The only time in my life that I placed a call to Montclair, New Jersey, the voice that answered was Larry Doby’s. It was one wintry night, he had been the hitting coach for the Montreal Expos, who hadn’t done much hitting (nor fielding nor pitching) in his final season, […]
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The fourth stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series season took place this past weekend at Lake Chickamauga in East Tennessee. Heading into this event, there was some pressure to have a good tournament after my mediocre start to the season. I was well outside the cut line for qualifying for […]
Born to Kaitlyn and Luke, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Harrison James, weighing 8 lbs 6 oz on March 23, 2022 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
A Prayer Vigil for “Peace in Eastern Europe” will be held Friday April 8 from 12:15-12:45 p.m. at Rainy Lake Square in downtown Fort Frances. This event is open to the public, and hosted by the Fort Frances Ministerial. If you require seating, please bring a chair. A fundraiser to […]
“The triumphs of peace have been in some proximity to war.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson”. The current Russian-Ukraine war may provide new opportunities for Canada’s oil and gas industries to consider. Peter McKay in a recent column in the National Post proposed that the Port of Churchill could become a […]
I was remiss in my research regarding The Tom Longboat Award. Allow me to explain. The Award, as I mentioned, was established in 1951, a joint project by the then Department of Indian Affairs and the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada. Since 1998, the award has been administered by the […]
Do you have a suspicion that manufacturers of all sort of products are spying on you? You could be right. Every time you get on the net, almost immediately your inbox is flooded with the most inane information toting products you simply “could not live without.” Maybe it’s time we […]
