The May Beetle You probably know this one as the June Beetle, or the June Bug. It is the familiar brown beetle, maybe an inch long and half-an-inch wide. It has a slow, bumbling sort of behaviour, whether it is walking or flying. There are a lot of different species […]
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Fire safety and the role it plays in your life depend on many things, including your attitude. All of us need to learn how to protect ourselves and family members from the hazards of fire. We all need to be reminded to be responsible, to think, and to make time […]
Every Sunday, I make it a practice to read the week’s obituaries in The New York Times, focusing on the important obituaries of 80-year-olds and 90-year-olds, with a sprinkling of centenarians. What wonderfully full lives many of them had! And I’m especially intrigued by those who continued to be active […]
“Tickets are still for sale for the Joel Fafard concert tonight at 7:30 p.m.,” said tour de Fort spokesperson Wanda Botsford. “They are selling for $10, and can be picked up at la Place Rendez-Vous or the Fort Frances Public Library,” she added. The concert is being held at the […]
Jam21.Net owner Dave Ashworth said he’s in negotiations as he pursues high-speed Internet access for Fort Frances. “We’re definitely implementing it in August,” said Ashworth. “We’ve been having meetings over the last two or three weeks.” After negotiating a lease agreement with the Town of Fort Frances to install antennae […]
Thanks to parents and student organizers, there’s a safe alternative to celebrating high school graduation when the “chem-free” grad party goes Wednesday night at the Memorial Sports Centre. Slated to run from 10 p.m.-4 a.m., about 120 students are expected to fill the “52 Canadians Arena,” co-organizer Diane Noonan said […]
After two-and-a-half days spent cold and wet in the Northern Ontario bush, Dr. Michael Monture said it was the suffering and desperation he saw in the remote reserve of Pikangikum that prompted him to set out on a spiritual quest for help. While his motives were personal, the physician unwittingly […]
Rainy Lake has dropped by three cm since Friday to sit at 338.19 m (1,109.55 ft.) this morning. But the lake level still remains 50 cm (19.7 inches) above the International Joint Commission’s maximum rule curve for this date. With little precipitation over the weekend, Namakan also continues to drop, […]
After extending the deadline for entries until last Friday, “Quest for the Best” is now raring to go with a line-up of 19 acts vying for prizes under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina on July 25. “Everything’s going really well,” organizer Dawn Booth of the Fort Frances […]
Our Tuesday Community Sail Night will start tomorrow (June 19) provided the weather and water levels co-operate. Anyone is welcome to come out sailing with us. Just show up at either the Rendez-Vous dock in Fort Frances or the dock in Ranier. Hopefully, there will be fair winds. In other […]
Despite overnight rain, Rainy Lake has dropped since yesterday morning and now sits at 338.221 m (1,109.65 ft.)–a decrease of 1.3 cm. The drop comes even though the U.S. National Weather Bureau in International Falls reported the area received 0.889 cm (0.35 inches) of rain overnight. The average five-day in-flow […]
The Northwestern Health Unit on Thursday posted Hannam Park Beach in Rainy River as “unsafe for swimming” due to high bacterial counts found during routine sampling. “It’s most likely due to the phenomenal amount of rain we’ve been getting, with all the run-off,” public health inspector Dave Coats said Friday […]
