Submitted by the Stewardship Youth Rangers Hello again from your local Fort Frances Ogimaa Binesiiyog Stewardship Youth Rangers! We were able to take part in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship last month, where we assisted Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry Fort Frances district biologist Melissa Mosley to monitor […]
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Submitted by Tyler Moffitt Autumn is here and the Fort Frances Fire & Rescue Service team members would like to share some important fire and life safety information you can embrace and practice. Smoke alarms •Working smoke alarms are required on every level of your home and outside all sleeping […]
By Tyler J. Moffitt Fire Chief/CEMC Fort Frances Fire & Rescue Service In honour of Canada’s 150th birthday, here are the first 66 of 150 fire and life safety tips for you to embrace and share. 1. Keep anything that can burn at least three feet away from heating equipment, […]
The Great Spirit spoke again to the Kiowa: “I have told you about the Buffalo and how he will sustain you. But I must warn you. If the Buffalo disappears, then the Kiowa will fade into the sunset. “Never again will the Kiowa be a great nation.” And the buffalo […]
The Great Spirit spoke to the Kiowa. And he said, “Behold the Buffalo. He will supply you with food and raiment and shelter. But more than that—he will supply all that you need.” And so it was. The Kiowa ate the meat of the buffalo. They dried the meat in […]
In the fall, the annual cycle of the seasons turns once more—and one of the great phenomena of this season is the migration of the birds. Stand on the shore of one of our northern lakes some quiet evening. You will hear hundreds of tiny chirps above you as vast […]
The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a woodpecker. As such, he has all the woodpecker characteristics. For instance, he clings to the bark of trees and pecks at it incessantly. He doesn’t sing, but makes some loud non-musical calls. He also stays close to trees almost all of the time. This bird […]
The Cabbage Butterfly, a common little insect, is one of a small family known scientifically as the Pieridae. There are three groups: the Whites, the Sulphurs, and the Orange-tips. The names give you a pretty good idea of their colours. All of them are quite small, about two inches or […]
The flash of fire at the top of the elm tree. A clear, flute-like whistle in late spring. A hanging basket nest. These are the trademarks of one of our most striking birds—the Baltimore Oriole. The male bird is absolutely brilliant in jet black and bright orange. During the courting […]
These are the days when the woods, the fields, and the gardens are just starting to show the promise of things to come. Around the houses, tulips and daffodils are out. And everywhere, the trees are budding and the grass is starting to turn green again. Out in the woods, […]
When the white man first explored North America, he found three types of wolves—the timber wolf, the red wolf, and the coyote. The coyote originally populated mostly the Prairie regions. When settlement began, the settlers started a war on wolves of all kinds as wolves kill sheep, calves, poultry—even full-grown […]
Probably a great many of you have never ever seen a shrew. First, they are very small. Second, when you go tramping through the woods, your footsteps sound like explosions to these tiny animals, so they wisely stay put. It may surprise you to know that we, in Northern Ontario, […]
