It is cold out there, so lake life is about to heat up. Every year around this time, the first snowmobile makes it across. And once word gets out, a flood of other trekkers follow. It’s always exciting to see that first adventurer journey the pristine expanse of white. Seeing […]
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What a busy time of the year! Never mind trying to clean house and shop for Christmas, but we seemed to have crammed in a bunch of important meetings before we shut down for the Christmas break. The Ontario Cattlemen’s Association has been working on a proposed Business Risk Management […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo Farmers tend to put succession planning off until “tomorrow.” Maybe it’s the fear of dealing with the unknown or the fear of being “put out to pasture.” Or just the fear of facing the loss of a business they created. Two options exist for […]
?It’s always noteworthy when Canadians make it big south of the border in the United States, especially when it is in something that’s typically dominated by American personalities. When a Canadian makes it to the NFL, the NBA, or Major League Baseball, it is big news. Well, last week it […]
There was an interesting battle going on in the sporting world this week. Yes, the Pittsburgh Penguins met the Philadelphia Flyers in one of the NHL’s most intense rivalries in recent years while the City of Brotherly Love also saw the NFL’s Eagles take on the hated Dallas Cowboys. The […]
Norm Guenette Dear sir: Recently I was afforded the opportunity to bring a class from Fort Frances High School to La Verendrye Hospital for an all-day presentation. Organized and staged by the local paramedics, we were there to participate in what is called the P.A.R.T.Y. program. I was in as […]
Margaret Ann Hudson Dear editor: Just thinking back to the Christmas party at Rainycrest on Friday afternoon–and what a great time it was! Rainycrest Auxiliary members assembled around 12:30 p.m., all donning Santa hats of some kind or another. The Activation staff then got all the chairs in place and […]
It is with saddened hearts that we announce the passing of Euphemia (Pheme) Larsen, nee Hyatt, at Pioneer Ridge in Thunder Bay, Ont. on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. Euphemia was born Sept. 29, 1921 to John and Jessie Hyatt. She was raised and lived in the rural Fort Frances, Ont. […]
Staff Sounds like somebody had a case of the Mondays. The Fort Frances Lakers (19-10-2) saw its losing streak hit three games with a 5-4 overtime loss to the visiting Duluth Clydesdales (7-19-2) last night. The skid is the team’s longest such string of the season. Things didn’t get off […]
