It is with great sadness that the family of Judson (Jud) Hartlin announces his sudden passing at his residence on Wedneday, Nov. 2, 2011. Jud was born Nov. 25, 1926 to the late Marcus and Amy Hartlin of Burriss, Ont. Jud was predeceased by his wife, Hilda (nee Johnson); sisters, […]
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Anna McNay Dear editor: The Associates of Ste. Marguerite d’Youville held another successful “coat drive” thanks to the generous people who brought in lots of good coats. Thanks to the town for the use of the East End Hall, and to Richard at McTaggart’s for the use of the coat […]
Zzorhn “Joe” Carlson Dear editor: Once again, Fort Frances is plagued with vandalism! On Nov. 7 at 11:20 p.m., someone took the liberty of throwing rocks through three of the front windows of my house! They also attempted to break in, as evidenced by a broken screen on the front […]
Nestor Baranyk Dear editor: Please accept this open letter to federal NDP leader Nycole Turmel: I am sitting here in consternation and disbelief trying to discern why you have punished two Northwestern Ontario MPs for voting in support of the government’s bill to end the gun registry. You may remember […]
By Gary Sliworsky
Ag rep, Emo
Ag rep, Emo
The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is aware of suspected cases of Neurotropic Equine Herpes Virus-1 (nEHV-1) in Northern Ontario. Three horses tested positive for EHV-1 and experienced severe neurological signs, however, typing to confirm the nEHV-1 strain was not completed. On a second farm, two horses […]
Canadians were surprised to learn another Canadian soldier, Master Corporal Byron Greff, had been killed in Afghanistan. Canadian soldiers were supposed to be removed from the fighting war of that country. At least, that was what was thought when our nation withdrew from its combat mission back in July. And […]
The word “celebrity” means “the state of being well-known.” That definition begs the question, “For what? Well-known for what, exactly?” And more often than not, the response is unequivocally for nothing of any importance or for merely having more money than most. I was running on the treadmill at the […]
Another week of beautiful weather across Rainy River District. Hard to believe it’s already approaching mid-November! My helper at the Emo Agricultural Research Station (Chantelle) and I were busy this past week with the bio-mass grasses. The miscanthus has a very tough stem but the hedge trimmer worked awesome. The […]
“My lucky life.” That was Andy Rooney’s story title just over a month ago when, at the age of 92, he spoke in his final television essay on “60 Minutes.” And when he died late last week, this “Rooney wanna-be” was very sad, indeed. I guess I expected Andy Rooney […]
For this week’s column, I would like to thank our men and women in uniform and their families lest we forget their sacrifices. I feel that I’ve always understood and appreciated the sacrifices the men and women of our armed forces have made on our behalf. But since becoming an […]
Recently, I’ve been thinking about happiness–the concept of happiness, what it means to be happy, and my own personal happiness. What does it take for me to be happy? Is happiness a choice or an accident of genes; or is it a mixture of both? What times in my life […]
By all rights, I’m not a very talented person athletically. There’s a reason, after all, that I’m writing about the four major sports instead of playing them, although I did play a year of soccer in high school and I am “somewhat passable” at swinging a golf club. And my […]
