Over the last week or two, I’ve felt both great pride and great disappointment in the work of others. I remain extremely proud of the efforts of our local event organizers and the region’s amateur athletes, but disappointed by the continuing misadventures of the Harper government in Ottawa. First the […]
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As a child, I remember being very happy. I loved school and my school friends. I loved playing by myself and enjoyed my family. After reading Patricia Lorenz’s book, “The 5 Things We Need to Be Happy and Money Isn’t One of Them” last week, I began thinking about what […]
I really like the new Fort Frances Public Library. It is bright and airy, and a welcoming place to be. I can sit down with a book off the shelf and begin reading. If, after one or two pages, I find that I’m not enjoying the writer, I can return […]
Adult and youth fishing teams from across North America converged in Kenora this past weekend for the annual Angler-Young-Angler Championship. The winning teams from 27 regional events from as far away as the Northwest Territories, South Dakota, and Illinois, and as close as Red Lake, Dryden, and Lac Du Bonnet, […]
It all started with fishing. And now that I’ve gone and shot off rifles, revolvers, and pistols, my transition from city boy to rural outdoorsman seems to have been set in action. After Times’ publisher Jim Cumming took me out fishing for the first time earlier this summer, I put […]
By Gary Sliworsky, Ag rep, Emo Creep feeding is providing grain to calves in a location where cows can’t reach it. It can pay under certain conditions. A shortage of pasture, reasonable feed prices, and a strong calf market are a good bet for success. However, it must be done […]
Helen Jordan (Gashiiatebeek), 79, of 1135 Fourth St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., formerly of Lac La Croix First Nation, Ont., passed away peacefully with her children and loved ones by her bedside on Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Helen was born March 10, […]
MITCHELSON–Born to Reece and Angela, nee Bujold, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Garon Lane, weighing 7 lbs. 9 oz. on August 14, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
BIG GEORGE-MCMAHON–Born to Shanna Big George and Dennis McMahon, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Aiden Glenn, weighing 6 lbs. 4 oz. on July 24, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Duane Hicks Leon’s Furniture will open its doors here this fall, with Mark Howarth of Howarth’s Home Centre revealing this morning that he’s a new franchisee of the national furniture store chain. Howarth said he had been looking to expand the furniture side of the family business. Seeing that his […]
Staff Fifth Street West will be restricted to local traffic for today and tomorrow from Portage Avenue to Wright Avenue in preparation for the upcoming surface treatment next week. Town crews will be grinding the road surface, grading the road, adjusting valve boxes, and watering (dust control), Environmental and Facilities […]
