Town residents should be putting out both their garbage and “blue boxes” this week as the new bi-weekly curbside pick-up schedule is now in effect. Residents should have received the new garbage/recycling schedules in their mailboxes over the past few weeks as these were supposed to be delivered by the […]
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As publisher of the Rainy River Record, I used to write a weekly column that spoke of issues in that newspaper and of my family. It has been a while since I last wrote and the hankering to begin anew is upon me. In the Cumming household, my two sons […]
I’d like to feel better about my first week of NFL playoff predictions, really I would. But unlike Tony Bennett, who left his heart in San Francisco decades ago and apparently still hasn’t retrieved it for as much as he still sings the song, my blood pumper is buried in […]
Only in fairy tales, it seems, can most of us agree on bears. And even then you’ll find some folks who will tell you it is unhealthy to think of wild animals sleeping in beds, eating porridge, and otherwise acting human. So it is no surprise that the decision last […]
Ringing in the New Year is always a special time of celebration. It is a time ripe with the promise of new beginnings. Full of hope for change and growth. But let’s face it, in our culture the New Year is primarily an opportunity to have a vacation day and […]
Sometimes, it seems I am pretty forgetful. I can never remember our anniversary or my children’s birth dates. And when asked my age, I usually have to figure from the year I was born. I sometimes forget meetings and I’m notoriously bad about keeping appointments with my hairdresser. Occasionally, I […]
Out at his 10,000-acre private park, our renowned millionaire and benefactor, J.A. Mathieu, kept birds and animals of all kinds on display. The old lumberman, still popular here in his 90s, had peacocks running around his “Bonnieview” front lawns as well as ducks and swans in a series of ponds […]
Years ago, a teenager was babysitting at a family’s home. Later on, something happened that required emergency personnel. The 9-1-1 system was not in-service yet in the community, so the sitter had to use a phone book for an emergency number. As well, the sitter did not know the address […]
A house on the 600 block of Church Street caught fire yesterday after the owner had used a blowtorch to thaw a frozen water pipe. Fort Frances Fire Chief Steve Richardson said firefighters responded to a call made by a passer- by at 3:23 p.m. to find the blaze—which began […]
It seems the drop in the thermometer last month caused a spike in travel plans among local residents— particularly for destinations south. “We’ve been extremely busy,” said Pat Herr, manager of International Travel Services here. “There are a lot of people travelling this year,” agreed Wendy Spottiswood, owner of Border […]
A short bench made for a long weekend for the visiting Thunder Bay KC Bulldogs. With only 13 skaters at their disposal because of injuries, the Bulldogs (10-13-2-3) were swept by the Borderland Thunder (11-13-1- 1) by scores of 7-0 on Saturday night and 5-4 in overtime yesterday afternoon at […]
Lorne Jackson almost waited too long. He got pushed to the cliff’s edge, but managed to dig in his heels to defeat fellow Fort Frances skip Kevin Busch 10-1 to capture the ‘C’ event at the Zone West bonspiel in Kenora yesterday. With the weekend event representing the last chance […]
