Dear editor: Yeah, it’s Rapid Robert again. The old guy with the plaid tam. I do a lot of driving, and have done a lot of driving over my 77 years, and courtesy and politeness never leave my mind. Remember when our mums and dads used to instruct us, “Now […]
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Dear editor: This letter addresses comments made by Mike Baranowski (“Fishing is for the birds”–July 19), Lyle Armstrong (“Cormorants cause headaches for area cottagers”–July 19), and Allan Kielczewski (letter to the editor–July 26). First, each one claimed cormorants consume large quantities of sport fish. Studies have repeatedly shown, however, that […]
Dear editor: I lived in Fort Frances most of my life until we moved to Vancouver Island. I have never seen such beautiful graveyards as those in Fort Frances. When we travel to go home to Fort Frances, we pass a lot of graveyards and they look so dim and […]
The Border Figure Skating Club needs higher numbers to successfully run its summer programs–and right now they are so close. “As it is right now, we are just under the break even point,” said Marla Bekesi, public relations rep for the BFSC. “We are still hoping to get the numbers […]
From the green timber swamps of southwestern Ontario to the tidal estuaries of the maritimes, a new field guide is being used by landowners across Eastern Canada. Ducks Unlimited, along with conservation agency partners, have recently completed the guide, which is designed to assist landowners in the important task of […]
Rainy Lake Boatworks hosted its first kayaking seminar Sunday afternoon with successful results–and they’ll do it again next year. The seminar was led by experienced kayaker Darrell Makin, who kicked things off by saying the skills of paddling and rescue are probably what those on hand would get the most […]
Seeded as the top team to beat in the Minnesota Sports Federation 15 and under state baseball tournament on the weekend of July 22, Eden Prairie sparkled in the games they had won but fizzled in the two games they should have had tucked under their belts. During the regular […]
A three-day soccer tournament will be held this weekend at the St. Francis pitches, with eight teams competing in the men’s division and four among the women. “There are teams coming from Thunder Bay, Kenora, and Dryden, and, of course, local teams such as AAA, Nova, Tagg’s, ITS, MEC, Merchants, […]
About 40 Muskie hopefuls hit the ice at the new Ice for Kids Arena here Monday for the first night of tryouts for the high school hockey team. “We had a very good turnout,” noted head coach Glen Edwards, adding the talent he saw on that first night of camp […]
Christin Thomson has spent the past two weeks at Kitchen Creek working hard on her golf game in preparation for the Canadian junior girls’ championship Aug. 15-17 in Fredericton, N.B. Making her third appearance at the championship as a member of the Manitoba team, the 17-year-old has been getting help […]
Charles Thomas Pierce, 98, passed away suddenly Saturday, Aug. 5, 2000 at the Sioux Lookout District Health Centre in Sioux Lookout, Ont. Charles was born April 13, 1902 in Reston, Man. and went to school at Kinross. He spent his younger days on the family farm. At an early age, […]
Our beloved mother, Arlie Gibson (Ferris), 80, of Atikokan, Ont., went home to be with her Lord Jesus, whom she loved and served, on Friday, Aug. 5, 2000 at her cabin on Big Pine Lake. Mom was born Nov. 10, 1919 in Coderre, Sask. to Ralph and Henrietta Showalter. The […]
