Ever wonder why seniors are so cranky? Well, we have reasons other than regretting our misspent youth (that’s so far in the past, shrouded in the rose-coloured mists of time, that we generally only remember the goods bits). No, crankiness pretty much revolves around current events aggravated, no doubt, by […]
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There’s change afoot. Can you feel it? I can—and it has me happily rubbing my hands together and doing a high-five with anyone willing. We’re starting off 2014 with a positive foot forward with the UN declaring that “Small-Scale Organic Farming [is the] Only Way To Feed The World.” This […]
I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy, safe, and healthy 2014. As we enter the new year, there is no shortage of political and economic developments to keep tabs on. It may be fitting, then, to look at the year ahead. The main political battle […]
Just the other day, during a quiet moment on the drive home from a wonderful day of snowshoeing, my good friend gently said to me, “And you have an anniversary coming up?” I turned my head in his direction with a curious stare of pause. “An anniversary? No. No anniversary,” […]
I sometimes wonder where the world of computers is headed. In high school in my day for math and physics, we had to learn to master the slide rule. We had to be able to multiply, divide, find square roots, and many other functions on either that straight stick or […]
Lists are very important in our busy lives, even after retirement. My computer, for instance, is full of lists–lists of what I have to do and lists of what I have done. Shopping lists for my husband who buys the groceries and shopping lists for me. A list of columns […]
Joey Payeur Lindsay Cain buried her head into her third’s shoulder in half-joking fashion, not really wanting to see what was about to unfold. The Atikokan skip needed divine intervention but it was Hailey Beaudry and her Fort Frances rink whose prayers were answered Saturday at the Stratton Curling Club. […]
Joey Payeur There might be some undetected four-leaf clover sprinkled in Mike Badiuk’s DNA. The Devlin native certainly has been a good-luck charm to any skip he teams up with in recent years. Badiuk, who now lives in Thunder Bay and plays second for Dylan Johnston, will be heading to […]
Joey Payeur It had been 111 long and mostly miserable days since the Wisconsin Wilderness had tasted victory. Surely the remedy to what ailed them couldn’t have been the first-place Fort Frances Lakers—winners of seven-straight going into their match-up Saturday night in Spooner. Then again, some winter tales have endings […]
Heather Latter Those who enjoy a good documentary are not going to want to miss the upcoming film festival entitled “What’s Up Doc?” Presented by the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, it will run Jan. 20-23 starting at 5:30 p.m. A different film will be shown each night, with […]
Heather Latter As the 74th-annual Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts gears up, with entries now being accepted, people are reminded that all are welcome to participate. “It’s a fun and rewarding opportunity for people to showcase, develop, and nurture their dramatic and/or musical abilities,” noted Joleen Beninger […]
Heather Latter The charitable dinner for the Alzheimer Society of Kenora-Rainy River Districts, held Saturday night at La Place Rendez-Vous here, was a success—bringing in more the $4,000 that will be used locally to help people affected by Alzheimer’s disease and their families. “It went very well,” said Rossana Tomashowski, […]
