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FEATURED POST Sunset Country Squash will be doing a bottle drive this coming Saturday, January 4, 2025. All of the money raised will go towards funding travel for future tournaments for our juniors. We hope you all can save your bottles from Christmas and New Year’s yet to come. Your […]
FEATURED POST Sunset Country Squash will be doing a bottle drive this coming Saturday, January 4, 2025. All of the money raised will go towards funding travel for future tournaments for our juniors. We hope you all can save your bottles from Christmas and New Year’s yet to come. Your […]
If there are any Newfoundlanders in the area, they will be well versed in the Christmas season tradition of “mummering”. I believe most communities of this country are blessed to have Newfoundlanders in their midst, those who bring their special appreciation of laughter and fun, of resilience and recovery, of […]
We have just spent a week with our granddaughters who are three and five. They can operate the remote control for the television, know how to use their iPads and blow me away with their imaginations. I wonder what they will see in their lifetimes. As we stumble into a […]
As I write this column for the Holiday Paper – I am still not fully decorated, and I am certainly not finished shopping. It may very well be that I will be shopping after Christmas. It is not for the great deals; it is for the lack of time and […]
As Alex Ovechkin zeroes in on Wayne Gretzky’s all-time record for regular-season goals (894), it’s like a pursuit from the past. Just a couple of generations ago, Gordie Howe was zeroing in on Maurice Richard’s all-time record (544). While he was slightly before my sports reporter days, I know enough […]
Dear editor, Now that Chrystia Freeland has left the Trudeau Governments cabinet she will need to reevaluate her political options. Here is an idea she can consider. Is Chrystia’s place not in Ottawa but in Toronto? Such a dynamic feminist firebrand has a place in Ontario’s Legislature where she would […]
As the New Year starts, there is always some reflection on the past year. It’s a time for resolutions, to do better at the things that are important to us, especially from a health or performance standpoint. When I look back at the 2024 fishing season, one element stands out […]
Epsom salts can be a way to help green up your garden naturally. Epsom salts contain magnesium and sulfur, two elements found in nature that are important for plant growth. Magnesium helps form chlorophyll in plants and is essential for photosynthesis. Magnesium is also critical in various enzyme reactions and […]
With heavy hearts, the family of Robert William (Bob) Armit announce his peaceful passing on Sunday, December 15, 2024, at Bethammi Nursing Home in Thunder Bay, Ont. Bob was born on December 31, 1938, in Fort Frances, Ont., to Cecilia (Calder) and Charles Armit. From a young age, Bob showed […]
Quietly on December 16, 2024, at 68 years old, Ed passed after a brave, brief battle with cancer. Ed was born and raised in Fort Frances, Ontario. He regaled us all with stories of family gardens, adventures with his brother and sisters and growing up on the lakes of Northwestern […]
