Heather Latter In celebration of Franco-Ontarian Day yesterday, Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis displayed the Franco-Ontarian flag at the Civic Centre, where it flew for the first time. The Association des francophones du Nord-Ouest de l’Ontario also urged communities, schools, and francophones to wear green and white to mark the […]
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Joey Payeur The whole game was a shootout so it might as well have ended with one, too. Zachary Kercz netted the decisive goal, and Terry Hughes stopped three-of-four shootout chances, to seal a 7-6 victory for the host Dryden Ice Dogs over the Fort Frances Lakers in SIJHL action […]
Duane Hicks The local Salvation Army and the Mill Quarter-Century Old-Timers Club both have asked town council to help fund 100-year anniversary celebrations in 2014. During the public budget meeting Monday night, Lt. Dennis Maybury of the local Salvation Army told council that 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the […]
Staff The specific school results were as follows: •St. Francis (Grade 6)—71 percent in reading, 71 percent in writing, and 52 percent in mathematics; •St Michael’s (Grade 3)—64 percent (reading), 74 percent (writing), and 67 percent (mathematics); •St. Patrick’s (Grade 6)—82 percent (reading), 64 percent (writing), and 64 percent (mathematics); […]
A year ago, I wrote a column about the Rendez-Vous Yacht Club’s annual fall cruise and ended it with “Hurry up Spring, 2013 so we can go sailing again.” Here I am, fresh off the lake from the 2013 fall cruise and dumbfounded by the rushing river of time that […]
It is looking to be a busy week across the district! A cattle sale is set for this Saturday at the Stratton sales barn, which means many producers are trying to round up cattle a little closer to home and sort out which will stay and which will go! We […]
The second-last Sunset Country bass tournament of the year took place last weekend at Shoal Lake as 37 teams participated in the annual Last Chance Bass Classic. Shoal Lake is one of the best bass fisheries we have in Northwestern Ontario because of its clear water and relative remoteness. My […]
The SIJHL regular season left the starting blocks last Friday night, with the Fort Frances Lakers leading the charge. The Lakers earned a split of their opening two-game homestand—losing 4-3 to the Thunder Bay North Stars on Friday before dumping the expansion English River Miners 12-2 on Saturday. While it […]
This past week, I was happy to accept two new responsibilities in Ottawa. Following the New Democrat caucus retreat last week, I was asked by NDP leader Tom Mulcair to serve as our critic for forestry and to sit as a member of the Veterans Affairs committee. It has been […]
Occasionally there are questions about whether soil sample values can change depending on the weather in a given year, or the time of year the sample was taken. There is no easy answer. Soil test values do vary over time. But for most soil tests, the variation is relatively small […]
There aren’t many perfect people in the world, if any. We all seem to have our faults. But in my lifetime, I’ve had the privilege to have close connections to a few “near perfect” people. The first one was my father, Nicholas Gingerich. My father wasn’t rich or well-educated, but […]
What to do with all that abundance of garden produce? You only can eat so many zucchinis and the loaf, although supposedly healthy, has so much fibre, one’s bowels can be permanently distended—not to mention the gas. Fortunately, the frost has put an end to excessive production . . . […]
