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Poor Jack never stood a chance. In fact, Gen. Custer faced better odds at the Little Big Horn. Jack Tynan, as some of you may know, is leaving Fort Frances for a reporting job in Missouri and, as is tradition here at the Times, there was a going away party […]

As Canada sends our soldiers to war again, I’d recommend that they should be given opportunity to meet Albert Carrier, a great Fort Frances fighter. Coffeeing with Albert here a week ago, I gained fresh respect for him as a survivor as well as a very unique personality. Know anyone […]

Anyone wanting advance tickets to the Borderland Thunder games in Fort Frances, you can now get them at Variety Village here in Emo. It is better than standing in line at the Memorial Sports Centre. What would you do if you received a car for your birthday? Well, without mentioning […]

Not many people will admit to this nowadays but I’m a die-hard, true-blue Montreal Expos fanatic—and have been for as long as I can remember. It was one day shy of my sixth birthday when the Expos played their first game on April 8, 1969. And while I don’t remember […]

We are saddened again by the passing of a pair of our hardest-working citizens in Bill Bailley and Carl Domanski, whom you might identify merely as a couple of our best-known hotelkeepers. Reflect on that remark a moment and much, much more can certainly come to mind regarding the way […]

Every now and then, I delve into my files and pull out something I call the “other notes.” These are things I ask my sources that don’t necessarily pertain to the subject at hand, but still ask in hopes of stumbling upon another angle—or perhaps another story entirely. I never […]

The Knox United Church Women in Emo are having their annual fall tea, bazaar, and bake sale Friday, Nov. 2 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the church hall. White elephant table will be featured. Admission is $2. Bingo will be held tomorrow (Oct. 25) at the Emo Legion Br. #99. Doors […]

Put bluntly, North Americans have been a lucky lot up until now. Until Sept. 11, we did not have to worry that a flight from Winnipeg to Toronto would be hijacked. We did not have to fear walking past a car that suddenly blows up, or open our mail. We […]

“This is the most people I’ve seen gathered in one place in a while.” That was the remark I heard from someone as I shuffled past the lineup on my way up the stairs to the “Ice for Kids” Arena for the Borderland Thunder’s home-opener last Friday night, joining close […]

The McEvoys and Holmes came here from the mighty Miramichi and knowing the woods and rivers of New Brunswick, also knew a good thing when they saw it here in the ’30s. They enjoyed our surroundings so well that one of them served repeatedly as mayor of Fort Frances and […]

The EPL is commemorating Ontario Library Week from Oct. 15-21. This year’s theme is “Ontario Public Libraries—It’s not by the Book Anymore.” Librarian Shirley Sheppard invites everyone to come out to their open house. “There will be free coffee and dainties, free draws, and giveaways,” she noted. Remember the library […]

Hallucinations, anyone? Well after the past week, it seems as if I have a few to share! Prominent in my memorable week away, for instance, were these elements: tall buildings, airplanes, a noise like a machine gun, and war news on every hand. I can’t say I confronted any Arabs […]