Two weeks ago, I noticed that the Carlsons had put their Christmas lights up on their home. Wasn’t that rushing the season a bit? But then I looked at the flyers with Thursday’s newspaper immediately after Hallowe’en and all were promoting Christmas. We hadn’t even gotten to Remembrance Day, which […]
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
Canadian troops in Afghanistan remain out of sight and away from the conflict, but they should not remain out of our minds. Almost three weeks ago, the first group of soldiers from the Quebec region left for an eight-month rotation to provide training and professional development to the National Security […]
We all are counting down the days to Nov. 6—Election Day in the United States. It can’t quick enough, though I already realize that within a matter of a few months, the election season will be refreshed for the House and Senate races coming up in 2014. We know the […]
Fifty years have now passed since the Cuban missile crisis. In some ways, I feel that it couldn’t have been that long ago. It still plays in my mind that the world almost found itself in a full nuclear war—and that it would have affected everyone. Our home had only […]
We can pay for the best health services that can be offered in Rainy River District. There always will be services that can’t be provided locally, but we can fund those services and supports that make a difference in the lives of district residents. And when we need more care […]
We all pass through milestones in our lives, and many change the direction of our lives for better or worse. You will remember the day you married, the birth of your first child, the death of a parent. All are important days in our lives. For children, a big event […]
Before dawn was breaking Monday morning, I left my home heading to work. As I went down the stairs at my side door, the golden leaves from the Manitoba maple crunched under the soles of my shoes. I looked up and almost all the leaves had fallen from the two […]
I read an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune recently that looked at the costs of job-based health care in the United States. I was shocked by the cost being pegged at $15,745, which struck me as being unbelievably high. The costs had risen by $2,400 over the past four […]
We all awoke to the announcement that another hockey strike was happening. The owners are locking out the players. One might think that in hard times, the owners might have been tightening the reins on their own personal spending for hockey players. But recent announcements in the hockey-signing world seem […]
By the time you read this column, the cross-district bike ride for the “Together We Can” fundraising campaign to replace the mammography machine at La Verendrye Hospital here will have been completed. But the campaign to raise funds for the new machine only will have been kicked off. Just as […]
It was the Labour Day weekend. The moon, almost still full, lit the lake Sunday evening. A fire burned across the lake at Gasparinis’ cabin. A small light shone from the Tibbs’ cabin. A bright light lit the cabin across the water on Nowhere Island. Phil Bangert had arrived at […]
Nothing brings work to a standstill faster than a mom bringing in her newborn baby. Even from the back pressroom, the pressman can hear the cooing the front office staff make. And quickly they reach the front office to compete for time to hold those newborns. And as they grow […]
