Mom peacefully passed away on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008 at Victoria Hospital in Winnipeg, Man. Born on Jan. 5, 1917 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Ed and Alma Roy, Mom spent most of her life in Fort Frances with the exception of three years in Prince Rupert, B.C. and three […]
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By the time many of you read this column, it already will be the new year. 2008 has been quite a shocker. Who would have thought that U.S. banks would fail? Who would have believed General Motors would be on the brink of bankruptcy? I still have not had the […]
By John Rafferty Well, here we are at the end of a busy and eventful year. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your support, and renew my pledge to work hard for you and your family in Ottawa. I will not forget those of you who […]
It seems I have a strong habit of looking ahead—way ahead. As a result, I had three 50th birthdays. On my 48th birthday, I thought, “I’m almost 50.” And all year, I thought of myself as 50 years old. Then, when my 49th birthday came, I was very surprised. I […]
The year opened with the surprisingly bitter byelection campaign (eventually won by Ken Perry over former town councillor Todd Hamilton), which then spawned a heated—and at times nasty—debate over whether a “succession” bylaw should be adopted to fill future council vacancies. And it ends with residents facing a municipal tax […]
Where has the year gone? Boy, how times flies when you are having fun. Has a year of sports history been written and preserved in the archives—only to be unshelved years down the road? Flipping through the “big book” that includes every Fort Frances Times edition from 2008, I looked […]
After a half-day of snow and ice-covered roads south of Chicago, the green and lack of white as we entered Alabama was, to say the least, a welcome change. I really was beginning to mellow out as we rolled into the rest centre along the interstate. I hustled into the […]
Take a ride down the ice road out of Kenora and it quickly will become apparent how popular permanent fish houses or shacks are becoming for area anglers. Shacks litter the ice around nearly every island and reveal everyone’s favourite walleye spots. The same scene can be found in Nestor […]
The Mistletoe is a plant of ancient superstition. Many of the legends surrounding this plant come from the ancient Druids, who practised their religion in the older days of the British Isles—perhaps as far back as 200 or 300 BC. In modern days, as part of our holiday celebrations, the […]
The Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska—The daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has given birth to a son, a magazine reported yesterday. Bristol Palin, 18, gave birth to Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston on Saturday, People magazine reported online. He weighed seven pounds, four oz. Colleen Jones, the sister of Bristol’s grandmother, […]
Duane Hicks Work continues at the future site of the Ge-Da-Gi Binez Youth Centre on Eighth Street, with the aim to be fully operational April 1. The new 12-bed youth justice facility will be managed by Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services, which, in turn, will utilize resource organizations (such as the […]
Amanda Roy This male cardinal was spotted among the snow-covered branches in town last week. The cardinal isn’t common to Northwestern Ontario, but recently several pairs of the species have been seen here and perhaps will be included in this year’s local Christmas Bird Count, which is set to go […]
