Thanks to a joint effort between the Fort Frances Seniors’ Coalition and the Rainy River District Substance Abuse Prevention (SAP) Team, local seniors can get a free specialized directory of services and resources based on their needs. Called “The Fort Frances Directory of Services and Resources for Seniors,” it will […]
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Several students at Fort High are gearing up for an important annual event. Like thousands of other Canadian teens, they will be participating in the 30-Hour Famine. The “famine,” which aims to raise money for World Vision Canada and its projects, will take place at FFHS in mid-April. As the […]
Dear Mike, The editorial in the March 3 edition of the Times suggested starting a party of like-minded northerners. “With a block of MPPs, we’d have some clout then, right?” Yes, we would, if they truly represented our northern views. In fact, we’ve had a block of MPs and MPPs […]
Dear sir: According to the article, “Impact of lake levels on river uncertain,” in the Times last Wednesday (March 10), there is a proposal to lower the lake level of Rainy Lake by more than a metre starting this spring. In the whole article, there was nothing to suggest positive […]
Dear sir: We wish to take this opportunity to thank the Fort Frances Times for all the positive coverage of the “Youth-at-Risk” program. We have enjoyed working with the students, both in the classroom component and the training placements. The abilities and commitment of the students to learn and develop […]
Dear sir: I returned from a sentencing at the courthouse earlier this week of a case which I have been following from a distance. I was appalled, disappointed, and saddened at the system which our society puts its trust. The person I am speaking of was charged with sexual assault […]
The signs of spring are everywhere. The mail box is full of seed catalogues. The TV is cluttered with ads for crop production chemicals. The male woodchucks are out of their dens scurrying from burrow to burrow, mauling and mating. At our place up in Blue, in anticipation of a […]
We all need healing in our lives. Sometimes we need healing from unbearable grief and loneliness; at other times from broken bones or pulled muscles. Sometimes it’s simply the deep sadness of our souls that needs healing. Little scrapes and big bruises. It could be many things that come into […]
Mike Behan
Moving with Mike
Moving with Mike
Last time on “As the Stomach Churns” . . . Fort Frances council, except for Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, who had declared a conflict of interest, emerged from a behind-closed-doors meeting to announce to any and all who cared that the town does not have, nor ever had, an exclusionary ice […]
Speak first, think later. It’s a common trait. Politicians are great at it. As a matter of fact, they have their feet in their mouths so much, they’re barely intelligible. At least I think that’s the reason they don’t make much sense. Two of the most famous foot-in-mouthers belong to […]
Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
Astute world watchers have said, “The future is unknown and unknowable.” Peter Drucker, a wise and practical teacher and writer, said, “You can’t really plan but the alternative is worse.” Though we may know a likelihood, we cannot accurately predict specific events. Witness earth quakes and volcanic eruptions. So what […]
Each year in Canada, people are injured and others are killed by accidents that could have been prevented. In fact, some 90 percent of all accidents are predictable and, with proper education, largely preventable. Falling into an open manhole or sewer, being crushed by some heavy item, or injured because […]
