Gary Bettman and I go a way back, even though he doesn’t know it…probably because we’ve never met. The NHL President, you see, was vocal about the NHL’s having any kind of association with gambling, legal or otherwise, at a time when I was regularly writing stories on that subject. […]
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In just over two weeks voters in Ontario will go to the polls to elect a government to govern Ontario for the next four years. We often look at what the current government has accomplished in their mandate and make a decision to either reward them with a second mandate […]
The following is an open letter to Doug Ford from Queer Vote 2022, which is organizing a debate using questions from LGBT and other marginalized communities. Dear Mr. Ford, We have been reaching out to you for months now, asking you to participate in a debate which has questions from […]
The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce held a full-scale Business Expo at the Fort Frances Curling Club last weekend, featuring hundreds of visitors and dozens of vendors. The kids enjoyed bouncy castles, political candidates met with voters, and local businesses and organizations were on hand to show off everything new […]
Country kids get to experience a whole different set of life experiences that the townies are denied.Aside from the privations of the outdoor privy and cold winter mornings, there were not too manycountry life experiences I would rather have missed out on. The smell of freshly mown red clover is […]
The Christian Reform Church held their annual pancake breakfast during Spring Fever Days. It was decided all monies raised would be donated to the people in the Ukraine. A total of $2500.00 was donated for this worthy cause. The Dorcas ladies frin the CRC would like to thank everyone in […]
Well, it is officially the latest I have ever been without seed in the ground at the Research Station. Things like cereals, canola, flax, peas see yields losses each day after May 15. Things like soybeans and corn are planted a bit later here to avoid frost so there may […]
January 3, 1982 – May 1, 2022 Until we meet again… Whilst we could cry over moments lost, today, we revel in the times that we shared, so we aim to honor the life of Curtis James Fahey in the ways we choose to carry him forward. For those of […]
August 24, 1923 – May 13, 2022 Passed away peacefully at his residence on May 13, 2022, at age 98. Dear husband of Joyce Ann (nee Tolen); much loved brother to Mary deMontmorency of Beamsville, Margaret Bogie of Hamilton, Lena Bellingham of Lewiston, New York; father to Lynn, Catharine, David […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Joseph Fernand Pelletier announces his passing, at age 73, surrounded by family, on May 6, 2022, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Joseph, better known as ‘Fern,’ was born on April 20, 1949, in St Anne, New Brunswick, to Camille and Irma Pelletier. He […]
The family is deeply saddened to announce the death of Wendy Judson of Emo, Ontario. She lived a happy and fulfilling life, and moved from one exciting adventure to another with a positive attitude, a huge smile, and heartfelt kindness to all she met. Wendy was born on April 23, […]
Anungokwe – Caribou Clan It is with profound sadness the family of Jenna Audelia Rivas-Torres announces her passing on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Fort Frances, Ont. Jenna was born on February 22, 1989, to Marcos Rivas-Torres and Lorraine Friday. She grew up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and moved to Seine […]
