It is with great sadness that the family of Kimberly Lorraine Clendenning (Belluz) announces her unexpected passing on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Kim was born on April 9, 1973 in Thunder Bay, Ont., then moved to the family farm in La Vallee, Ont., where she spent the majority of her […]
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The 2017 bass tournament season came to an end for me this past weekend at the annual Whitefish Bay Fall Classic, which took place on Lake of the Woods. Some 31 teams signed up to fish for the $5,000 first-place prize. Over the years, this event has seen some high-end […]
The Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary will hold its next monthly supper–featuring pork cutlets–today (Sept. 29) at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at the Legion (doors open at 4:30). Admission is $15/person, with take-outs available by calling 274-3772. A 50/50 draw also will be held. The Sister Kennedy Centre will hold a fundraiser garage […]
Whether Jagmeet Singh ends up capturing the federal NDP leadership–as early as this Sunday (Oct. 1) or as late as Oct. 15 if a third round of balloting is needed–remains to be seen. Should he win, however, Canada could have its first “visible minority” prime minister after the next federal […]
Dear sir: In an “open letter” to local MPs Don Rusnak and Bob Nault, published in the Sept. 13 edition of the Fort Frances Times, local Conservative Doug Judson continued his unfair and duplicitous tirade against Premier Kathleen Wynne. Why he chose to write an “open letter” to federal MPs […]
Dear Mike: My husband and I were out walking by the river this afternoon [last week] when something in one of the flower beds by the marina caught my eye–a brightly-coloured rock lay in stark contrast to the dark earth. My husband and I both admired the rock that was […]
Dear editor: Re: Pesticides are killing more than bees [an article by Mia Rabson of the Canadian Press that appeared in the Sept. 19 edition of the Daily Bulletin]. Pesticide development and regulations are complex–they are this way because both developers and regulators are aware of the importance of ensuring […]
We hauled all our cows home on Saturday, and preg-checked and weighed all our calves. I knew I had two open cows but we ended up with five. I was a bit disappointed in that but not much you can do about it, either. The hardest part for me is […]
