Dear editor: Your newspaper’s coverage of the ongoing dilemma of having a dialysis unit in Fort Frances prompts me to comment. The cost of such a machine versus the benefit of a few who might use it doesn’t add up. Spending thousands of dollars to accommodate a few seems a […]
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What will you remember about your prom night? a). how good you looked, before your threw up on your date b). nothing, you passed out before the dance even started c). explaining to your parents why the police drove you home d). it was the best night of your life […]
Denise Bluebird, curriculum development co-ordinator for the Seven Generations Education Institute here, is looking forward to bringing the arts to local aboriginal youth during the May long weekend. Festival of Arts will run May 17-21. “The festival has been designed for aboriginal youth from the age of 14 to 21,” […]
The Canadian Cancer Society’s “Relay for Life” is gathering momentum here with its new official sponsor and more than 300 participants already signed up. “It’s going very good. The response from the community has been great,” enthused relay co-ordinator Suzanne Danku. The Royal Canadian Legion Branch #29 Ladies Auxiliary has […]
With the World Health Organization’s 11th-annual International Conference on Safe Communities now less than a year away, local organizers are heading to the 10th-annual one in Alaska later this month. “The delegates are leaving on the 19th, and I’m leaving Saturday to go there and help set up,” WHO co-ordinator […]
Rainy Lake is about 12 cm (four-and-a-half inches) too high these days. According to the rule curve set out by the International Joint Commission, the lake’s level is much higher than it should be this time of year. “It’s above the curve set by the IJC,” noted Rick Walden, an […]
A day-long information symposium, featuring renowned diabetes researcher Dr. Greg Korbutt, is being hosted by the Canadian Diabetes Association here next Tuesday (May 15). “It is not very often that you have the chance to sit down and listen to someone of Dr. Korbutt’s calibre,” said event spokesperson Bud Edwards. […]
As jack-hammering can be heard around the area where the temporary dialysis unit will be housed at La Verendrye hospital here, Riverside CEO Wayne Woods said work is proceeding on schedule. “It’s going fine. They’ve had to tear up the floor and will be installing a new drain system for […]
Alberton council has been hit by another challenge with word the township’s municipal clerk, Faye Flatt, is being tapped for a job with the Town of Fort Frances. Although the hiring has yet to be formally approved by Fort Frances council, Flatt, who has been Alberton’s clerk for the past […]
By Mike Behan
Moving with Mike
Moving with Mike
Dear CBS: At risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, or somebody who should just get a life, something about last Thursday’s final episode of “Survivor II: The Australian Outback” just doesn’t sit right with me. No, it wasn’t Colby’s lame-brained decision to vote Keith out instead of Tina. Nor […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
I wish there were a way around this instead of flat out admitting that I don’t have a column for you this week–nothing but excuses! I was never so frustrated in my long and rather convoluted career, but my readers have been faithful and they deserve an explanation: I had […]
Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
“Day of Joy,” a gathering for women featuring special guest speaker Ellen Pukalo, is coming up this Saturday (May 12) from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo. An inspirational speaker from Beausejour, Man., Ellen is a city girl married to a farmer. Ellen is a stay-at-home […]
