Dear editor: On Thursday, Dec. 8, an article appeared in the Daily Bulletin with the headline, “Spare teachers may strike.” I must take exception to the term “spare” teachers. The correct term for a teacher who replaces an absent permanent teacher is occasional teacher. Occasional teachers must have the same […]
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Dear sir: You can go back to the 1940s when the winner of the round-robin of the provincial curling showdown would represent their province at the national level. Then it was decided to bring playoffs into the format, with the top four teams playing off for the crown. The number-one […]
Dear editor: I saw a couple of articles in the paper that irked me very much. First, Paul Martin’s proposed ban on hand guns will make it very hard on trappers. They will now have to carry rifles—and get them full of snow and dirt. Furthermore, the humane disposal of […]
For the life of me, I can’t remember the last time I changed a baby boy’s diaper and, quite frankly, I can’t even recall watching someone change a baby boy’s diaper since 1964 when my brother, Jay, came home from the hospital. A traumatic trace of that day includes a […]
This past weekend, I ventured down to Bemidji to watch some NCAA “hackey” (as the Americans would say it) action. And the Lake Superior State Lakers versus Bemidji State University Beavers proved to be a great display of Division I competition. I arrived at the rink early, mostly because I […]
With the price of gold now holding at $525 per ounce, our tall prospector, Don McEachern, has been working hard around Mine Centre in hopes of discovering the legendary “mother lode.” When I lived there as a boy and talked to earlier prospectors, the price was being controlled at only […]
Last Saturday, I was inspired to write my goals for 2006. Goals are much like resolutions, so I could say I wrote down my New Year’s resolutions. At my age, it’s very important that I know what I want to accomplish. It’s quite different then when I wrote my goals […]
Christmas is coming and our sons soon will be home. The house is nearly decorated from ceiling to floor. The cookies are all baked and packed snugly in the freezer to prevent some adult enjoying a sweet. The presents are being wrapped. The tree stands tall while the quarter-century old […]
Newly sworn-in Justice Alan Thomas McKay, left, joined Senior Justice Donald Fraser and the Honourable Brian Lennox, Chief Justice of the Otario Court of Justice on the bench during the official swearing-in ceremony at the Fort Frances Courthouse last Wednesday. In front is court clerk Margaret Katona.—Melanie Béchard photo
Kathi Gagne demonstrated the difference in energy consumption between incandescent Christmas lights and new LED ones using a meter on loan from Canadian Tire Thursday evening during an public information session on energy consevration, hosted by the Fort Frances Power Corporation. One string of LED “strawberry” lights uses only 0.05 […]
Carolee Strachan, left, Ingrid Krampetz, Ynske Kaemingh, and Geneva Veldhuisen made up part of the alto section of Emo’s Centennial Choir who performed their annual Christmas celebration at the Christian Reformed Church Monday night. The choir sang 10 pieces, including “Glory on a Christmas Morn,” “Christmas Noels,” and “Carol of […]
A member of the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team tried a lay-up during their game against the Churchill Trojans at last weekend’s La Place Rendez-Vous Invitational tournament here. The black-and-gold lost 74-42 to the Trojans, 43-26 versus the Kenora Broncos, and 52-34 at the hands of the Nipigon-Red Rock Lakers. […]
