances Youth Soccer to turn back the clock. At its annual general meeting earlier this month, the FFYS decided the number of players accepted to play this season in each of the six age divisions will be in direct correlation to the number of […]
Joey Payeur If the eyes are the window to the soul, a look into Maryam Seid’s tear-stained face would have given a stark view of the painful reality of opportunity lost. Seid was one of five Grade 12 Muskies who played their final high school volleyball match here last Thursday—a […]
Joey Payeur It was every coach’s dream come to life. Matt Swing had a team-high 14 points but there was nary a player in a black-and-gold jersey who didn’t contribute something positive to the Muskies’ 63-34 romp over the Kenora Broncos in the NorWOSSA junior boys’ basketball final here Thursday. […]
Duane Hicks The Charles J. Watt Fiction Collection is one of the recent examples of the public’s generous support of the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. Library CEO Alicia Subnaik Kilgour said Watt’s son, Jeffrey, contacted the library last year in wanting to make a donation in memory of […]
Heather Latter It might not be long before you see Erika Kozar’s name among the likes of Christian Dior, Giorgio Armani, or Coco Chanel. The Fort Frances native, in her second year studying fashion design at Fanshawe College in London, Ont., recently was recruited to design a dress for Heidi […]
Heather Latter The Adventure Inn here will re-open as the Copper River Inn and Conference Centre next month after recently being purchased by Bryce Campbell and his mom, Sheila, of Reston, Man. And the new owners are in the midst of giving the facility a complete face-lift. “We want to […]
