I love the beginning of a new year, and one of the things I always do in advance of Jan. 1 is set up my calendar for the next 12 months. That means transferring all the important upcoming dates and events, including the birthdays of people I’ve known over the […]
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By Linda Weins
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
Each year, the Trends Research Institute in Rhinebeck, N.Y. picks the 10 areas out of 300 in which it sees the biggest global changes in social, economic, and political structures. This year they are: I explored most of them in previous columns. Here are the rest. The Trends Research Institute […]
The gourds are a fairly large family of plants which are all trailing vines with broad leaves. Some of them climb but most of them just trail along the ground. In proper conditions, they are very rapid growers. The squash vines will take over your garden if you don’t watch […]
Edward William Wilkins, 93, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Tuesday, June 27, 2000 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. He was born Feb. 6, 1907 in Maidstone, County of Kent, England to the late Edward and Jane Wilkins. Mr. […]
When Rick Wiedenhoeft left Fort Frances High School as a student back in 1967 for the University of Waterloo, he always knew he wanted to come back to his old school and teach. He eventually reached that goal and, along the way, also achieved his other goal of becoming the […]
Lorne Ricard had a goal in mind as to how fast he wanted to finish Sunday’s 22nd-annual Manitoba Marathon in Winnipeg. And when he crossed the finish line 3:10 later, he had reached it. Ricard, racing in his fourth Manitoba Marathon, took advantage of slightly overcast skies and a flat […]
With a huge throng of supporters cheering on the 8,555 runners at Saturday’s 24th-annual Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, Mn., three local marathoners used that atmosphere to finish the gruelling 26.2-mile route in impressive fashion. Doris Barton led the trio, finishing in a personal-best time of 3:50–a full six minutes off […]
Dubbed “Mission Possible,” the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s “Care Close to Home” campaign has made it no secret the district is supporting its goal to raise $3.5 million locally for renovations at La Verendrye and Emo hospitals. In fact, more than $1 million already has been raised. “The support […]
The human brain. It’s our thought processor, movement co-ordinator, analyzer, responder–our personal information highway. Suspensed in cerebral spinal fluid and the thickness of three pennies of surrounding skull are all that protects it. June is national Brain Injury Awareness Month–a campaign for greater understanding that will be highlighted locally when […]
A group of residents from both sides of the border have joined forces to push for a new bridge to span Rainy River between Fort Frances and International Falls to replace the privately-owned one. “It didn’t take long to realize that there was something wrong about having the only local […]
After four months of deliberating and a second round of voting, the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board (DSSAB) finally has settled on an apportionment formula. DSSAB members spent hours discussing the formula which determines how much each municipality will be levied by DSSAB, eventually choosing the second of […]
After spending 60-plus hours a week working as a family physician in Calgary, you wouldn’t think Dr. Ted Jablonski would have much energy left over to do anything else–let alone release a CD. But “Dr. J.” did just that, releasing “Floating”–featuring 10 original songs–in April through Goget’m Productions. Dr J., […]
