Amanda Little Dear editor: The definition of scandalous: causing general public outrage by a perceived offence against morality or law. When I saw a letter to the editor entitled as such, I thought to myself, “Well, I better click on that.” However, I wish I hadn’t. I wish I hadn’t […]
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Valerie Hallam Dear editor: In reply to the letter “Scandalous” from Mr. Jerome Johnson (Fort Frances Times, April 27). Oh dear, Mr. Johnson . . . where have you been? Time and the world have moved on. I am quite confident in suggesting that no parents of these children “forced” them […]
Anika Beaudry Dear editor: I read a letter to the editor from last Wednesday’s Times. Now normally I would skip over this part of the paper, and normally I would not even think about writing a response. However, the letter that caught my eye basically was about how “Day of […]
Rainy Lake’s ice finished sinking to the bottom over the weekend and the first boats started filling marinas. Everyone seems to be rushing to get their boats on the water. I wasn’t the first to put my boat in this year. The blue water beckoned and Badiuk’s had my boat […]
It is my birthday on Friday (April 29). As I write this, another year has gone, slipped away overnight never to be retrieved, and I find myself remembering birthdays past (as I am inclined to do), where I wander around in my memory searching in corners for treasured moments. Birthdays […]
Back in 2014, things went my way the first time I fished a tournament on Pickwick Lake in Alabama. On Day 1 of the tournament that year, I was fortunate to catch my first 10-pound-plus bass, as well as four other solid fish, to round out a 25-pound, five-fish limit—one […]
The sun finally has arrived—and everyone is anxious to get on the land and get some seed into the ground. I was able to start cultivating Friday. And it was great for the most part! My summer students are starting this week at the Emo Agricultural Research Station—and they are […]
As a girl in northern New York, I had a strangely-warped sense of the geography of the United States. In the first place, I knew more about eastern Canada than my own country. My perception of the U.S. map was that after New York came Ohio. Then came Indiana, where […]
Kudos to town council for initiating a “Fight the Blight” campaign over 11 days starting this coming Monday—and hopefully local residents take full advantage of this opportunity to help beautify our community. In the works since January, and stemming from a strategic plan submission by the Fort Frances Chamber of […]
With profound sadness, the family of G. Douglas Emil Richard, 59, announce his sudden passing on Monday, April 25, 2016 at his home. Doug was born in Winnipeg, Man. on Aug. 16, 1956 to George and Bertha Richard, one of seven siblings. The family lived in multiple Mando bush camps […]
With his family by his side, Lanny William LaBelle, of Sioux Narrows Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, April 29, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. at the age of 68. He is survived by his spouse of 21 years, Colleen Fadden; children, Stacy (Greg), Lianne […]
