Big-time anglers and big-money payouts are undeniable features of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. When you’re coming from as far away as Texas and Tennessee to compete in Northwestern Ontario’s most lucrative fishing tournament, you’re not going to show up packing a canepole and rubber dinghy. Yet, with $136,000 […]
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I receive many calls throughout the growing season to identify problems with plants. The most common “disease” I identify is lack of water. Gardeners often are under the false impression that their garden is moist enough to support the plants in it. Containers and hanging baskets are no exception. While […]
Not only Californians, but everyone in the U.S., is saddened by the bizarre accident in a busy farmers’ market last Wednesday. Witnesses said a car sped down the entire length of the open-air market, knocking down stalls, scattering produce, and hitting people. When the car stopped, 10 people were dead […]
During the growing season, pasture generally is the most economical source of nutrients for ruminants. When the daily routine of pasture feeding and barn feeding/manure handling are considered, most graziers would like to increase the number of days per year that animals are on pasture. To achieve this goal, one […]
Surprisingly perhaps, I’m not favouring the idea of any new library. I have a sentimental attachment from my early boyhood with the old one. Also, I have not taken any interest in whatever preceded the idea to go ahead with a new building—and I expect I won’t be easily convinced. […]
A kind and gentle man, J.E. Merlin Asplund, passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Wednesday, July 23, 2003. Born in Fort Frances on Oct. 22, 1925, he attended Robert Moore School and after graduation from Fort Frances High School, he enlisted in the Canadian […]
Lynette Vien, late of Regina, Sask., passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 23, 2003 at the age of 78. She was predeceased by her parents, Jack and Matilda Craigen; her first husband and father to their children, Carl Kistner; her second husband, Joe Vien; her special pet, Dudley; and sisters, Marguerite […]
Mary Clarissa “Chris” passed away peacefully July 4, 2003 at the age of 92 at Lions Gate Hospital in West Vancouver, B.C. Chris was predeceased by her husband, Floyd Linquist (June 30, 1996); only son, Arthur (April 2, 1998); parents, Mary Lavinia and Ted Sexton; brother, Fred; and sister, Jessie. […]
John Makarenko, 74, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances on Thursday, July 17, 2003. John was born June 16, 1929 in Fort Frances and had lived here all his life. He worked for 23 years for the Fort Frances-Rainy River Board […]
While the fishing may not start until Thursday morning, make no mistake that the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship already is underway. And one of the highlights, which does not involve anglers and bass but still has al-“lure” to many, is the annual “Quest for the Best,” which takes place […]
With word yesterday that Mayor Glenn Witherspoon will not seek a fifth term in November, Dan Onichuk stepped forward this morning to enter the race to replace him. “I’ve been thinking about it for some time. I had a long, long discussion with my better half, Denise, and decided to […]
Ron Bowman picked up right where he left off. After finishing off the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s spring series with four consecutive wins to clinch the series championship, Bowman and his vessel “In Tune” continued their hot streak on Wednesday with a victory in the opening race of the fall series […]
