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Former Times editor Harry Vandetti used the words “shouts out” in his “Just Passing By” column last week. Now, it’s not confirmed whether he picked it up from my using of the term to introduce my sports newsbits. But I’m pretty sure he did. Either way, it made my week […]

Let’s face it, sports and movies usually don’t mix very well together. There are more bad sports movies than there are good ones. For every “Raging Bull,” there are five “Mighty Ducks” sequels. For every Oscar nomination a sports movie gets, there are 12 “Razzies” (annual award recognizing the worst […]

Our ’50s and ’60s were well populated by UFOs! (most called them flying saucers and scoffers said “sun spots!”) Unidentified flying objects, as they became officially and seriously known, were being sighted everywhere, and our border skies must have been among their favourites haunts because almost every lake dweller here […]

I recently visited the Warroad Pioneer newspaper office and met up with one of Cal Marvin’s sons, who was picking up the new Warroad senior hockey photo. The Warroad Lakers hockey team still exists but with a different name—the Islanders. And they’re on the trail for another Allan Cup title. […]

Whoever decreed “let there be mirth and merriment” must have meant to include music, especially the brass big band music like Fort Frances knew in every celebration on both sides of the border until about 20 years ago. Through war and peace, this band brought us the theme songs of […]

With the hockey season shortly coming to an end, there is one more tournament, called “Tony’s” and Tony Bliss invites liniment and recreational teams to participate in his arena fundraiser, tourney and dance this Friday and Saturday. The dance goes from 8 p.m. until 1 a.m., with music by Yowza. […]

As I read the headlines regarding Mark Messier’s sub-par season, I can’t help but remember an old bit from a stand-up comedian. You know, one of those clever “observational humour” types a la Jerry Seinfeld. He said there comes a time in life when you’ve become a little too old […]

Many of us here feel badly about current events in Israel and the continued murder of Jewish people. Our sympathies stem from the friendships experienced in this town with some fine Jewish merchants who certainly were among the founders of our New Atlantis! Now they have all moved away and […]

You gotta love “Plan B.” For all you uninitiated out there, “Plan B” is a curling term used to describe when something good happens from a shot that wasn’t called. For instance, when the skip wants a draw and his third delivers a triple take-out, or angle raise. Or when […]

This year’s World Day of Prayer was held last Friday evening at St. Patrick’s Church, with churches from the local ministerial association all in attendance. The service was written by the Women of Romania, and ladies of each church gave readings. A social hour followed. The annual Pro-Life tea and […]

The hockey community in Powell River probably will be buzzing by April. The town in British Columbia, just northwest of Vancouver, is gearing up to host the 2002 Allan Cup—a showcase of the top senior men’s ‘AAA’ teams from across the country. The host Regals are two-time Allan Cup winners, […]

Witchcraft was never proved! Yet, after the town lost four of its six hotels, and three of them right to the ground, following a year-long rampage by hordes of wild womanhood, our taxpayers were left wondering. Then the papermill erased our embarrassment while swallowing the south side of our business […]