I’ve been west, I’ve been east. Now it’s time to find some middle ground. From my Alberta upbringing, to a spontaneous flight of fancy to the shores of Newfoundland and Labrador, to last week’s long and winding road to Fort Frances, I’ve come to understand some basic truths. The first […]
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It’s been some time since I’ve told anyone my exact age. Not that I’m embarrassed about it. How could you possibly be embarrassed about the length of time you’ve been on this planet! It’s just a non-fact. It really doesn’t matter. The reason I don’t want to share my age […]
It’s often difficult to truly grasp what benefits a local service club provides unless the result is standing before you in living colour. Such was the case here Saturday night when first a young family from International Falls, and then a mother of four from Galveston, Texas, stood up to […]
The provincial government has been murmuring aloud of late, including Natural Resources minister Jerry Ouellette, about reinstating the spring bear hunt. Perhaps it’s just a trial balloon, a little pre-election ploy to gauge the level of support or opposition before the impending campaign. But a big voice weighed into the […]
Hi: I was in the Fort last year. First time in 30 years. Our family headed west to B.C. in 1970, something my dad, Mel Tate, always wanted to do. It was both interesting and disappointing as I walked the streets looking at my old high school, which looked boarded […]
Maybe five men couldn’t make the world go around, but our oldsters—Billy Walker, George Henry, Bob Taylor, Bob Readman, and Louis Camirand—could look after practically everything concerning our old town hall for more than half-a-century. They could all handle authority, these leaders of our main municipal departments. They carried on […]
Are you interested in getting involved in your community? Then be a committee member. The Township of Chapple is looking for members to sit on a committee that would put together an emergency plan for their township and one that would determine a long-term goal for the R.V. park. If […]
Two rules I learned from my mother: 1). Never go on a vacation without your house in perfect order. Just in case you don’t come back. And 2). Never go away in the car without dressing up. Just in case you have an accident and have to be taken to […]
Jackie, age 67, of Fort Frances, Ont., formerly of Thunder Bay and Terrace Bay, Ont., passed away Saturday, Aug. 24, 2002 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital with her family by her side. Jackie was born May 3, 1935 in Fort Frances to the late Stanley and Corine O’Connell. She […]
If you spent a good part of June helplessly watching the rising lake flood your property, swamp your dock, or erode your shoreline, then chances are the International Joint Commission and its rule curves (last updated in 1999) were a convenient scapegoat. And much of that pent-up anger was unleashed […]
Dear editor: I was informed of the passing of Walter (Woody) Gray recently. I am writing to express my respect for Woody and of the way he handled his disabilities/illness. I work with persons with disabilities and always find it interesting how people deal with their disability. Woody demonstrated to […]
Dear sir: “Our object is to continue until there is not a single Indian in Canada that has not been absorbed into the body politic, and there is no Indian question, and no Indian department.” This is a statement made by the then Superintendent General of Indian Affairs, Duncan Campbell […]
