The Township of Emo has been asked to provide a second boat ramp, located west of the current one, to facilitate the launch and recovery activities during the annual Emo Walleye Classic. A formal request was made to Emo council at its regular meeting last Thursday to put in a […]
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The turmoil that continues to unfold from last month’s disputed presidential election in the Ukraine is weighing heavily on the hearts of some area residents. Among them, Nick Andrusco of Fort Frances, who emigrated from the Ukraine with his parents in 1929, and Rev. Fr. Michael Kopchuk of St. George’s […]
It had been an exhaustingly long two weeks. Two weeks had passed since the Muskie senior girls’ basketball team last played and it seemed like an eternity. All the waiting, all the anxiety—they couldn’t wait to unleash it all. And when the best-of-three NWOSSAA final finally arrived here Friday afternoon, […]
Every winter, an average of 80 Canadians die from exposure, severe frostbite, or hypothermia—more than the total who die from floods, tornadoes, or lightning. But now, residents of Northern Ontario are less likely to be surprised by violent and potentially-dangerous weather in the future thanks to a new service being […]
Dear editor: There was an article in the Fort Frances Times last Wednesday (Nov. 24) which was headlined “Hunters fined for firing a gun out of a boat.” This article went on to say that two Iowa men were fined $1,500 each for shooting at a moose decoy from a […]
Rainycrest Home for the Aged’s board of management made no final decisions Tuesday regarding how best to proceed with efforts to keep its spiralling costs in check. More than 50 people turned out for the meeting to discuss the board’s previous decision to pursue negotiations with Extendicare Inc.—a private corporation—to […]
Dear sir: The hunters are in the bush tracking moose. In their offices, Timmins-James Bay New Democrat MPP Gilles Bisson and his NDP colleague, Kenora-Rainy River MPP Howard Hampton, are trying to shoot straight. Just a few weeks ago, Mr. Bisson was telling the media that the McGuinty government had […]
Dear editor: On Nov. 17, I introduced a Private Member’s Bill in the House of Commons that would see Nov. 11 become a national holiday. All Canadians should be able to observe Nov. 11 as a national day of remembrance. Too often we take our freedom for granted. It is […]
Dear Mike: We have a huge thank you to go out to all of the people who helped us with the 21st-annual regional volleyball tournament held Nov. 27. It was a great success once again, with around 240 participants from 22 teams in the region. We would like to congratulate […]
Dear editor: As your chiropractors, our primary goal is to serve you and to ensure you receive the highest quality health care possible. It is for this reason that we protested, and sought your support in protesting, the government’s decision—after 30 years—to eliminate their partial funding of chiropractic services. Thank […]
Dear editor: Please allow me the opportunity to write an open letter to the district politicians and individuals on the Rainycrest board of directors. I am deeply distressed to think that the Rainycrest board of directors, as reported in last Wednesday’s Fort Frances Times, is considering the privatization of Rainycrest […]
Whew! One can only imagine the collective embarrassment among people from coast to coast to coast—not to mention the ensuing mass exodus to that saner land south of the border—had Don Cherry being chosen as the “Greatest Canadian” on Monday night. Fortunately, clearer heads prevailed and Mr. Cherry (who was […]
