Sometime after 4 in the morning on Monday, I became aware of a grader rumbling by my house. Sometime later, the sound of the sidewalk plow made an impression on me. When I finally was ready to go out shortly after 6:30 a.m., I was not wrong. Both had been […]
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
Early Sunday morning, the street light at the corner of our yard had a halo around it. And as the sun was rising in the east, it seemed like a fog had descended across the community as I looked out from a second-floor bedroom window. In reality, it was just […]
My hands are sore today (Monday) as I spent the weekend in my wood shop beginning a new project which is made almost entirely of red oak. Beginning Saturday, on the coldest day of the year, I began planing the four oak boards and two ash boards to thickness. My […]
I will tell you right from the start that I am a Type 2 diabetic who is insulin dependent. It has forced me to pay greater attention to what I eat for almost 25 years. Sometimes I have been more successful than at other times, and exercise certainly plays a […]
Each Wednesday I travel between Fort Frances and Rainy River delivering the Fort Frances Times to our news dealers. Often in travelling the route with my wife, new ideas are floated about the crops that are being grown, fields that are being cleared, and the quality of herds that exist […]
I’ve been using the same software on my computer for almost a decade. It has performed flawlessly and I am very comfortable doing it. However, with the latest update in the OS system, I’m now getting messages that the applications I’ve been using for so long no longer are compatible. […]
It is the week before a New Year arrives and as I look back, it has been an exciting time for Rainy River District. Record cattle sales and expanding grain fields greatly have increased the agricultural economy across the district. Daily truckloads of grain are passing through Fort Frances on […]
It came out of the blue to the people of Fort Frances and Rainy River District that a company was making an offer to buy the idled Resolute mill complex here. It is a dreamed of Christmas present that a deal can be struck and the work will take place […]
We put up our Christmas tree this past Friday and Saturday. When our boys were young, we would go out on a tree-finding afternoon–often at my cousin’s farm on the River Road. We would march through the bush, usually with one of the boys being pulled on a sleigh while […]
One of the more interesting issues facing young people today, whether they live in a large city or smaller rural community, is the cost of housing. Everyone is looking for affordable housing, but that means different things to different people and has different pricing whether in an urban or rural […]
Busy family life is bringing about huge changes in the food industry. Where once sitting down with the family for an evening meal was commonplace, today mothers and fathers and grandparents are running in multiple directions taking children to hockey, basketball, dance, Guides, Cubs, and all types of youth activities […]
As any young person will tell you, Christmas takes a long time to arrive. Parents, on the other hand, will tell you that even with all the planning and work, Christmas arrives too quickly. Those preparations take a long time. For the past two weeks, I’ve been putting up our […]
