Calling it “a window of opportunity,” Fort High has elected to allow high-school aged swimmers the chance to compete at the all-Ontario championships next season. For many, the decision was a long time coming. “What we wanted to do was, in some way, get high school swimmers the chance to […]
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tagg’s improved its league-leading record to 6-0-1 for 13 points in the men’s Borderland soccer play with a 4-2 victory over ‘AAA’ on Monday at Westfort. ‘AAA’ currently sits in second place with a 3-3-1 record, followed by the Falls (2-3-3), ITS (2-3-2), and Nova (1-5-1). The score from last […]
Many anglers consider walleye fishing to be a game of trolling. When the concept of back-trolling was perfected, expert and novice fishermen alike felt this method was the ideal technique for presenting a bait to walleyes. As effective as back-trolling is, though, there are still times when casting a bait […]
The Fort Frances Archers shone as brightly as the sun during last weekend’s second-annual Border Challenge with the Moonlight Archers Club of International Falls. With 41 archers registered, this year’s “challenge” drew twice as many competitors over last year’s inaugural one. The bulk of the archers were with the Fort […]
Just a scant few months ago, the town said it was prepared to spend $4.9 million to construct a brand spanking new double-rink indoor ice facility at the arena field, demolishing Memorial Arena in the process. As we all know too well by now, that deal fell through when the […]
Dear sir: Whatever happened to “innocent until proven guilty?” We recently saw a gentleman’s name and reputation dragged through the mud. The lady responsible for collecting the monies for these Nevada tickets had ’fessed up in January, 1997 in a letter to the editor. I believe she admitted it was […]
Dear sir: I’d like to draw Health minister Elizabeth Witmer’s attention to the serious lack of services as to hemo-dialysis in this area. Our closest unit is in Kenora, a three-hour drive from here. Then again, it’s fully used so we have no access to it. Our next choices are […]
Dear Mr. Editor: I wish to voice my objection to the cartoon you printed in the May 27 edition of the Times about sexual harassment in the armed forces. The women and women’s organizations that lobbied for the right of women to serve in the regular army, and the parliamentarians […]
Dear sir: Thank you for the opportunity to publicly express my gratitude. It is with mixed feelings that we are leaving the Rainy River District. We have met many wonderful people, enjoyed neighbours “second to none,” and played in one of our country’s most spectacular outdoor recreational areas. But one […]
Dear sir: Tomorrow (June 18) will be the most important outdoor recreation and potential economic impact day ever. Why? This is the day you are given the chance to voice your concerns in regards to how we will manage our forests and lakes. Environmentalists and the tourist industry are telling […]
“Sail, sink or swim” could have been the motto of the cardboard boat races last Thursday at Pither’s Point Park. A project started by Cathy Brindle and her grade seven/eight French Immersion class at St. Francis School here, student Darren Jeffery said it was “probably the best field trip we’ve […]
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada were set to go before the Ontario Labour Relations Board in Toronto this morning after the company filed a complaint Friday that the union was bargaining in bad faith. Arguing the union couldn’t strike over “process,” the company has […]
