Bill KrukoskiAllan T. Bedard Dear editor: By way of this public letter, we wish to request town council withdraw from the courts its charges against the Lynwood Anderson family. Reasons: (a). The barriers placed around shrubs and trees on the Anderson property are there to protect their property against the […]
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Janice Beazley Dear sir: Thanks to the enormous response from the people of the North West LHIN, our “Share Your Story, Shape Your Care” community engagement project has won an international award. The project was recognized as the Innovation using Technology Award in the annual International Core Values Awards of […]
Viv O’Donnell Dear Mike: I would like to comment regarding the recent presentation to town council regarding helping seniors with removing the snow ridge after the plow comes by their residence. We are being encouraged by government to remain in our homes yet this problem is one which has not […]
Capt. Marlene Sandoval Dear editor: This weekend, we look forward to celebrating Thanksgiving with our families and enjoying a wonderful feast of turkey and pumpkin pie. Yet there are some families in our district who won’t celebrate Thanksgiving because they can’t afford to buy a turkey and all the fixings […]
Betty Sivonen Dear editor: Just a few words about the new dining area for residents and visitors at Rainycrest. The Legion Ladies Auxiliary Br. #29 in Fort Frances donated $10,000 for a sun room. Rainycrest bought a rocking chair, a couch, end tables, and an organ. It was a wonderful […]
The Town of Fort Frances has its eye firmly fixed on the future with the proposed purchase of Sunny Cove Camp from the local Kiwanis Club. First and foremost, the deal will help ensure the 28-acre camp—a fixture here for 75 years—continues to be enjoyed by generations of district residents […]
When New England was established, the pilgrim colony at Plymouth Rock, Mass. celebrated the first Thanksgiving (although history may indicate the earliest Thanksgiving actually may have been celebrated almost 75 years earlier). That first Thanksgiving often is remembered for the sharing of food, as well as the opportunities the new […]
It was a cool and damp week in Ottawa last week, but the mood in Parliament was pretty good. Without the threat of an imminent election, some important work got done—and that made many of us very happy to be there. When speaking with many of you over the summer, […]
Another busy week in Rainy River District is behind us. Whew! I spent one morning in “emerg” with my boyfriend/partner. He had cut himself on a cart at Wal-Mart last Thursday and ended up with a very nasty infection (so bad, in fact, that they were considering keeping him in). […]
If you have noticed a large influx of brown, sparrow-like birds in the past few weeks, you will know that winter is not too far off. There are four of these heralds of winter which you can see in the fields or at your bird feeder right now. The largest, […]
?Nineteen teams took part in the final Sunset Country bass tournament of the year this past weekend at Whitefish Bay on Lake of the Woods. Weather conditions were not ideal, but some giant bass were brought in over the two-day event. In fact, two major records were not only broken, […]
Could high school sports programs eventually be a thing of the past? Hard to fathom, to be sure, but a very real possibility if you believe Toronto Star columnist David Grossman. Grossman cites dwindling participation numbers, increasing numbers of injuries to students, and a shortage of certified volunteer coaches as […]
