While driving around the district the past few weeks, I have seen that round bales often are still sitting where they were dropped by the baler. If you are planning a second cut or wish to keep a strong stand for future years, delaying removal of these bales can be […]
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Carolyn Kellaway pulled two white jackets from a box before the June press conference in which the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres were first unveiled—one for her and one for team vice-president Nancy Gardiman. She put it on, then noted the logo was the wrong shade of red and the jacket […]
September is upon us and with that is the return to colleges and universities by thousands of Canadian students. It also is the time they are reminded of their mounting student debts. To understand how quickly these loans accumulate, we need some history regarding the program. The Canada Student Loan […]
Little by little, our house has gone from order to disorder. Now we are returning to order as we steadily make progress on our renovations. The disorder started a week before the workmen and women began painting, sawing, and pounding, as our living room furniture was moved to other rooms […]
While Oxford and Webster’s dictionaries continue to add hundreds of new words to their pages, my mind is trying to erase the words stored in my memory. The dictionaries get thicker, and the Scripps National Spelling Bee that’s now televised annually has young people able to spell the most arcane […]
Dear sir: I just returned from visiting your town and while there, I visited your cemetery. I was so surprised to see so many solar lights on the graves. What a novel idea. I returned in the evening when they were all lit and in my opinion, it was beautiful. […]
Bill Michl inspired an entire district last October when he ran 60 miles from Rainy River to Fort Frances in one day to kick off the “Just Imagine” fundraising campaign to purchase a CT scanner for La Verendrye Hospital here. But long before Mr. Michl hit the pavement, Tom Bruyere […]
Dear editor: The citizens of Fort Frances and Rainy River District should be very proud of La Verendrye Hospital. Not only is the building itself quite attractive and functional, but the administration and medical staff also are exceptional. Recently, I had knee surgery performed at your hospital by Dr. John […]
Dear editor: This past August, I had the pleasure of visiting family in Fort. We went to the cemetery, as we do every time we come to town, to pay our respects to our family members who have passed away. My aunties suggested that we go in the evening so […]
FORT FRANCES—The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres will devote a memorial to Bryce Devoe, a local youth who was killed by lightning in late May, before their first pre-season game this Friday. The dedication will take place at 4:30 p.m. outside the Memorial Sports Centre, where a tree and plaque will […]
FORT FRANCES—As a follow-up to testing done in May, the Ministry of Environment is requiring the Town of Fort Frances to again test residential properties for lead. Now Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown is looking for 40 individual properties to volunteer for testing if they’re located between Central Avenue […]
FORT FRANCES—Motorcyclists will be taking to area highways this Saturday (Sept. 8) for the local Alzheimer Society’s fifth-annual “Ride for Memories,” with this year’s ride ending here that evening. “We are going to have a fantastic turnout,” enthused Margaret Schonewille, executive director of the Alzheimer Society for the Kenora/Rainy River […]
