Peaking at the right time is every team’s dream. The Muskie girls’ and boys’ curling squads are envisioning NorWOSSA titles after earning their berths in the conference playdowns at the second and final qualifying bonspiel Monday afternoon in Atikokan. The girls extended their unbeaten streak they began at the first […]
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Warrior Workwear and Gifts is relocating to 256 Scott St. now that Tammi’s Flower Garden has moved across the street to a location previously occupied by A Buck or Two and Ocean’s Pet Store. “Basically, what we’re looking to do is re-define the lines we carry with the new location, […]
The charms of Rainy Lake so well-known to local anglers will be on full display for our southern neighbours this weekend. Well-known sportsman Gord Pyzer, who has fished the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship and also contributes a regular column to the Times, will be the featured guest with host […]
Life at the top may only be temporary for the current leaders of the Fort Frances Women’s Volleyball League. The Diehards continued to set the pace with 57.5 points, but saw its cushion shrink from four points to just 1.5 over a hard-charging Scared Hitless squad (56), who jumped from […]
Some 230 students at St. Michael’s School got an unexpected break from classes around noon yesterday when a gas leak was detected in the area. Union Gas and the Fort Frances Fire Department were alerted and before noon, it was decided to evacuate the school to the nearby Memorial Sports […]
Dear editor: I would like to comment on the furor that is being raised in the district regarding the smoking/non-smoking debate. I also would like to add a few comments about my own battle with the so-called “devil weed.” I guess I started smoking at about the age of 12 […]
To the editor: The editor and management of The Daily Journal here in International Falls recently have taken away a very precious feature of the pastoral column—namely the Word of God. No scripture is their new policy. Several of us pastors here in the community have expressed our consternation about […]
Dear editor: A few weeks ago, I spent five days in La Verendrye hospital. I would like to say I had the best of care from all the staff. Starting with the paramedics, these guys are good. They are polite, friendly, and very good at their jobs. Next the ER—the […]
Dear editor: Having read the numerous letters to the editor over the past year or two concerning the impending smoking ban for businesses, it seems to me that most people have either missed or lost sight of the real issue. This is not about my rights as a customer to […]
Dear sir: Congratulations to Dr. Peter Sarsfield, Northwestern Ontario’s medical officer of health, for having the guts to protect the marginalized majority who wish protection from the harm and discomfort caused by second-hand smoke. He has struck a blow for human rights, winning long-denied right of access to public places […]
Dear editor: There are some who oppose the smoking bylaw and in their arguments, they point out that it should be up to each individual adult to decide whether to smoke or not. I don’t think anyone is questioning this. But is it their right to force someone else to […]
Dear sir: I do not wish to use up space in your newspaper disputing what Bill Morrison Jr. says happened at last year’s Rainy River District Municipal Association annual meeting. I will only say his recollection of what the medical officer of health for the Northwestern Health Unit, Dr. Peter […]
