Peggy Revell Representing Muskie Sports, Hailey Clendenning, Paige Silver, and Yvonne Callaway took a big leap into the icy waters of Sand Bay behind La Place Rendez-Vous during Friday’s “Polar Plunge.” The annual event, organized by the Voyageur Lions Club, raised $13,585 for community organizations and causes. See story, more […]
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Heather Latter Ryan Big George and Jocelyn Gibbins of Big Island First Nation smiled down at their newborn daughter, Princess Lillian Gibbins, on Monday morning at La Verendrye Hospital. Born on Jan. 3 at 2:33 a.m., Princess is the first baby of 2010 in Rainy River District. She weighed in […]
Dave Ogilvie The Fort Frances Lakers held a practice in the Emo/La Vallee arena on New Year’s Eve. Following their regular practice, members of the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association were invited to skate with the Lakers, who were only too glad to share some their hockey knowledge with the enthusiastic […]
Dan Falloon Kevin Gemmell of Boston Pizza lunged for the ball against Taggs’ Ken Seguin in local men’s basketball action Monday night at Fort Frances High School. Boston Pizza cruised to a 69-48 victory to boost their record to a league-leading 3-1. See story on B2.
Paul Cousineau Dear editor: We have all been there as hockey parents. The team is ready to go on the ice and some sort of equipment malfunction happens, whether it is skates, mouthguards, or sticks. We do what we can so our children can play the game. But sometimes we […]
When Jordan Eberle netted his second goal in just over a minute to draw Canada even with the United States in the gold-medal game of the world junior hockey championship last night, jubilant Canadian fans couldn’t be blamed for feeling déja-vu. After all, in their preliminary-round game on New Year’s […]
“Have you quit?” That was the question Paul Cousineau posed to a friend at the front counter of the Fort Frances Times on Monday. “If you could see what my mother is going through, you wouldn’t be smoking,” he added. In this season of resolutions, next to dieting and exercise, […]
Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted to be an old woman some day—and it’s still a goal I hope to achieve. Maybe it was because I admired my Grandma Moser so much. I loved going to Grandma’s house and, as far as I could tell, so did everyone else. […]
It’s been a whole year since I started this venture of trying to inform you of what’s going on in the local agriculture world! I’m not sure if things will be a lot different going into a new year. We only can hope for more money and happy, healthy cows […]
By Gary Sliworsky, Ag rep, Emo The Canada-Ontario Farm Stewardship Program (COFSP) is the cost-share program associated with the Canada-Ontario Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) and can help you boost economic, production, and environmental performance on your farm. You will need a peer-reviewed third-edition EFP Action Plan to access COFSP cost […]
If one part of your body could be said to be the centre of life, it would have to be your heart. This organ works steadily all of your life, pumping blood through your whole system. All parts of your body live because your heart keeps working. Your heart is […]
The cold snap we’ve been experiencing over the past week here in Sunset Country has included some wicked temperatures that are not fun for anyone. I probably would have hung out in the house and stayed warm through all of this, but I had some guiding commitments so I’ve been […]
