Staff The SIJHL has announced that tonight’s game (Friday, Jan. 10) between the Dryden GM Ice Dogs and Fort Frances Lakers at the Ice For Kids Arena has been postponed. The cause of the postponement is due to a closure on the Trans Canada Highway, following a significant accident. This […]

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Riverside Health Care has announced the departure of its CEO. In a Jan. 9 press release from organization, the Board of Directors announced the departure of current President and CEO Theodore Scholten, effective Jan. 8, 2020. Scholten has served in the role CEO for the past four years. The board […]

Happy new year! As of Jan. 1, I became the official Corporate Chef of BC Egg, the marketing board that represents BC Egg Farmers. I am proud to share my first official recipe for them with you: West Coast Cauliflower Kedgeree.“What is a Kedgeree?” you may be wondering. It is […]

This story has been told before in past columns, but as a kid growing up around Lake of the Woods there was not a chance that my Dad or his buddies would ever get caught dead with a perch on their stringer or in their bucket. The perception was that […]

Happy 2020 everyone! I hope that everyone rolled into the New Year with ease. I celebrated with my nieces and a friend. We snowmobiled, played some cards, crafted and drank A & W Root Beer out of wine glasses. We did make it until midnight – well, I am not […]

Our Christmas Decoration were packed up on Saturday. Most years, the decorations have been removed on New Year’s Day. We turned off the outdoor lights and suddenly Saturday night the yard seemed so much darker. The outdoor lights on homes remove the darkness of December as more lights are added […]

I was reading over the holidays about a Christmas tradition in Iceland and though we have packed away our decorations and memories for another year, I couldn’t help be fascinated and envious of Iceland’s idea. It is called Jolabokaflod, which means, to you and I, “Christmas book flood” or the […]

BRIDGEMAN-Born to Renee LeBlanc and Scott Bridgeman, of Ottawa, Ontario, a girl, Jade, weighing 7 lbs 6 oz on December 26, 2019 at Montfort Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario.

BUNDZ-Born to Cassandra and Paul, a boy, Paul Bradley Jr., of Fort Frances, Ontario, weighing 7 lbs 9 oz on December 24, 2019 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — A team of eye experts has operated on an unusual patient, a gorilla. A cataract was removed on Dec. 10 from the left eye of a 3-year-old western lowland gorilla who lives at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, the park announced Monday. The […]