Sarah Pruys Hal Mickelson and Norma Jean Calder enjoyed their spaghetti dinner last night at the Fort High cafeteria before the FFHS band’s spring concert began. The “chem-free” grad committee hosted the supper as a fundraiser, serving spaghetti, salad, buns, and cheesecake with the assistance of the Fort Frances Kiwanis […]
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Last week, Metrolinx, a government agency tasked with co-ordinating the transit systems in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas, released a series of controversial proposals for funding transit expansion in that region, including increases to the gas tax and HST, either regionally in southern Ontario or province-wide. While it is […]
It’s June—and we still are struggling to plant and get our “spring” jobs completed. I’m feeling overwhelmed right now as the list keeps growing, the calendar keeps turning, and the weather continues to not co-operate. We purchased a new brush mower last year for grass cutting here at the Emo […]
It’s nearly 9:30 p.m. and I’m looking out my front window at the still and quiet of the evening and the closing off of daylight as the orange sun slides beneath the horizon. Once again, and this time through very sad events in the lives of others, I am reminded […]
Wood ticks are on my list of does the world really need these things. Also on this list are tent caterpillars, tomato hornbeams, the little green caterpillars that flourish in my organic broccoli (choosing only to come out when boiled and the broccoli placed on my plate), and people who […]
It’s back to business for me this week as I’m preparing for the fifth FLW Tour event of the season this coming weekend on Oklahoma’s Grand Lake. Last week, I took a break from the fishing and put in some tourist time with my fiancé, August, in Nashville, Tenn. and […]
For the first time in a number of years, I have to say this year’s NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat actually interests me. Granted, it’s not the traditional match-up between superpowers like the L.A. Lakers and Boston Celtics had in 2008 and 2010, and it’s […]
This deserves an annual reprise: It’s that time of year again when the lawn warrior girds himself for battle. Weapons belt bristling with digger, snippers, three varieties of weed killer, and other assorted instruments of war, the grim combatant enters the field to face and eradicate the foe. And don’t […]
Years ago, I had a board meeting in the southern part of the state and my husband went with me for a day trip. It’s so long ago that I don’t remember the content of the meeting, what restaurants we enjoyed, or the scenery. What I do remember, though, is […]
It’s that time of year when we notice, in some cases, more moss than grass growing in parts of our pastures. What went wrong? How can the problem be fixed? Most folks want to know what they can do to get rid of the moss, but the root of the […]
Lucas Punkari As is often the case during the summer, the ball diamond at Couchiching was surrounded by interested observers as two teams battled it out in fastball action Monday night. But instead of the guys who take to the field on weekly basis in the RRDFL, it was women […]
Lucas Punkari Although a lot smaller than those from schools in Thunder Bay, the Muskie track-and-field squad finished in eighth place out of 14 teams at the NWOSSAA championships last Tuesday and Wednesday. “It was a great meet for our team,” enthused head coach Natasha Shack. “Last year we left […]
