Joey Payeur The scent of blood lay upon the frozen water–the ideal scenario for a Shark attack. The Gillons’ Sharks were ferocious predators when it counted most, scoring the last four goals of the game en route to a 7-2 win over the West End Bruins (Thunder Bay) in the […]
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Duane Hicks Judy Kielczewski worked on hooking the “winter” panel of the local Community Arts and Heritage Education Project—“What Hooks You Here?”—last Wednesday afternoon at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. She and Debbie Ballard will be at the library on the first three Wednesdays of every month from […]
Peggy Revell J.W. Walker students Jacob Gustafson and Ellie Petsnick demonstrated how a “frog” can be dissected with new SmartBoard technology during last Thursday’s “Technology in the Classroom” evening there. Parents were invited to see how students and teachers are integrating new technology into the learning environments at schools under […]
Peggy Revell Katelyn Bruyere blanket-stitched around felt mittens Sunday afternoon during a craft workshop at the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre to create woollen candle mats. More than two dozen people turned out for the workshop, which was led by Joyce Martinson and Linda Plumridge.
Peggy Revell Curtis Martin (#44) of the Dakota College at Bottineau Lumberjacks took a tumble into the crease during a scramble to get the puck into the Fort Frances Thunderhawks’ net during Sunday afternoon’s exhibition game at the ’52 Canadians Arena. The hosts swept the two-game series.
When I was 11 years old, I started delivering papers along First Street with my brother in the middle of January. We both went to Robert Moore School. School days did not end until 4 p.m. back then, and all the carriers would run/walk to the Times’ office, which was […]
Last week was another chilly one across Northwestern Ontario, which makes it as good a time as any to look ahead and think of the warm summer months that are just around the corner. Over the past few days, my office has received the 2011 guidelines for the Canada Summer […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Following up from last week’s article, here are the final four of seven essential elements of a marketing plan, provided by John Bancroft, Market Strategies program lead, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs: 1. Marketing tools This is where producers evaluate the […]
I don’t know what’s worse: the bitter cold or the snow? I was glad to see the milder temperature Monday morning, but I wasn’t so impressed to see the pile of snow on my deck—again. I clean my deck off every time it snows (which has been almost daily this […]
Over the holidays, I got overwhelmed and let quite a few things go. Then, when January came, my daughter and I went on an organizing binge. As a result, I got even more behind. One of the things I neglected was my e-mail–answering only the most urgent ones and saving […]
Many people woke up to yet more white stuff on the ground over the weekend. What a great time to get out on the snowmachine, right? Well, maybe not if you’re hauling heavy supplies or fishing gear on the lake. Unbelievably, even with all the bitterly cold weather of late, […]
One good turn will take the whole blanket. At least that’s what my friend, Norm, told me—and my wife, the Pearl of the Orient, has been consistently proving over the last 42 years. This past winter week at the condo in Florida, things came to a head. For more than […]
