Ann Lamott in Monday’s Washington Post titled her opinion peace “It’s good to remember, we are all living on borrowed time”. I chuckled at the headline as I read her piece and then thought around to this past weekend at a swim meet hosted in Fort Frances by the Cyclones […]
Jim Cumming – From the Publisher Emeritus’ Pen
Jim is the former publisher of the Fort Frances Times Ltd. He writes a weekly column and can be contacted at jcumming@fortfrances.com
I look about the world and even the industry that I grew up in and marvel at the changes that I have seen in my lifetime. One can look back to the Gutenberg Bible. It was the first book printed using individual letters that were collected to make words and […]
“Truth is the first casualty of war.” The statement has been attributed to many different writers including Senator Samuel Johnson, but the first such statement is attributed to Aeschylus a Greek tragic dramatist who lived between 525 BC and 426 BC. Since then, the world has witnessed the truth of […]
Canada finds itself with a foreign affairs problem. Being rebuked by India for publicly accusing the Indian government of facilitating the execution of a Canadian Sikh person and then blundering by recognizing a WWII Ukrainian Nazi soldier during a parliamentary session attended by Ukrainian Leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy Canada has gained […]
It wasn’t until 1957 that Thanksgiving became a permanent holiday in Canada. Yet Thanksgiving had been celebrated from as early as Sir Simon Frobisher celebration in 1578 after landing on Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island after losing a ship in the search of the Northwest Passage. They gave thanks for their […]
My birch trees are now turning a golden yellow and the rain from the weekend had many of the leaves beginning a mat over my just mowed lawn. We are now in the early stages of the put away season. We will be closing the cabin for the winter shortly […]
The three federal parties are in a rush to announce new policies to build upwards of 5 million homes by 2030. It is a huge mountain to climb, and all three parties are putting on their mountain climbing gear and making huge announcements claiming they have the solution to solve […]
Last week Rob Ford made an announcement that he was going to build 1600 square foot homes across the province for less than $500,000 with even finished basements. It was a brash promise in the land of the golden horseshoe where the average home now sells for just over $1 […]
It was just over two weeks ago that we lost power both in town and at the lake. On most planned power outages, we would go to where the power was still on. It is a far cry at the cabin from when the wood cooking stove and the kerosene […]
It is important for neighbours to talk with neighbours. Even more important is for the community to regularly be in discussion with our elected officials. Yes, we go to the polls every four years and elect a mayor and council. Seldom do we hear from them even at election time […]
If you want to dream; Dream Big. Wednesday evening The BMI group of three brothers, Justus, Paul, and John Veldman have partnered with Scatliff, Miller and Murray (SMM), Ziibi Anishinaabe Investments, Sputnik Architecture. Aazhogan Renewal and Rainy River First Nation in an ambitious plan to redevelop the former paper mill […]
There used to be a commercial that said if you want to have real time with your children, take them fishing. It must work. I remember my father renting a rowboat from Mrs. Mills and rowing my brother and myself out past the boom logs at the point. I snagged […]
