WOLF TALES CIRCA 1987 Algonquin Provincial Park Reflecting the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) media news release the headline in The Bancroft Times read: “Girl Bitten By Wolf in Park”. Dan Strickland, Communication and Biological Services Supervisor, said this wolf first appeared on the Park scene in 1986. It was seen at least once “last […]
REMEMBER WHEN? The Peterborough Crown Game Preserve Apsley – In an 11th hour announcement last November (1987) the Ministry of the Environment gave the green light to a controlled deer hunt in the Peterborough Crown Game Preserve (PCGP) with the added stipulation that “no more hunts will occur until an Environmental Assessment (EA) has taken […]
A COUPLE OF DEER STORIES New Carlow – After watching his deer swim across the York River and die on the far shore a New Carlow hunter stripped to his birthday suit, clenched his knife in his teeth like some swashbuckling pirate and swam the frigid November waters to eviscerate his downed quarry. He then […]
FISHY FASHION During the 1980s Fred Johnston operated THE BAIT BOX which featured fishing equipment and Army Surplus. To-day it is a restaurant. It’s located across from the Brewers Retail store on Madawaska Street. Fred was always a good, knowledgeable source of fishing lore. Where were the fish biting; on what; what time of day? […]
HOW TO BUILD A QUINCY SNOW SHELTER During a winter survival weekend I learned how to make a Quincy snow hut which in fact resembles an igloo. Since that time I have made a few more for fun than survival with my family and some cub scouts. One winter my boys and I made a […]
From column #1079 June 1963 THE TIMES TRAVELLER SPECIAL DAY FOR FATHERS To a child, father means safety, security, a refuge from pain and defeat. Father means discipline, the setter of rules and regulations that govern a small world and give it direction. His guidance increases to meet our ever changing needs. His strength and […]
FIRST MOTHER’S DAY A picnic for mothers – at the end of the Civil War – when the hatred of men, who had once been friends, still existed – was the first organized Mother’s day in history. The mother who planned the picnic; who on that day saw these men become friends again and just […]
OCTOBER 1ST to 8TH is NEWSPAPER WEEK in CANADA The dates have been set by Newspaper Associations in Canada and the United States for the purpose of inviting readers to visit the Newspaper to see how type is set and newspapers and job printing put together. To this end The Times invites you to visit […]
DUNGANNON SCHOOL TEACHER HELD UP and ROBBED Miss Alice Mitchell, teacher at S.S. No. 1 Dungannon township, about eight miles south of here, on her way to school Monday morning, at a lonely spot in the old Hastings Road, was held up and robbed by an unknown armed man, who sprang from a clump of […]
749 October/November 1940 THE TIMES TRAVELLER by BARNEY MOORHOUSE Murder Charge to be Heard at Hastings County Fall Assizes Frederick Thain, Rawdon township farmer, faces two charges of murder, being accused of murdering Mr. and Mrs. Wellman at their home, Rawdon, last February. He will be defended by Robert McCulloch, Belleville barrister. /Nov. 1940 […]
