It was a seemingly innocuous paragraph at the end of an article listing items on council’s agenda for its July 23 meeting: “•authorization for the Fort Frances Power Corp. to prepare and deliver presentations on the matter of consolidation of Local Distribution Companies (LDCs) as proposed by the province.” In […]
Editorials
It will be hard to match the Olympic fever that swept across Canada when Vancouver hosted the 2010 Winter Games. For one, Canada is mostly associated as a winter locale—and we’ve enjoyed greater success on the ice and slopes on the world stage over the years. And, of course, as […]
It’s said the weather is the most popular topic of conversation among Canadians, and most of that talk tends to be negative. It’s either too cold or too hot; too rainy or too dry. There just never seems to be a happy medium. And frankly, our lives revolve around the […]
The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is now just two weeks away yet you’d be hard-pressed to see any signs—or excitement—that our major community festival is fast-approaching. Sure, local motels and camps will soon see an onslaught of out-of-town teams hitting Rainy Lake for pre-fishing, if they haven’t arrived already. […]
Some of my fondest memories of my father revolve around fishing from the Five Mile Dock and the Five Mile lift bridge. My father, brother and I would go out to the dock and fish until the sunset. It was time alone with my Dad. A famous television commercial showed […]
The opening of the Northern Ontario Sportfishing Centre in Sioux Narrows creates another attraction for residents and visitors to Northwestern Ontario to go to. As a sport fishing centre, it will attract visitors who come to the area to fish the great variety of fish found in this corner of […]
Incredible. Amazing. Inspiring. Any number of superlatives can be used to describe the scene Friday night around the track behind Fort Frances High School as the local “Relay for Life” raised a record $81,000—and counting! The dedication of those involved—from the organizers to the team members who collected pledges, staged […]
There are plenty of programs and initiatives in schools these days with lofty goals and good intentions, although it often is difficult to actually measure their ultimate success or effectiveness. The now defunct Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education program, or D.A.R.E., for instance, aimed to instil in kids the importance […]
The confusion that’s marred planning for Canada Day activities in Fort Frances is a perfect example of the wrong way to go about things. That’s not a dig at those who tried. The Fun in the Sun committee understandably opted to back out when its plea for more volunteers fell […]
Everyone knows the provincial government is cash-strapped—and certainly is leaving no stone unturned in its mission to slay the deficit by its target date. “Downloading” became a dirty word in the 1990s as the powers that be at Queen’s Park sought to save money by shifting programs and services onto […]
Having the local “Relay for Life” join forces with the Riverside Foundation for Health Care is a win-win pairing that’s sure to benefit both organizations. The two groups do an excellent job on their own. The Foundation, thanks to the dedication and creativity of its Special Events committee, has raised […]
There was a smaller turnout this year for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual Home and Leisure Show, down by about 1,000 people over the two days, which understandably left organizers disappointed and scratching their heads. The Chamber certainly deserves kudos for staging the home show for a 24th-straight […]
