Staff The local Taggs Source for Sports Bantam ‘AA’ hockey team came home with a tournament title for the third-straight weekend. The squad completed the hat trick with a 5-3 win over the River East Marauders (Winnipeg) in the final of the 20th-annual Pizza Hut/Grand Portage Lodge and Casino Bantam […]
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David Kircher Dear editor: The following is a letter sent to the chair of the Rainy River District School Board on Nov. 21 questioning the board’s response to my presentation back on Nov. 4. To date, this letter has not been acknowledged or responded to. This, my second communication regarding […]
Darryl McLeod Dear Mike: This is in regards to the deer photo that ran in last week’s edition of the Fort Frances Times. The Ministry of Natural Resources followed up this public report from Nov. 24 and can provide the following information: Based on the photo, the symptoms are consistent […]
David Melvin Newman, 47, of Thunder Bay, Ont., and formerly of Atikokan, Ont. and Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2008 in Thunder Bay. David was born on March 20, 1961 in Atikokan. He will be sadly missed by his mother, Lillian Newman, of Fort Frances, Ont.; as […]
Until Sunday night, I had never heard the words of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. Written in 1843, the tale has become a classic. My family used to have various traditions leading up to Christmas: the putting up of the outdoor lights, the raising of the Christmas tree, gathering […]
Last week, the Harper government presented its economic update and showed that it is completely out of touch with the needs of the people of Thunder Bay-Rainy River. The government has failed to assist what I and others call the “real economy.” In a nutshell, the real economy is you. […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo It looks like we are heading into a year of volatility in the fertilizer markets, which will mean growers are looking for pricing opportunities. It is easy to do price comparisons when you are comparing the same product from different suppliers, but comparing two […]
From the R.R. District Community Legal Clinic With the arrival of cold weather, homeowners and tenants are aware once again of one of their biggest winter expenses–their heating bill. Natural gas and electricity are delivered to your home by your utility (Union Gas and the Fort Frances Power Corp. in […]
The house is quiet and cold. I’ve been a very good temperature monitor these last couple of months, trying to do my part to conserve energy and heating costs by turning my thermostat down to 16 degrees C every night before I go to bed and during the day if […]
By Tyler J. Moffitt The Safety Advocate Winter has come early to some parts of Canada. Some of us have had to shovel snow already while others have not. Before I venture out in my vehicle, I like to do my pre-trip ritual by brushing off the vehicle of snow […]
Got a new credit card the other day. The scanners wouldn’t read the magnetic strip on the old one anymore. That’s either due to the radioactive high-test coffee down at the Bakery in Drizzle Creek or all the radiation from the hopped up cell phones all those railroaders around the […]
Have you ever wondered about those flocks of brown and white birds which you see along the roadsides? The ones which move away with flashes of white. Most people call them snowbirds, but the proper name is Snow Bunting (Plectrophenox nivalis). These buntings are sparrow-like birds which live mainly on […]
