Gloria Joan Bergner, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, with family by her side, at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.
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It is with great sorrow that we, the family of Bluebird George Alexander Major, of Morson, Ontario, announce his sudden death. He went missing on Lake of the Woods on Monday evening, October 15, and was found on Thursday, October 18, 2018. Birdy was born in Toronto, Ontario, on February […]
By Jill Lawless The Associated Press LONDON — Stephen Hawking was a cosmic visionary, a figure of inspiration and a global celebrity. His unique status is reflected in an upcoming auction of some of the late physicist’s possessions: It includes complex scientific papers, one of the world’s most iconic wheelchairs […]
Staff Many town residents already have cast their ballot either online or over the phone for the local municipal and school board elections. As of 11 a.m. today (Oct. 19), some 1,581 people out of the 5,179 eligible voters had cast their ballots, which put the total voter turnout at […]
By Danica Kirka The Associated Press LONDON — The former commander of American forces in Iraq and Afghanistan warned Friday that the United States’ military co-operation with the U.K. could be threatened by the growing use of human rights laws to target British soldiers. Writing in the Times of London, […]
The Associated Press BANGKOK — A Briton and Canadian face up to 10 years in prison on charges of spraying paint on an ancient wall in northern Thailand, police said Friday. Security camera footage purportedly showed Furlong Lee and Canadian Brittney Lorretta Katherine Schneider, both 23, spraying a message on […]
By Janet McConnaughey The Associated Press A Louisiana university is giving the Smithsonian Institution a huge collection of crustaceans that has, among other things, been used to identify seafood mislabeled as coming from the Gulf of Mexico. “This is a very important collection because it’s going to rejuvenate our holdings” […]
By Paul Elias The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — StarKist Co. agreed to plead guilty to a felony price fixing charge as part of a broad collusion investigation of the canned tuna industry, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday. The DOJ said StarKist faces up to a $100 million […]
By Alan Fram The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Just 1 in 4 people thinks Brett Kavanaugh was completely honest when as a Supreme Court nominee he gave sworn testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee last month, with Republicans and Democrats holding starkly distinct opinions of his credibility, according to a […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Nellie Jerry announces her passing on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services will be held on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 at 11 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, with Pastor […]
Here we are the middle of October and it’s a cattle sale week. I am crossing my fingers for a better week! “Roxee” is doing OK but we made a trip to the vet on Monday because the top of the bandage was slipping. I think she is more upset […]
Two American anglers had quite the scare last week when they went missing for three days on Lake of the Woods during the first snowfall of the season. It’s unclear exactly how the father and son ended up some 50 km up the lake from where they were staying at […]
