Last week saw me host a pair of town-hall meetings on veterans’ affairs in Thunder Bay and Fort Frances at the same time the NDP began our push for public consultations on the so-called “Fair Elections Act.” I was happy to have been joined by Peter Stoffer for our town-hall […]
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After a quick week at home, I was back on the road late last week and had an eventful weekend attending my first Bassmaster Classic tournament in Birmingham, Ala. The Bassmaster Classic is the biggest bass tournament in the world, hands down. It is the year-end championship of the Bassmaster […]
Last week’s winter storm certainly was not a welcome sight! What a mess—and then with all the drifting, I had stuff lost right in my yard. I also ended up getting the tractor stuck trying to make my way to feed the heifers (couldn’t see my trail and that was […]
A 100-year-old does yoga daily. An 85-year-old runs two miles a day. A 70-year-old writes weekly news notes for her local paper. A 93-year-old climbs Mount Fuji. An 85-year-old plays the piano at area nursing homes. A 65-year-old starts a new business. These are the new elderly. Forget the stereotypes […]
“It’s simply chemistry. No challenge,” explained one young wit in response to his mother’s inquiry as to why he never bothered to include anything from that genre in his gastronomic delights. “That may explain some of my failures,” concluded Diane during the discussion on delightful desserts. “I was banned from […]
We were sitting at the kitchen table shelling peanuts and enjoying the salty taste, sipping on a “London Porter,” and reviewing the day’s successes after a pleasant afternoon of ice-fishing when he said, “The next time we go ice-fishing, I think we should go for trout.” My heart leapt. I […]
Dear editor: I attended my brother’s (Gerald Brennard) funeral in Fort Frances last month and I was so impressed with the kindness and respect that people showed us as the funeral procession made its way to Riverview Cemetery. Every car we passed stopped or pulled over. Some people in their […]
Sidney Bruyere passed away after a courageous battle with heart, diabetes, and kidney diseases on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Man. He was born Feb. 22, 1947 in Fort Frances, Ont. to George and Bella Bruyere. He was just minutes behind his twin, Sterling, and […]
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Graeme at the Brockville General Hospital on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014 at the age of 68. Beloved husband and best friend of Anne (nee Burchell); and father of Ward and Stacey Williams. Graeme will be fondly remembered […]
There are two ways to proceed after last week’s “two-chain” ruling handed down by Justice J.S. Fregeau, which backed the Town of Fort Frances’ claim of ownership to the strip of land along the shore of Rainy Lake from just before the Ranier bridge to the Nanicost building. One path, […]
