Mitch Calvert Fort Frances Youth Soccer put the finishing touches on another season Saturday at the St. Francis Sportsfields—getting near-perfect weather to complete the playoffs in Divisions IV and V. Both finals went right down to the wire, with “Brazil” earning a slim 1-0 win over “Italy” in the Division […]
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Mitch Calvert The next course of action for Muskie graduate Taylor Meyers should include buying a bigger trophy case. The multi-sport athlete hauled in an unprecedented number of awards at the Muskie athletic awards banquet last Tuesday night at the Ukrainian Hall—but the most impressive honour bestowed upon her came […]
Peggy Revell Lisa McPherson stood in front of her family’s home, which preliminary studies commissioned by federal agencies identified as having “unacceptable risks to human health” due to PCDDs and PCDFs. While Couchiching First Nation moved the family, and the neighbouring Jourdains, out of their homes earlier this year as […]
Elisabeth Heslop Jane McLeod, Mary Brown, and Gladys Martin served up cake, strawberries, and ice cream during the La Verendrye Hospital Auxiliary’s annual “Strawberry Social” last Thursday afternoon on the hospital grounds. The social is the biggest fundraising event of the year for the auxiliary.
Peggy Revell Aiden Wielinga and Jace Jackson tried to balance a potato between their foreheads without it dropping to the ground during a pow-wow hosted at St. Michael’s School last Thursday. The “potato dance” was one of many dances and First Nation traditions shared with students throughout the day.
Mitch Calvert Rodger Yvens (far left) and his crew aboard “In Tune” made a quick turn towards the starting line to begin the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s weekly race last Wednesday evening on Sand Bay. Peter Engberg’s “Wing N’ It” clocked the fastest time among class ‘A’ boats while Colin Hewitt’s […]
With the fantastic summer weather we’ve finally been enjoying of late, let’s hope Mother Nature continues to smile on us over the next week because there’s certainly lots of activities planned for residents and visitors to enjoy. It all gets underway Friday with the BIA’s annual “Mall Days” on Scott […]
Every once in a while, you write a column that strikes a chord with people. Since last week, several people who remember similar stories about small neighbourhood grocery stores in Fort Frances have stopped me. They all have fond memories of the owners who served their neighbours. On Monday morning, […]
The continuing expense scandal at eHealth Ontario, and the McGuinty government’s seemingly laissez-faire supervision of the agency, has cast concerns on not only the competency of the government but also on the status of Ontario’s electronic health records system. It should be said at the outset that no government agency […]
In the 1970s and ’80s, I read (or at least dipped into) almost every non-fiction book on the best-seller list. And the best-seller list was the first thing I read in Sunday’s paper. At that time, the list was populated with self-help books—and I ran my life by their suggestions. […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru Lilacs will bloom their heads off if you give them the three things they need—sun, soil that’s not soggy, and space. They need a full six hours a day of sun to bloom well. Follow these tips and you’ll be well on your way […]
The cry of the loon—that haunting call coming across the lake in the evening. No sound represents Northern Ontario better. The loon, however, is not confined to us here in the north. It breeds all across Canada, except in the really far north and the great plains of the Prairies. […]
