Helen Audette, 74, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly at her home on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. She was born May 16, 1939 in Fort Frances to mother, Lena, and step-father, Nick Budko. She lived in Fort Frances all of her life. She was united in marriage to Andre […]
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I am a big fan of knitting. Do you knit? I taught myself to knit when I was 20. I call it therapy—perfect therapy—but at 20, I didn’t know it was therapy. I thought it was just a bunch of stitches cast on that took a few tries to get […]
My childhood home was the second one built on the 800 block of Third Street East in Fort Frances. Art Debenedet had built the first home, which stood at the corner of Third and Frenette Avenue. There was another home at the corner of Third and Shevlin without any between. […]
Ice fishing. I tried it for the first time two weekends ago, and all I’ve thought about since is how much fun I had and “When can we go again?” Where have I been all my life that I didn’t try ice fishing until now? I live in Northwestern Ontario […]
This past week, NDP leader Tom Mulcair wrapped up his tour across Canada that focused on consulting with individuals, families, small businesses, and local governments to find ways to make life more affordable for Canadians. Let me explain the kind of things we heard during his stop in Thunder Bay—and […]
Since arriving in Florida about a week ago, I have been following the weather back home and it looks like things still haven’t really shaped up. Although I’m not going to complain about the weather here in Florida, I can tell you it’s been anything by tropical here, as well. […]
The wintery weather is really getting to me—especially the wind! As I approach calving time, it actually makes me tired just thinking about the extra work the cold causes. I finally moved my cows home in preparation for calving. Of course, the wind was whipping across the big open field […]
Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted to be an old woman some day—and it’s still a goal I hope to achieve. Maybe it was because I admired my Grandma Moser so much. I loved going to Grandma’s house and as far as I could tell, so did everyone else. […]
Down here on The Beach, our daily routine over coffee covers much the same territory as it does everywhere else old toots congregate. Just the accents are different. “How y’all doin’ this mawnin’, J.D.,” I asked a native ’Baman (Alabama), lapsing into a drawl he could understand. “Well, sir, let […]
Dear Mike: We on the Fort Frances Public Library Board are very much aware of the challenges facing our town. We appreciate the effort of councillors as they wrestle with the budget. That having been said, as reported in the press, one councillor recently made inaccurate statements. Unfortunately, that could […]
Dear editor: The topic of conversation everywhere you go these days is the very long cold spell we’ve had in December and January. But we really have nothing to complain. If you watch the news, you’ll see that the weather they’ve been getting east, west, and south of us is […]
Dear editor: I find it ridiculous that with the town’s budget being reduced again, the soft services are the first to be diminished (“Council sets sights on service cuts,” Jan. 22). The library, for example, accounts for approximately two percent of the town’s budget, yet is a constant target of […]
