It is sad to see the “Hog Fuel” generator torn down and being hauled away as scrap metal. The multi-million-dollar investment by both the Province of Ontario and Resolute Forest Products was built to reduce paper manufacturing costs and extend the life of the “Kraft Mill” and paper mills in […]
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
Since Thursday morning, our television set has been recording every CTV, CBC hour televising the death and funeral pageantry of Queen Elizabeth II. I am not the royalist that my wife is, but I have found it fascinating learning about the bits of history and the protocols leading up the […]
Candidates in this election are looking to grow the population in Fort Frances and the district. Half a century ago, the Fort’s population hovered around 10,000. Canada’s population continues to age, and growing numbers are retiring. Today, we see the shortage of workers to fill jobs in the district and […]
We have spent the last seven days at the cabin. It has been refreshing and very enjoyable. We see the occasional boat and personal watercraft drive through in the distance. It has been a time for relaxing on the deck and watching nature evolve. We can see the damage wrought […]
It is official. Fort Frances will be having an election for mayor and council. There will be at least three new council members and potentially a new mayor who had not served on council in the three previous years. Since 2014 when the mill closure was announced councils have struggled […]
I am sitting in the sunroom of our cabin. As cabin owners on Rainy Lake realize, this has been a very unusual season; one that we will not soon forget. A mother mallard comes into our bay with five small ducklings. She is very protective, and those ducklings heed her […]
Elections bring the opportunity to reinvigorate the community. They bring ideas forward to create new strength in a community to attract new citizens, new businesses, and recognize new opportunities. It is time for a new generation to step forward and begin taking the reins to direct the future of Fort […]
One does not have to look far to see the issues of staff shortages in our health care system. On Friday, the Lake of the Woods District Hospital posted on Facebook a notice that the LWDH Emergency Department was facing staffing shortages over the long weekend. Emergency wait times were […]
Local minor hockey officials were surprised to learn of the cover-ups made by Hockey Canada to pay settlements for alleged sexual assault claims without the knowledge of either their insurance company or with public knowledge. No one knew until the Globe and Mail disclosed that the funds had been created […]
Oceans of vibrant, fluorescent yellow fields of Canola often fill the landscape of Saskatchewan and Alberta as far as the eye can see. Locally, and through much of southern Manitoba, the fields of Canola are just coming into bloom. This year farmers planted 21.4 million acres in Canola. That is […]
Friday gave all Canadians a lesson in telecommunications and its fragility. Our phone book of district listings has shrunk to become just a fraction of the listings it was ten years ago. Instead of one phone listing in our homes, which has disappeared as district residents have moved to cell […]
The community and district witnessed the heroic efforts volunteering makes in times of a pending disaster. From May through mid June volunteers from less than five years of age through to octogenarians hefted shovels, carried sandbags, built dikes along streets and homes and went home after a gruelling day to […]
