I was having a catch-up coffee with a friend quite some time ago, back when we could do such things with ease and a sense of safety. The conversation veered off into a discussion about poverty. My friend made the comment that she worked hard in life and had a […]
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He was once a pro boxer who went home to work in a dry cleaning plant, with an 11-year-old son who played hockey. Dad painted his son’s sticks so that if somebody swiped one it would be easy to identify in the small town where they lived. “I painted one […]
The 2022 Bassmaster Elite Series season kicks off next week at the St. John’s River in Florida. It’s the fourth year in a row that the St. John’s is hosting the kick-off event to the season. After finishing in July last year, it’s been a long off-season and I can […]
The first annual Drill and Chill ice fishing tournament will be held February 19-27, Community events for young and old are being organized for a week of winter fun! The Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce and Fort Frances Library are on board. Other community partners are welcome to join the […]
Dear Minister Powowski and Minister Rickford: The status of PhysicianRecruitment and Retention in the Rainy River District is in CRISIS. We do not use that term lightly. We have long prided ourselves on trying to make it work, but the current situation is not sustainable. Physicians are burnt out, resignation […]
Dear editor, I was told the other day, and I quote, “how brave you were to have the guts to write your letter to the editor.” My thoughts were, “How sad is that?” The person continued to tell me that I would probably be harassed by doing so. My response […]
Dear editor, I would like to address the unfortunate trend to criticize our mayor. Is this how we reward decades of service to our community? Too often do we casually dismiss our most seasoned volunteers because of their age. While I’m not disagreeing with the need to have younger councillors, […]
Stock markets around the world saw huge swings Monday, building on accumulating losses since the new year. Much of those losses can be attributed to the growing tensions from Ukraine. When the United States and Britain both began withdrawing their embassy staff from Kyiv over the weekend, tensions mounted. Canada […]
Dear editor, Since moving to town in 2015, I have tried to get more involved in the community. I have enjoyed working with people who have common goals such as the Canada Day Committee, Senior Centre, the Rainy River District Festival of the Arts, the Fort Frances Little Theatre and […]
Dear editor: I was reading a CBC news article about a man from Guelph, Ontario, Mohsin Abbas, who immigrated to Canada in early 2000. Mr. Abbas said that “Canada ‘saved’ him, and he wanted to say ‘Thank you’. His story of coming to Canada as an asylum seeker is an […]
