An open letter to Environment minister Elizabeth Witmer Dear minister, Since your government stopped supporting recycling across the province, you have left municipalities on the hook for the entire costs. Throughout the province, recycling programs are in jeopardy. If your government does not act now and provide some interim funding […]
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Dear editor: I am writing in support of the article, “Sarsfield eyeing legal action to ban smoking,” in the Jan. 30 edition of the Fort Frances Times. In the article, Dr. Sarsfield declared exposure to second-hand smoke a health hazard. He stated he may look to take legal action to […]
Dear editor: The Grade 10 literacy test once again is fast approaching and it is imperative that students, parents, and teachers brace themselves for this historic event. As I stated in an October letter to the editor, this will be the first time in the history of Ontario that a […]
Now that the sleigh-dog racing events are underway in the Yukon and Alaska, I kind of miss our own pooches sprinting down Scott Street every winter as us kids with dogs of all sizes would give our all. This gives you a small idea of my own background in wintertime […]
It’s pretty difficult to get down on televised sports these days. From various all-star games to the recently-completed football playoffs to that little event called the Winter Olympics going on as you read this, one can’t complain about anything. Well, almost anything. Recent pre- and inter-game entertainment at these events […]
It was so many years ago that it seems like another lifetime. Our special friends from Edmonton came for their first visit to our home on the Plains. We were acclimatized by then, but still missed our Canadian friends. What fun we had! Swimming and boating at Pete’s Puddle, eating […]
Sometime before my favourite country singer, the late Johnny Horton, made his fortune doing tunes like “North to Alaska” and “The Battle of New Orleans,” a local group decided to make its mark, too. They would take a ride down the mighty Mississippi and see its southern terminus to try […]
Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
A pioneer of our community, Hilda Alberts, passed away Sunday, Jan. 27 at the Emo Hospital. A celebration of her life was held last Thursday (Jan. 31) at St. George’s Anglican Church in Emo. A reception followed at the Golden Age Manor, where she had resided. On Friday morning at […]
Our household revolves around Phoebe—the gentle white dog that came into our lives four-and-a-half years ago. She came from Omaha, Neb., where she lived four years. But her first year is a mystery. She was adopted from the pound when she was one year old. The mystery is—why did this […]
