Nov. 20 is the United Nation’s designated day for Universal Children’s Day. Why was this date set aside for children and what was the intention of the UN? Probably to remind us of the legacy we are leaving for our children and grandchildren—a legacy that has the planet gasping for […]
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My grandfather, John Murdock Caldwell, joined the 35th Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery on Feb. 26, 1916. He was 19. He was among the survivors of the Great War who returned home to family. Grampa Caldwell passed away in the early 1970s when I was a teenager. Lucky me […]
In Grade 8, our classroom teacher, Claude Stewart, challenged the class to learn great pieces of poetry. By the end of the year, our class could recite from memory more than 30 different pieces. I can’t remember them all but the piece by John McCrae still rings true in my […]
This is the week that Remembrance Day falls, and needless to say it will have more meaning this year than others for many people. We all are grateful for the service and sacrifices of our armed forces, security, and police services. They physically protect us and our institutions, and devote […]
It seems as though we have transitioned from fall to winter just like that! These cold nights certainly have tightened things up. I think my plowing days may have come to a complete halt. I’m happy that I have the better areas of the Emo Agricultural Research Station completed but […]
Fifty years is a long time. Between age 14 and age 64, I had a lot of life experiences. But one experience I didn’t have in those 50 years was visiting Lowville Academy. And at my 50th high school class reunion, I couldn’t wait to see the changes in the […]
Now that winter finally is starting to bare its teeth, lakes are beginning to freeze up and another open-water fishing season is coming to an end for us here in Sunset Country. After a terrible spring, weather wise, the summer was okay while the fall actually was pretty good despite […]
Kudos to those who stepped up Monday night to ensure the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts will live to see another year. With the previous chair and several long-time members stepping down from the organizing committee, “Festival” (as it is commonly known) was in real danger of […]
Dear editor: I just finished reading the front page of the wartime special edition printed with last week’s Times with tears in my eyes and a big lump in my throat. In reading the articles, I remembered something from long ago. We had some people from Ukraine come to the […]
Dear editor: We would like to send our gratitude and thanks to the NorWest Animal Clinic. Our dog, “OB,” had an unfortunate accident the other night and we phoned their emergency number for assistance. We brought our dog into town, and were greeted by staff who were already there and […]
Dear editor, There is a major problem with Fort Frances; it has no industry. For years, the border-town has operated on the premise that the paper mill would provide jobs, and always continue to do so. No effort was ever made to create incentives to bring in other industries. The […]
Dear editor: Please accept this open letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne: You stand at a crossroads. Do you perpetuate the perception of a Queen’s Park that cares more about Bay Street than Main Street? Or do you show the leadership we in Northwestern Ontario expected of you when we elected […]
