It’s Emo Fair weekend!!! So many things to see, do and eat! Exhibit halls and barns are filling up already, with gates opening to the public on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 15-17. For the full listing of events, see yesterday’s special Fair edition in the Fort Frances Times, or […]
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When I made my first “friend” in professional baseball, he was on crutches, sitting in a snow-tainted box seat watching his teammates-to-be. His name was Ellie Hendricks and Winnipeg was the furthest he’d been from his native Virgin Islands, in both miles and degrees. How the baseball equivalent of a […]
Dear editor, A recent letter to the Fort Frances Times and Chronicle Journal, authored by Joanne Jacyk of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO) deserves a response and as a member of the general public who has followed the issue of nuclear waste I felt compelled to make the following […]
While the Kenora Bass International was going on at Lake of the Woods, I have been out in New York for the last two Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments of the season at Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River. The first event at Champlain just wrapped up over the weekend […]
Fair week is upon us. I have had butterflies in my stomach for the last week wondering if I can pull it off. It hasn’t been an easy year. Extra work with our Expo, miserable weather which has resulted in a very late haying season. There haven’t been too many […]
The family of Elaine Hebert (nee Allen) announces her peaceful passing at LaVerendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont., with family by her side, on August 4, 2024. Elaine, the oldest of three children, was born on August 31, 1932, in Emo, Ont., to Stan and Annice Allen. She married her […]
Word has been received of the passing of Rodney Arnold Rydoell on August 4, 2024, in Kamloops, B.C. He leaves behind his sons Brad (Rachel) Rydoell and Doug Rydoell of Fort Frances, Ontario, and Edward Rydoell of Seine River First Nations; one granddaughter Faith Marie (Tristan Taylor); one grandson Charlie […]
This weekend should have been the 125th anniversary of the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society Fall Fair. That designation will hold off for one more year due to Covid. Similarly this should have been the 30th anniversary of the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. It too was cancelled one year […]
This week’s column is submitted to me for editing by my B-I-L Ralph Jorgensen of Calgary Alberta. You can understand he needs relief from this year’s tragic failure of his city’s ruptured principal watermain that left him with a strictly enforced city water restriction stated as, “If it’s yellow, let […]
It’s Emo Fair weekend!!! So many things to see, do and eat! Exhibit halls and barns are filling up already, with gates opening to the public on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 15-17. For the full listing of events, see tomorrow’s special Fair edition in the Fort Frances Times, or […]
Experience the beauty and wonder of the night sky at the annual Star Party, featuring a series of free astronomy events taking place August 9-10 at Voyageurs National Park in Minnesota! This event is free and open to all ages and experiences, from amateur astronomers to first-time stargazers. Conservancy and […]
If you are either celiac, gluten intolerant, or just have a gluten-free lifestyle but still want to own a Chef Dez Cookbook – now’s your chance. I have just launched a NEW Cookbook: Gluten-Free Cooking with Chef Dez. This is not a ‘how to bake gluten-free’ book as I think […]
