Every time you pass the old Fort Frances High School, ask yourself a question: would Rusty Green want to buy that red brick mountain? As it stands here today, big, beautiful, and abandoned—with nobody seemingly interested in whether it lives or dies—why would anyone covet it? And who was Rusty […]
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It’s getting a little too easy to be taken in by the romanticist’s view of ice hockey in Canada at this time of year. It’s something CBC’s “Hockey Day in Canada” has been known for in its past two broadcasts: strip down the role of big money and fame, or […]
There’s still time to purchase tickets for the “Sweater of your choice” raffle, organized by the Emo/La Vallee Community Cen-tre fundraising committee, which will be made Jan. 19. The sweater is being hand-knitted by Gail Patterson. After a break for the yuletide season, “Wheels to Meals” resumed its activities last […]
Morning is my favourite time of the day. I love to sip my coffee leisurely, while I check the weather channel. Today it was cold, but sunny. A perfect day! But what really makes my morning fun is exercise. Three times a week, I go to strength training classes. And […]
We like to think of ourselves as adventurous, free-spirited, independent beings who long to go wherever the wind may take us. In reality, though, we’re really just pathetic creatures of habit; mired in the cozy security of “the ol’ routine.” And nothing throws a curve ball into the “routine” worse […]
Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
The popular “Wheels to Meals” program at the Emo Legion will resume next Thursday (Jan. 10), beginning with carpet bowling at 10:45 a.m., followed by the meal and card playing. Regular sessions also are slated Jan. 17 and 24, with the first carpet bowling tournament of the new year planned […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
I was not in town last season as the Muskie boys’ hockey team knifed through every team en route to the gold medal at OFSAA ‘A/AA’ showdown in Burlington. So I had a lot to learn about this squad, which has gone through quite the metamorphosis this season. But one […]
The gripping scene of Ben Hur as a galley slave is still vivid in my mind. After seeing that classic movie almost 30 years ago, the horrible inhumanity of man to man surfaced in both my nighttime dreams and daytime thinking. How could people do it? How could they make […]
Mike Behan
Moving with Mike
Moving with Mike
One of my favourite tasks as editor is to thumb back through the past 51 issues to come up with the top 10 stories of the year. And what never ceases to amaze me, year in and year out, is the sheer volume of news that’s appeared in the pages […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
This has been the year of the big comeback. In pro sports, everyone welcomed the return of Mario Lemieux on ice and Michael “Air” Jordan back on the hardcourt. Their fans are still delirious as Canada waits to see Mario score another winning goal in the Olympics. Which all goes […]
Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2002. Thanks, especially, to all who contributed to my Emo News column each week over the past year. A bouquet of pionsettias to each one of you. The winner of the E-Z tree at Emo Drugs was Robin […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben with a View
A Reuben with a View
These may be the first-ever “unofficial” Fort Frances Times’ sports awards. History in the making? Dare I say the start of a lengthy, fruitful tradition? Maybe we shouldn’t overshoot. Nonetheless, I would be remiss if I didn’t offer my take on the two-thirds of 2001 that I’ve covered this district’s […]
