“Everything was funny this year,” observed Dale LaBelle as he summed up the 2004 hunting season. The owner/operator of LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp on Northwest Bay also was referring to the summer fishing season, which he said was full of surprises and disappointment for some. But by and large, LaBelle […]
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While Ontarians may love it or hate it, the new Smoke-Free Ontario Act was announced last Wednesday, which, if passed, will take effect by May, 2006. The Northwestern Health Unit, for one, said the news was a long time coming. “Definitely, it’s a good thing. We’re just disappointed it will […]
“For democracy to flourish, citizens need free and open access to information.” (Nancy Kranich, former president of the American Library Association) Behind closed doors Monday night, council received information from the town’s solicitor on the interpretation of the procedural bylaw of the Town of Fort Frances. From that information, council […]
PALUBESKIE–Born to Chris Palubeskie and Leslee Crowe of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Halee Grace, weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. on December 10, 2004 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
DOLYNY–Rustyn and Tiffany (Dolk) proudly announce the arrival of their daughter Ava Taras Lynne, born Nov. 20, 2004 at 7:22 p.m. at Spectrum – Butterworth Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was 16.3 inches long and weighed 4lbs 5ounces. We are pleased to say that she is doing very well […]
So you’re Jason Giambi, and you’re both an idiot and a liar. You’ve lied about taking steroids, were dumb enough to start taking them in the first place and. yet, you still made $10 million (U.S.) last year when you weren’t even playing professional baseball. You’re one of the key […]
In the week before Christmas, while my mother was developing her four- or five-layered cake just to have plenty to give away and still welcome callers for tea, my dad would be busy in the backyard creating a skating rink and a tall slide for our sleds—plenty icy from his […]
It’s days like this that I wish I still had that box of “dress-up” clothes from when I was a kid. Granted, nothing would fit anymore, but it would be fun to take things out, have a look, and remember how much fun it was to pretend to be someone […]
The Christmas tree is decorated. Marnie has her baking completed. Our sons arrived home Thursday evening and Sunday morning, flying right into Fort Frances. I think our household is ready for Christmas. And just as our household is busy getting ready for the holiday season, so is the staff at […]
