Dear editor: I just came back from cooking for a week at Sunny Cove for the Northern Echo Bible Camp and wanted to extend my gratitude to the Town of Fort Frances for purchasing a new cook stove and new fridge. I also would like to say a big thank […]
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Dear editor: Many gathered in Lac Mégantic on July 6—a year to the day when 47 people lost their lives when rail oil tanker cars exploded. As residents remembered the loss of lives, and the destruction of a large section of the town, the clean-up of six million litres of […]
Here’s the thing. I could tell you the fact that I don’t write a column every week is because I’ve been so busy with other things that I have no time for plunking out my chronicles on a keyboard. But if I took that stance, my nose would grow like […]
Nothing cranks up a senior like finding one or several bargains. This is particularly true when on a road trip. Recently, we hauled the gene pool back over a couple thousand clicks and had our bargain-hunting antennae set to super sensitive. The first order of business was fuelling up. Just […]
Hello and boozhoo from the 2014 Stewardship Youth Rangers of Fort Frances District! We are eight high school students (Hailey Beaudry, Caleigh Payne, Cameron Jolicoeur, Matt Berube, Mitchell Jones-Foy, James Gesic, Ashtyn Dokuchie, and Jenny Hammond) who are very excited to be participating in this Ministry of Natural Resources and […]
I was wondering the other day if by living in a simpler time, in a remote area of the province, our quality of life and lifestyle was greatly improved over today. Back in the 1960s when I was in high school, almost everyone had an after-school job that often carried […]
Thursday, July 6, 2000 began like any other Thursday. At the time, Thursday was my yoga day. As usual, my daughter and I were at yoga class at 6:30 a.m. Then, as usual, we stopped at the grocery to pick up our Thursday bagels. After a leisurely breakfast, I was […]
I was thinking about coffee shops the other day as I found a corner to tuck myself into in my favourite sanctuary and put on my headphones to listen to Yiruma play the piano in my ears while I created images with words on my paper. I pretended it was […]
Earlier this year when I was complaining about the weather, a few people told me the forecast was supposed to be miserable until the middle of August. At the time, I didn’t think it was possible, but I’m now thinking that they were right! I had intentions of cutting hay […]
It’s that time of year again for bass anglers across Sunset Country—tournament time. Although the bass season is open year-round, it is a catch-and-release season essentially until July 1, which is the reason there are no tournaments earlier in the year. But from now through the end of September, there […]
In the department of world’s worst-kept secrets, the Fort Frances Lakers’ potential to host the 2015 Dudley Hewitt Cup quickly is reaching the status of all-time worst. While the team technically is complying with the SIJHL’s wish to let the league make the official announcement at its annual general meeting […]
Valerie Joan Henry, 78, of Huntsville, Ont., passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, on Saturday, June 28, 2014 after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Valerie was born Sept. 9, 1935 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Minnie and Ben Langtry. Valerie married the love of her […]
