EVENTS CALENDAR Tonight from 6-8 p.m. the Fort Frances Museum and Cultural Centre is hosting an opening for its new exhibit Elegeant Echoes: Our Stories in Historic Porcelain. There will be handmade scones and hot beverages to enjoy. Lenten Fish Fries will take place each Friday of Lent starting tomorrow […]
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Born to Haley Bruyere and Paul Kelly of Couchiching, Ontario, a girl, Rhiannon, weighing 8 lbs 1 oz, on March 11, 2025 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
At the risk of dipping into the recipe boxes (electronic or printed) of chefs whose culinary talents exceed mine, which is pretty much everybody who walked through a kitchen, this column is about cooking. Well, cooking with a touch of sports, from the archives that make this column worth reading. […]
By Robert Horton
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
It’s 8:12am on a Sunday. Minus 4 degrees. Partly cloudy Ontario skies and I’m firing up a barbecue grill for the first time ever at this hour. After prepping and seasoning this early (and rather random) morning treat with spices that have taken me all of my life to figure […]
I understand the frustration and anger expressed by Mr. Cumming toward Donald Trump. (Editorial, March 19). Certainly everyone is free to express their own opinions. However, to draw a correlation between the U.S. and North Korea is unfortunate. North Korea is known as the Hermit Kingdom because little is known […]
To the editor, With the upcoming Federal election later this month, we have a Conservative politician wanting to lead Canada down the same path that the 47th president Donald Trump (guilty of 34 felony charges) is taking the United States. Let’s start with the illegal blockage at the Coutts Border […]
Most people consider ants to be pests. They are not a direct pest to plants but their burrows in the soil can loosen the roots of young plants and cause them to die. But on the positive side, if you have heavy clay soil these burrows can break up the […]
With APRIL FOOLS’ DAY behind us and spring nearly two weeks underway, the long-range weather outlook indicates a trend towards melting temperatures. DID YOU KNOW? A FOOL is generally defined as someone who lacks sound judgement or acts without considering the consequences. During the month of April, some safety advocates […]
We announce the passing of Sharon Lee Bellamy (Whidden) on March 31, 2025, at the age of 80. Sharon was born on March 4, 1945, and spent her life making the world a little brighter with her quick wit and infectious sense of humour. Sharon met her match in Richard […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Raili Rachel Dodd (nee Johnson) announces her passing on Sunday, March 23, 2025, at La Verendrye hospital in Fort Frances. Raili was born in Emo, Ont., on September 6, 1949, to Taisto and Verna Johnson. She grew up in Finland, Ont., […]
The family of Murray Boyes Gibson announce that on the evening of Friday, March 28, 2025, Murray, age of 76 years, passed peacefully away at La Verendrye Hospital with family by his side. He lost his battle with COPD, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Alpha #1 Antitrypsin and cancer. Murray was born in […]
On March 21, 2025, with his family and friends by his side, after a hard-fought battle with diabetes, he was reunited with his beloved wife Joyce Evelyn House (Anderson) in heaven. Randy Thomas House was born December 29, 1949 in Welland, Ontario to Thomas and Georgie House. Randy was predeceased […]
