This attempt to find Mine Centre for you is not easy because that gold mining village keeps on disappearing and re-appearing again! I could be contributing to your confusion, so let’s just say it is located slightly more than 40 miles east of here—and close to the spot my family […]
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Years ago, people sometimes scoffed at weather forecasters because they were so often wrong. Now, we have much better meteorological tools, so the forecasts are usually accurate. But even today forecasts can be wrong. Yet there’s a little rodent in Pennsylvania that has forecast the weather without the aid of […]
The past week-and-a-half has been a busy one for the staff at the Times and Record. On election night last Monday (Jan. 23), Melanie Béchard and Heather Ogilvie were assigned the task of watching the evening unfold from the campaign rooms of the three main district candidates in Thunder Bay. […]
Dear sir: Town council has been very quiet on issues surrounding the Fort Frances Clinic purchase and the move to a Family Health Team concept of medical care. Where is council on this subject? We know the Sault Ste. Marie-based GHA dropped out because they believed (as we did) that […]
Members of the Krista Scharf rink, Tara George, left, and world champion and former Canadian Scott winner, Linda Lang, were pushing their limits in their game against Jenn Hanna on Monday night. Scharf fell 7-6 after a tough battle. -Jenni Condon photo
Shaw Cable programming director Randy Thoms, foreground, recorded Gord McTaggart as he shared some of his family history with museum curator Pam Hawley during a taping of “Gathering Our Community Story” last Thursday at the museum. The new Shaw Cable TV program, which features interviews with many familiar local residents […]
Marion Humphrey, left, Nita Mills, Winnie Rousseau, and Brigitta McGreevy were among those sitting at the table of the local chapter of The Red Hat Society, also known as the “Red Hat Rippers,” at Sunday night’s benefit dinner. The dinner raised around $23,000 for district families in need of medical […]
Mike Francis, a Forest Health Technician with the MNR, explained the ins and outs of the jack pine budworm infestation to Bruce Hamilton last Wednesday at an information sessions held at the Adventure Inn. –Heather Ogilvie photo
Kayla Stang, eight, got some instruction Monday afternoon from Dave Hughes at the Emo Curling Rink. –Heather Ogilvie photo
The Marlo Dahl rink clapped as they were piped in during the opening ceremonies of the Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts here last night.
More books are needed for the local Alzheimer Society’s second-annual book sale which starts Thursday at Revco Carpet (950 Fifth St. W.) Anyone looking to donate books for the sale can drop them off at Revco during regular business hours—and even after the sale begins (no encyclopedias please). For those […]
There is a two-way tie for the lead after three draws at the 25th-annual Ontario Scott Tournament of Hearts being held at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Janet McGhee (Uxbridge and District Curling Club) and Nancy Wickham (Sudbury Curling Club) both improved to 3-0 with 10-end wins this morning. McGhee […]
