Sunday night I predicted to my wife that the grader would fill in my driveway overnight. I made the prediction looking at the buildup of beaten-up snow in the centre of Second Street and the snow that had fallen over the two days in my yard and the drifting that […]
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
Is this Groundhog year again? Are we repeating everything that went on in 2021? I would hope not, but the similarities are too real. We are in almost total lockdown again. Visitation to Rainycrest is being restricted, but care givers can be tested so that they can continue to visit. […]
Christmas arrives on Saturday. For Christians around the world, the day marks the beginning of hope throughout the land. Beginning today we have passed the day of darkness and each day brings more light into the northern hemisphere and marks that more light is coming into our lives. We can […]
There has been much discussion in western news media about the decline of democracy throughout the world. In fact last week president Biden called a world conference to talk to world leaders to address this concern. In an article published in Atlantic magazine this past month, titled “The bad guys […]
The news today is filled with information about the Omnicron virus that is a derivative of the Covid virus. It has replaced the headlines from the United Nations Glasgow conference working to reduce green house gases and control global warming in the world. But on the back pages of newspapers […]
Memories come flooding back every year when we put up our Christmas tree. We do not have a themed tree. But our eclectic tree keeps gathering memories that are stored in the ornaments that adorn it. There is a Hallmark ornament that announces 1977 “Our First Christmas together” and there […]
Christmas is often considered baking season. Both of my sons and their wives have put forth their sweet tooth desires. Over the years I had continued the family tradition of making Christmas Cakes and Christmas Plum Puddings. As a person with diabetes both of those two Christmas items must be […]
I never used to look at the obituaries in the newspaper. I was too young to worry about seeing notices of friends, and acquaintances passing. That changed as I grew older. Today it remains the first page that I turn to. I have learned a great deal in reading those […]
I have been revelling in the weather we have experienced these past 10 days. This fall is being bountiful with warm above normal temperatures. As I travelled to Rainy River last Wednesday, I could not but help notice how many fields have already been prepared for next year’s crops. As […]
Normally a new council is elected and then proceeds to build a strategic plan for the next four years of their mandate. Much has changed over the past three years and a new council will be elected in the fall of 2022. What are the issues that councils across the […]
I was part of the campaign that saw the beginning of the “Care Close to Home” campaign that brought a modernization to the Rainy River Hospital and LaVerendrye Hospital. It resulted in a major donation from First Nations to establish a Dialysis Unit in Fort Frances. The team that walked […]
According to 2018 data by the Ontario Energy Board (OEB), the main electricity sources in Ontario are nuclear energy and water power Nuclear energy: 58.3% Waterpower: 23.9% Wind: 8% Natural gas: 6.2% Solar: 2.3% Bioenergy: 0.5% Other: 0.8% In July of this year the government of Canada committed itself to the largest greenhouse […]
