Dear editor: I am writing this letter in response to the comments in last week’s Times made by skateboarder Darren Cottam during the Neil Roy Memorial tournament on Sept. 22. In his comments, Darren calls Nestor Falls a “bum” and that “they won’t make us ramps or anything.” He seems […]
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Dear sir: Mental Illness Awareness Week will be celebrated this year from Sept. 30-Oct. 6, with the theme “Face It: Mental Illness Concerns Us All.” This theme is sure to resonate with most Ontarians because mental illness has the potential to touch each and every one of us. We need […]
Dear editor: An open letter to local Liberal candidate Mike Wood. Why is it, when asked the question to all members if they would unlock locked-in pensions at the all-candidates’ debate on Kenora TV, that you immediately attacked Howard Hampton and his wife for having their pensions unlocked 100 percent […]
The Muskie football team came up short in Winnipeg last Friday afternoon, falling 37-8 to the Grant Park Pirates to remain winless on the season. While Grant Park (3-1) is a tough, experienced team and the loss was by no means an upset, it remains another familiar chapter in a […]
The district’s competitive fishing season came to a close over the weekend, with Alex and Darrell Keszler of Winnipeg being the two anglers at the top of the heap at the 2007 Fall Bass Classic at Birch Point Camp. The pair bagged 39.56 pounds to narrowly edge out defending champ […]
The Manitoba Moose ostensibly were the home team, but the Toronto Marlies looked like anything but the visitors—in control of a 5-3 exhibition victory from start to finish Friday night in front of many Fort Frances fans wearing their familiar blue and white. While cheering from the crowd seemed split […]
The Ontario Trillium Foundation presented Great Grant Awards to six non-profit and charitable organizations in the region Friday in Thunder Bay. Among those was the local partnership of the Rainy Lake Conservancy, Nature Conservancy of Canada, and the Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists. Groups across the province were being recognized […]
More than 60 seniors and older adults from Emo and the surrounding communities dropped by the Legion last Wednesday to participate in the first seniors’ expo held there. “We were really quite pleased with the turnout . . . and pleased with the response we received,” said Sandy Skirten, district […]
FORT FRANCES—Since developing a talent of writing rap music at the age of 14, Wade Friesen (a.k.a. Brok_Homz) always has been interested in releasing an album of his work. And recently he did just that. “I’d thought about it for the last two years,” said the 19-year-old from Alberton. “I […]
FORT FRANCES—The Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce held its 72nd-annual general meeting last Thursday-Saturday at La Place Rendez-Vous, seeing a total of 40 registered attendees and presenters come here from all corners of the region. In addition to getting up-to-date on topics relevant to economic development, the region, and […]
FORT FRANCES—“If you could do one or two things to improve the long-term economic health of the north, what would they be?” That’s the question Dr. Robert Rosehart has been asking communities around Northwestern Ontario over the past few months, including during a stop here Friday at the annual meeting […]
Have you had your check-up lately? Dr. Dimitrios Vergidis, chief of oncology at Regional Cancer Care in the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, stressed the importance of early screening during a cancer program update Monday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous here. In Canada, the three most common types of […]
