Dear editor: A big thank you to both the boys’ and girls’ Muskie hockey teams. Both teams and coaches did a great job this season. The kids played with their hearts in the finals. Thanks also to Lucas Punkari for all his work. No thanks to the teaching staff and […]
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Town council certainly has the unenviable task of creating a budget that will have as minimal an impact as possible on local taxpayers. Lost in all the talk of higher user fees and reduced services, however, is the option of dipping into reserves to ease the budgetary crunch. It may […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Grace Carmody, 98, announces her passing on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services will be held Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Anglican Church in Fort Frances, with Fr. […]
Graham Matheson, 52, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 in Thunder Bay, Ont. A private family service will be held. A public memorial service will be held at a later date. A complete obituary will follow.
Killing the goose that laid the “golden egg” is among the most famous of Aesop’s fairy tales. It is the story of a cottager and his wife who had a goose that laid a golden egg every day. The couple believed the goose contained a huge lump of gold and […]
I won’t complain about the weather this week! There is nothing like the warmth of the sun at this time of the year that brightens your hopes of spring, long days, and green grass! I know, I know. We still have March to get through, but this feels good! • […]
This past week, MPPs returned to the legislature after the four-month lockout imposed by Dalton McGuinty. On our first day back to work, Ontario’s new premier, Kathleen Wynne, outlined her goals for the upcoming session through a Speech from the Throne. My initial reaction was surprise, followed by frustration. While […]
Lately, labour and trade unions have been portrayed in a negative light by conservative media and business interests. Doing so may serve the interests of those casting the stones. But the reality is that we owe unions our thanks for improving the economic and social well-being of working Canadians over […]
If I would have been asked one week ago how I was feeling, I’d have used up an entire Kleenex box explaining my failure to launch what I thought was a simple plan. I was in “woe is me-ville” because I had to admit to myself and to others that […]
Did you tune in to “Canada Reads” the week of Feb. 11-14? If not, I wish you had. It was the celebration of Canadian literature in a way unparalleled by the Giller or the Governor General’s Award, or other Canadian literary awards. In the format of reality programming, “Canada Reads” […]
