Last week, six area businesses enrolled in the Safe Communities Incentive Program (SCIP) were interviewed about their experience with the program by two private consultants working on behalf of the Workplace Safety Insurance Board. Consultants Nicholas Ignatieff and Debra Nixon were gathering information for the board in order to gauge […]
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I am not a wine drinker. Never have been. To me, wine comes in three varieties–red, white, and bubbly. To add adjectives like “sharp,” “sweet,” or “dry” to describe the wine would be mere shots in the dark for me. But even a complete wine list illiterate like me couldn’t […]
“Pointing kids in the right direction–which way do you want to go?” is the motto of the “Youth United” program run by the Sunset Country Métis. But the program–which began in October on a six-month basis with funding by the Métis Nation of Ontario and Human Resources and Development Canada–may […]
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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
