The closest I have come to Augusta is 183 miles. That’s how far the home of The Masters is from Atlanta, where I’ve covered baseball and hockey games. The closest I have come to playing Augusta, the world’s most famous golf course, is living vicariously through two friends who played […]
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By Robert Horton
Special to the Times
Special to the Times
It was 2016 and one of the wisest (and kindest) men of our town became a teacher. And he didn’t even know it. His name was Doug. As a regular customer of Betty’s of Fort Frances, short talks with the late Doug Anderson soon turned into entire hours talking about […]
Featured Event Fort Frances High School presents Curtains, a comedy whodunnit musical. The show runs from Wednesday apr. 9 to Saturday Apr. 12 at 7 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets available at Howarth’s Home Centre General Admission $12, Students $10. EVENTS CALENDAR Lenten Fish […]
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 […]
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 […]
