To the editor: I’m Bob Cottam, they guy with the plaid tam that you see on occasion and who contributes to the Times occasionally. Some time ago, a friend of mine gave me a clipping entitled “What is a customer?” Having operated a business, namely Red Deer Lodge at Nestor […]
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Dear sir: This is in response to your column, “The plot thickens,” in last week’s Times. I believe this article to be a direct attack on my father, Glenn Witherspoon. Mr. Behan, with your “plot twists,” you make unfair accusations about my father’s character and integrity. The inside story is […]
The White-fronted Goose is quite a common one in western Canada, all the prairies, and down the Pacific coast. In the fall, it is a common migrant through Manitoba, and some flocks appear on the lakes and in the grainfields of Northern Ontario from time to time. White-fronts are of […]
Dr. William Andrew “Andy” McLachlin Russell, a family physician from 1947-1984, passed away peacefully Tuesday, March 23, 1999 at his home in Vineland with his family around him. Dr. Russell was born in Sovereign, Sask. almost 82 years ago, where he attended public school and high school in Regina. His […]
Brian Jones, 27, of 132 Bayview Dr., Nicickousemenecaning First Nation, Ont., passed away at his residence Monday, March 22, 1999. He was born Jan. 26, 1972 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Raymond Allan and Nancy Jones. Brian lived most of his life in Nicickousemenecaning First Nation. He had worked for […]
Louise Mary Anne Jim, 61, of Seine River First Nation, Ont., passed away at her residence Wednesday, March 17, 1999. She was born April 23, 1937 at Seine River First Nation to the late Ben and Madeline Johnson. Louise loved the outdoors, and enjoyed crocheting blankets. She always kept herself […]
Mike Behan
Moving with Mike
Moving with Mike
Last time on “As the Stomach Churns” . . . Fort Frances council, except for Mayor Glenn Witherspoon, who had declared a conflict of interest, emerged from a behind-closed-doors meeting to announce to any and all who cared that the town does not have, nor ever had, an exclusionary ice […]
Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
Astute world watchers have said, “The future is unknown and unknowable.” Peter Drucker, a wise and practical teacher and writer, said, “You can’t really plan but the alternative is worse.” Though we may know a likelihood, we cannot accurately predict specific events. Witness earth quakes and volcanic eruptions. So what […]
We all need healing in our lives. Sometimes we need healing from unbearable grief and loneliness; at other times from broken bones or pulled muscles. Sometimes it’s simply the deep sadness of our souls that needs healing. Little scrapes and big bruises. It could be many things that come into […]
It’s been a long time since I first read about her–12 years to be exact. And I can’t help wondering where she is by now. Her age would be 89 now. And I wouldn’t be surprised if she’s still zipping down the highway in her red convertible! “She’s cruisin’ at […]
The signs of spring are everywhere. The mail box is full of seed catalogues. The TV is cluttered with ads for crop production chemicals. The male woodchucks are out of their dens scurrying from burrow to burrow, mauling and mating. At our place up in Blue, in anticipation of a […]
Speak first, think later. It’s a common trait. Politicians are great at it. As a matter of fact, they have their feet in their mouths so much, they’re barely intelligible. At least I think that’s the reason they don’t make much sense. Two of the most famous foot-in-mouthers belong to […]
