Robert (“Bob”) Richard McKee, 72, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. with his family by his side. Bob was born and raised in Fort William, Ont. In his earlier years, he was […]
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Nick Wihnan Dear editor: Seniors today are more healthy and active than ever before. In simple terms, they are living longer and participating in many different activities. According to a Harvard study conducted by assistant professor A. Glass, seniors who get out and socialize lower their mortality rate (sometimes considerably) […]
Cornelia Gerber-Nydegger Dear editor: I am writing in response to Kathryn Pierroz’s letter to the editor printed in the Jan. 11 edition of the Times. As a reminder to all of us, it is written: “You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will […]
My brother was kidding me Sunday as we were putting up some gyproc in my home. “You must really be excited when you work on a room that is square,” he noted. I think he was referring to my helping him on his cottage, where all the walls were nice […]
First off, I would like to extend my best wishes for a happy and safe new year for you, your friends, and your family. With another holiday season behind us and 2012 well underway, we now can look forward to what the year ahead may hold. If 2012 is to […]
If you want a sure-fire guaranteed quick trip to insanity, I have just the recipe for you. Get a puppy—one that has limited ability to grasp the notion of peeing outdoors; one who thinks ceramic tile is a much better place to deposit urine. Stir in several weeks of limited […]
This is one of those weeks when I have nothing better to write about other than some of the things that I can’t deny. I can’t deny myself the Dairy Milk chocolate bar I found in a flat storage container under my bed. I swear I’m getting rid of it […]
Since being elected in October, I’ve tried to cover many topics both in my weekly columns and at Queen’s Park. There are many issues of concern in our region that need to be addressed by the provincial government, but one of the most urgent is re-examining how health care is […]
We are well into ice-fishing season now after some cold weather finally hit us over the past week and tightened up the ice a little bit more. For my new TV program that is set to debut at the end of the month, we still needed to get a couple […]
After enjoying the holiday season, most of us have returned to the working world for the new year and are getting back into the swing of things. But imagine for a moment that you had another week of holidays this coming week. How much would that affect not only your […]
Our calendar has been in effect for thousands of years, right? Wrong! The calendar we use today only has been in use for about 250 years. Almost all civilizations of ancient times used “natural” divisions of time. There are three of them. The first is the day—the time it takes […]
Well, it feels like calving since my little Roxee doesn’t sleep through the night yet. I thought I would try keeping her from getting spoiled but I’ve found that she will sleep longer and later if I take her to bed with me (I don’t do this all the time—only […]
