Given the extensive coverage of the expense scandal that has plagued the Senate these past few months, it’s not surprising that most Canadians appear ready to give the upper chamber the boot. Of the 360-plus respondents to this past week’s web poll conducted by the Fort Frances Times, for instance, […]
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It is with great sadness that the family of Colleen Cote announces her passing on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A memorial service will be held Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013 at 4 p.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Fort Frances, […]
A year-and-a-half ago, our family purchased a wonderful new vehicle, especially for me. As usual, it was not really “new.” Being frugal, my husband does not believe in buying new cars. “The minute you drive a new vehicle off the lot, it loses one-third of its value,” he says. But […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo The Farm Property Class Tax Rate Program allows eligible properties to be taxed at the Farm Property Class tax rate of 25 percent of the municipal residential tax rate. The farm residence, and one acre (0.4 ha) of land surrounding it, will continue to […]
My uncle Ron posted a picture of Private Ronard Kleven of the 78th Battalion, Winnipeg Grenadiers, taken in November, 1918 on Facebook this past week. Ronard was my mother’s father. My grandfather, James Alexander, whose family had immigrated to Canada at the turn of the 20th century, was a medic […]
“What are those kids doing out? It’s not Hallowe’en yet!” I thought the other day as I spied two kids—one decked out as a witch and the other as Marie Antoinette—strutting down the street obviously on a mission. Then it hit me it was just the diminutive Lou and her […]
I just turned 53 years old. Where has the time gone? Where have I been all my life? How did I get here? Turn around and I was 10. Turn around and I was 21. Turn around and I was 40. Turn around and here I am, not yet on […]
Last week was an eventful one in Ottawa, but not all of our business there had to do with the Senate. While the Senate circus continues with new revelations each day, there actually is work getting done behind the scenes. A good example was the passage of an NDP motion […]
One night last week, I was walking out to my garage to turn some lights off just after supper. As I got closer, I could hear something under a tarp behind the garage where I was keeping some peas that I like to feed deer with (my wife and I […]
Many of us have never been to battle, never seen a comrade fall, never had to make a series of life-or-death decisions–all in the blink of an eye. In fact, to the majority of the population, the concept of fighting for our freedom, or the freedom of others, is as […]
