Many people probably do not know that there are quite a few black walnut and butternuts (also known as white walnut) growing in yards in Fort Frances and properties along the Rainy River. It is not intentionally being kept a secret, but many gardeners just don’t know or realize what […]
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This second of back to back Bassmaster Elite Series events took place this past weekend at Lake Champlain. This massive lake in northern New York also stretches into Vermont and Quebec to give you a better idea of its geographic location. It is known as one of the top bass […]
Oran a azu nwa, translated to English – it takes a village to raise a child – is an African proverb, specifically from Nigeria’s Igbo people. The saying is familiar to many of us, but I am not sure we give it much thought. The Igbo people believe an entire […]
Blueberries. In a pie, muffins, blueberry crisp, on your morning cereal, or straight up by the handful, right off the bush. You can’t beat ‘em. They are truly one of the real treats of living in the north. Of course anything worthwhile takes some effort. With blueberries it’s picking them. […]
By Robin McCormick
There are definitely happy moments to celebrate (even with COVID changing our world).July 24 George and Martha Siemens celebrated their 50th anniversary! Gary Barker turned 75 years old on July 25. Gary and his family lived many years in our municipality. Congratulations to Dennis Wright and Jasmine Hunter on the […]
Friday night my brother in law walk out of the front door of the cabin and watched a lightning light show surrounding him. The lights flashed, colours blossomed in the clouds and no rumble could be heard coming across the lake. Sunday morning around three, the light shows reappeared. The […]
Next month sees the focus of my Step Forward fundraiser transition to the Riverside Health Foundation – Chemotherapy Unit. Summarizing the impact cancer has on our world in 500 words would be like trying to review the entire Marvel Universe movie collection in a couple of paragraphs. Cancer has such […]
Summer is really moving along – and for the most part we certainly cannot complain about the weather. Well, that is funny because I tend to complain about the weather but that is just because of rain. Last week we should have been braver and cut more hay than we […]
No matter when you choose to plant trees and shrubs in your yard or garden there are two very important rules to keep in mind to insure the survival and growing success of your plants. Rule #1: Prepare a million-dollar hole for a one hundred dollar tree, and Rule […]
The Bassmaster Elite Series resumed last week at the St. Lawrence River on the New York/Ontario border. Known as one of the best smallmouth fisheries in the World, the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario have been a regular stop on the tournament trail for the past several years because […]
This is my five-hundredth column in The Fort Frances Times, my first column appearing in the January 5, 2011 edition. It is not quite equivalent to crossing the Gobi Desert on foot or hiking the Inca Trail of Peru’s Machu Picchu Mountain. Nonetheless, writing four hundred, ninety-nine columns about things […]
How sharp are your powers of observation? Research tells us that you can keep your mental skills sharp by using them. Here’s a little exercise you can try. When out strolling the town, look closely at the properties and then guess how old or what generation the folks are that […]
