The Town of Fort Frances no longer will provide crossing guard service at the intersection of Scott Street and Crowe Avenue. Council made the decision Monday night after approving a report from Planning and Development superintendent Rick Hallam, who indicated the safe passage of children to and from school should […]
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Town council passed a motion Monday night for a 10 percent increase for sewer and water rates to both commercial and residential classes, opting to wait to implement a 10-year fee schedule outlined by consultant Gary Scandlan of CN Watson & Associates at a public meeting here June 16. But […]
Despite being at least a couple of inches taller than anybody else on stage, Jason Cain was on the tips of his toes, peering down anxiously at the weigh scale, as Mark Wilson and Glenn Ward measured their bounty on the final day of this year’s “Castin’ for Cash” bass […]
In recent years, bullying has become a more widely-recognized and better understood phenomenon. Many school boards are implementing anti-bullying curriculums, teaching children that it’s unacceptable behaviour. But most education professionals will admit that more needs to be done to stem the worrying tide of bullying among children. That’s why the […]
The hour hand on the clock hadn’t even made two complete rotations since he completed his round of golf last Wednesday, but there was “Snake” Krawchuk still turning heads like he had done all day long. It was Round #2, literally, as Krawchuk, who had won the Kitchen Creek Senior […]
BROUGHTON–Born to Shaun and Marcia, nee Mose, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Trey Shaun, weighing 8 lbs. 8 oz. on June 30, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
MACEDON–Born to Lori and David, of Lemont, Illinois, a son, Brett Diedrick, on May 29, 2005 at the Palos Community Hospital, weighing 8 lbs. 13 oz., 21 1/2 inches.
Blast those Anglo-Saxons. That’s what the French were screaming in between sips of wine, bites of cheese, and drags from their cigarettes last week when London was awarded the privilege (er, curse) of hosting the 2012 Olympic Games. In what was the closest vote in the International Olympic Committee’s history, […]
If I had the money, I’d start a brat camp for dogs—and “Griffon” would be my first recruit. I’d give him a pack sack and $5, and send him to Siberia to live in a small tent on a mountain top, from which he would have to rappel 800 feet […]
Fishing, for me, has frequently included the adventure of seeing places I never knew before. As a youngster, before the papermill fence shut us out, we could carry our bamboo fishing poles down to the lower river, then wade out to rock islands to catch a few meals at this […]
Unfortunately, most of my grandparents died way too young, but my surviving grandmother was a sweetheart. I liked her so much that I gave her a huge five-pound box of chocolates for Christmas, when I was in high school. Whereon, she said, “Marie, you should save your money.” I thought […]
My sister, Linda, reminded me Friday night that she had found two hats of mine. She had thought that they were lost. One was from Red Lake’s Norseman festival while the other said “bass angler” on it. Perhaps they may have been lost, but the two were strategically placed so […]
