Michael J. Baranowski Dear editor, Oh how the game of hockey has changed from the better to the worst. Hockey was at its best with the initial six team format which included the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens in Canada and with the Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, […]
Features
Eric C. Keast Dear editor, While reading the Sept. 12 Fort Frances Times, I was struck by what appeared to be an orchestrated, multiple-entry religious attack on same-sex marriage. Three out of four “letters to the editor” had the same general form, paraphrased as: “… the bible does not mention […]
Marg Katerick Dear editor, With the Fort Frances Community Clinic converting the old library to a second location in the hopes of getting more doctors in Fort Frances, it would be of great benefit for the many district seniors, who will sometime or another require cataract surgery, to have a […]
The wind was blowing in my office window last week, repeatedly chasing papers off my already disorganized desk. I was deep in “writing thought” and was annoyed at the intrusion. I would have shut the windows, but I’ve been so hot for what seems like the entire summer; the breeze […]
We regret to announce the passing of Gerald Myron Ness on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. He was born and raised in International Falls. At age 19, he joined the Navy as a gunners mate and served four years in Vietnam. Jerry was well known locally as an accomplished singer and […]
Word that one-in-four Grade 10 students with the Rainy River District School Board failed to meet the provincial standard for the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test is troubling news. Overall, the success rate of 75 percent declined by five percent from a year ago and continued a downward trend from […]
By the time you read this column, the cross-district bike ride for the “Together We Can” fundraising campaign to replace the mammography machine at La Verendrye Hospital here will have been completed. But the campaign to raise funds for the new machine only will have been kicked off. Just as […]
Sometimes when I open my mouth, what comes out are words I wish I had never said out loud. I’ve made that mistake a few times lately and, of course, the afterlife of regret lingers longer than it’s welcome, like the smell of campfire in my hair that takes two […]
By Gary Sliworsky, Ag rep, Emo Soil fertility plays a major role in fall pasture growth, the over-wintering of the plants, and the following spring’s production. Fall is a good time of year to help a pasture that is struggling from being over-grazed, stressed by poor growing conditions, or a […]
