Ken Wickstrom, past president of the Fort Frances Rotary Club, was named a Paul Harris Fellow for his contributions to the Rotary Foundation in excess of $1,000 (U.S.) The Rotary Foundation funds humanitarian relief projects around the world. Wickstrom himself was part of a five-week group study exchange program, sponsored […]
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The Northwestern Health Unit is investigating Crossroads School in Devlin after a number of students there came down with a ’flu-like sickness over the past week. “We currently have staff investigating there,” Ken Allan, infectious disease control team leader with the health unit, said Tuesday. “We’re taking water samples to […]
The sun was shining, the horses were happy to get out of the stable and run, and the riders were pumped. All in all, it was a perfect day Saturday for the Northern Ontario Therapeutic Riding Association’s fourth-annual “Freedom Ride” starting at Trail’s End Riding Stable in Devlin. The 16 […]
Hendon, Pa. (1998)–11 young people in their early teens and early 20s, all friends, headed to a cabin in the mountains. By daybreak Sunday, all of them were dead, caught in their beds by a swift fire. Toronto, Ont. (Fall of 1998)–an elderly man died from burns after he fell […]
By Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
Gerald Celente doesn’t think much of the future our media paint for us. He says they “suffer from millennium myopia.” Celente is director of the Trends Research Institute in Rhinebeck, N.Y. He warns that most predictions rehash the recent past and extend present events and patterns. The resulting “future scenario” […]
Ahh summer! The sun pokes its head up so early and stays so late in the evening one has no trouble at all putting in a full day without the benefit of electric lights. Down in Emu–home of some really strange birds–Smitty was taking advantage of the free light to […]
This month, I’m planning to make a bundle of money! Money that has nothing to do with my regular sources of livelihood. I just learned about the possibility last week in an article in Bottom Line Tomorrow. Julie Morgenstern is the latest guru of organization, and I’m always a pushover […]
There are many beautiful flowers in the spring. Some are brilliant and flamboyant, some are soft and delicate, and some have special meanings in our lives. We all love to see flowers blooming in the spring. In this part of the world, it means we can put away the snow […]
By Sam Anderson
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Outdoors Pro-Mo
During the spring, Lindy rigs are one of my preferred methods of presentation. Sure, you can still take old marble eyes on jigs–and crankbaits will produce big results in some conditions–but much of the time, Lindy rigs will fool fish when nothing else will. Lindy rigs are effective for several […]
Summer is one of the best times to consistently catch walleyes. Distinct patterns are much easier to set because the lake has settled, and the fish are schooled and making predictable movements. The water temperatures of summer increase the walleye’s metabolism and those fish are feeding more often and more […]
Bernard Joseph Armstrong of Atikokan, Ont. passed away May 26, 1999 at Atikokan General Hospital. He was born Sept. 20, 1920 in Stratton, Ont. Bernard served in WWII from 1940 to 1945, and it was then he met and married Mary (Molly) Stewart on Nov. 10, 1941 in Inverness, Scotland. […]
Gus “Mork” Copenace Jr., 20, of Onigaming First Nation, Ont., passed away as a result of an accident Friday, May 28, 1999 at Sioux Narrows, Ont. He was born Jan. 15, 1979 in Fort Frances, Ont. Gus was attending Onigaming High School and would have graduated from grade 12 this […]
