Want to get the word out about your event or organization? e-mail is to tips@fortfrances.com to be included in our listing. Grand Council Treaty 3 is hosting an online Science Fair for Treaty 3 community members aged six and up. This week’s theme is Water, and submissions can be in […]
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What a beautiful weekend! I hope you all had a chance to enjoy some of it. Though we had many projects on the go, they were outside, so we still enjoyed this great weather. It must be a record to have such great weather for an entire long weekend! One […]
Its spring and the roadsides and lawns are turning a beautiful yellow. Time for a rededication. It’s that time of year again when the lawn warrior girds himself for battle. Weapons belt bristling with digger, snippers, three varieties of weed killer, and other assorted instruments of war, the grim combatant […]
I was having a pity-party this morning. No one was invited but me, although bringing along my internal whining was a must. There were no streamers at this party, no balloons or cake and certainly no parade, but action was required. I sat myself down at the kitchen table, rather […]
Megan Walchuk
mwalchuk@fortfrances.com
mwalchuk@fortfrances.com
History textbooks are filled with civil rights demonstrations. Women rallying for the vote. Blacks marching in the streets. Rosa Parks refusing to surrender her seat. We admire these acts of defiance, because we know they were right. But defiance in pursuit of human rights isn’t all ancient history – at […]
It is Victoria Day and I am writing my column from the sunroom of our cabin. My wife and I arrived Thursday afternoon with a full load of supplies to restock the shelves and replace everything that we brought home when the cabin was closed last fall. I suppose everyone […]
After everything that we have all been through over the last couple of months, the weather across Northwest Ontario over the May long weekend was about as good as it gets, certainly the best I can remember. For the anglers out there, we were greeted with warm weather, lots of […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru The blooming and scent of the lilac trees is like an official mark of spring and the kick-off to gardening season. You can drive almost anywhere in the District, the older homestead farms, newer rural or lake properties and of course the settled areas, […]
JoAnne Formanek Gustafson Dear editor, We live in a country of diverse beliefs where people of different abilities, racial backgrounds, and sexual identities have the right to equal opportunities, equal services, and equal inclusion in our communities. The Ontario Human Rights Code protects individuals from discrimination in the receipt of […]
Judith Johanson Dear editor, The recent announcement of improved bus service from White River, through Thunder Bay to Winnipeg is welcome news to all for whom it is necessary to travel for medical and other reasons. It is to be hoped that the government will now consider a similar plan […]
Terence Cooper of Rainy River passed away on Monday, May 18, 2020 at the Rainy River Hospital. A complete announcement to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd.
