Although Kathie Jackson was pleased with her 5-4 record and fourth-place showing at the provincial Scott Tournament of Hearts in Kenora last week, she knew she was just a few shots away from finishing much higher. “We curled well but we should have won two more games,” Jackson lamented yesterday […]
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Dear sir: There appears to be an opinion in this part of the district that if more of Northwestern Ontario’s forest land is designated as protected area as a result of the “Lands for Life” consultation process currently in progress, we will be conceding to the desires of the greater […]
Dear Fort Frances: Hello from Calgary! My lovely wife and I enjoy receiving the Times and reading about the grand structures your town is creating. Gosh, first a multi-use facility (sounds very complicated), then a state-of-the-art auditorium and now an Olympic-size arena! However, we were very disappointed when the list […]
Dear sir: On Saturday evening, Jan. 24, La Place Rendez-Vous was the site of a benefit dinner for eight-year-old Stephanie Carroll, who is undergoing treatment for cancer in Winnipeg. To say that the event was a huge success would be an understatement. The amount of $7,600, realized through the efforts […]
Dear sir: The JK teachers would like to publicly say how impressed we were with the snowmobile ride which was organized for our young students at Sixth Street School on Jan. 22-23. Family and community involvement, and the generous participation of snowmobile club members, turned it into a very enjoyable […]
It was a quiet visit to Fort Frances for Natural Resource minister John Snobelen–almost. During a question and answer session at a PC fundraising dinner at the Red Dog Inn, the minister to defend the “Land for Life” process. Questions from the floor skirted around the “Lands for Life” round […]
The number of resident physicians working out of the Fort Frances Clinic will get a boost in mid-June when Dr. Peter Mikhail joins the staff roster there. His appointment will bring the clinic’s complement of general practitioners to nine (not including two resident surgeons), which is edging closer to the […]
Among the new activities geared towards kids at this year’s Little Amik Winter Carnival is a chess tournament slated Sunday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. upstairs in the arena. Participants will be grouped into three categories–age nine and under, 10-12, and 13 and over. Bob Barron, one of the event organizers, […]
If the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines wants to consider itself the lead ministry for the north, it better start acting like it. That’s the message that seemed to come out of Monday night’s public meeting at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre with the Minister’s Advisory Council on Government […]
Anyone going to the doctor in the near future will have to show their health card before each visit as the province tries to crack down on health care fraud. Starting March 1, the Ministry of Health is getting rid of its “good faith policy,” leaving it up to the […]
I want to stress that the primary focus of “Heavy Weights” is not weight loss–it’s health gain. It’s not a diet or a fad but rather an attempt to take the bad health habits we have and exchange them for healthy ones. Hence the motto, “Championing better health through better […]
