“One evening at his office, cardiologist Frederic Vagnini was reading through lab results of a patient. ‘Oh my,’ he thought. ‘This patient is in serious trouble.’ “Wondering who it was, he looked up the name, and was shocked. He was reading his own test results.” Thus begins a press release […]
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There are times when I find it hard to believe that global warming is coming our way. The last week of January, and now then plunging temperatures and bitterly-cold winds over the weekend, leads me to believe that if global warming is on its way, so is the next Ice […]
What better time of year is there to talk about aphrodisiacs than at Valentine’s Day? Aphrodisiacs can be foods that psychologically and/or scientifically help us feel . . . well, “in the mood” for lack of better words. The search of the perfect combination is the desire for many on […]
The following is the latest Horse News and Views, which is prepared by Dr. Bob Wright, Animal Health and Welfare, OMAFRA, in co-operation with the staff and researchers of the University of Guelph. The monthly column highlights research topics, extension resources, reminders of common poisonings, disease, or production concerns, and […]
Well, it’s not only us that get sick. Thousands of other animals, birds, plants, insects, and even bacteria, get sick, too. In the first place, a virus can’t do anything to harm anything unless it is inside a cell. As long as it is outside of a cell, on any […]
If it takes a library to raise a community (according to the slogan on a bag Joyce Cunningham carries around), then Fort Frances will be in very good hands, indeed. The latest plans for the proposed Fort Frances Library and Technology Centre—a 15,000 sq. ft. facility to be located at […]
Dear editor: A few weeks ago, your paper carried an article on how many millions the Ministry of Transportation is going to spend on the northern transportation network (winter roads). I am wondering if they could perhaps find a little more often a few shovels of gravel to keep the […]
Dear editor: A few weeks ago, I returned to Atikokan for a brief holiday. I was born and raised in Atikokan, and all my family still lives in the area. The talk of the town is the pending loss of the school bus. I’ve had the opportunity to read a […]
Dear editor: Upon reading Margaret Ann Hudson’s recent letter to the editor, I am bewildered at her astute way of introducing trivial nonsense. Mrs. Hudson claimed that when there was a vacant seat opened, a byelection is to be called for and the people of a riding have the right […]
Dear editor: The subject of refusal of U.S. citizens who want to visit Canada on vacation recently reared its ugly head again. We are referring to statements by CBSA at the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s annual meeting in late January. While 606 visitors refused entry does not seem like […]
Dear editor: I am writing this letter to express our opposition to the construction of an abattoir in the town of Emo. We have no problem with an abattoir being built. We just don’t want it being built in the town of Emo. Do the people of Emo realize the […]
