Born to Star and Keenan of Emo, Ontario, a boy, Khayam Dean Edward, weighing 7 lbs 10 oz, on May 14, 2025 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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A funeral for Lorna Jean Arbuckle June 20, 2025, at 10:30 a.m. at the Evangelical Fellowship Church at 605 McIrvine Road, Fort Frances, Ontario.
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Loretta Fay Ivanowich announce her passing on May 29, 2025, at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances, Ontario. Loretta was born on June 30, 1934, in Devlin, Ontario, to Murdoch and Ellizabeth (Libby) McKay. She is survived by her […]
It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Ivan Norman Lafond on May 22, 2025. Ivan was born September 8, 1963, to Gerard and Janice Lafond (nee Barker) in North York General Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. In 1969, Ivan moved with his mother and two brothers […]
Sadly the family announces the sudden passing of Peter James Seguin, 66, at the Atikokan General Hospital on Sunday, April 20, 2025. Peter was born in Rainy River, Ont., on May 5, 1958, to parents Edith and Theodore Seguin. Peter grew up in Pinewood and worked at numerous jobs over […]
It is with our deepest sadness the family of Daniel Wayne Shine announce his sudden passing on May 29, 2025. Full obituary to follow.
On Hockey Night in Canada recently, one commentator said: “There’s nothing like Game Seven overtime.” He is right. Game Seven overtime ends the season, terminating one team’s year with finality and fatality, the clearest definition of “sudden-death” overtime. It also puts an exclamation mark on victory (17 times) sending the […]
When you can’t trust your biggest trading partner, and the whole world is in turmoil, perhaps we should be listening to Mark Carney, our prime minister and leader, and Minister Melanie Joly, who on May 28 commented that Canada should adopt a “wartime philosophy.” Donald Trump united Canadians with his […]
By Liz Adam
Life Coach's Corner
Life Coach's Corner
“Life is like a river. The way of life is to flow with the current. To turn against it takes effort but the current will carry you if you let it.” – Anonymous I just came back from a walk near a river where we live where I enjoy watching […]
By Sonal Gupta
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Canada’s National Observer
As wildfires continue to burn across Manitoba, First Nations leaders say their communities remain “defenceless” due to a lack of proper firefighting equipment and resources. The province is experiencing one of its most severe wildfire seasons in decades, with 25 active fires. There have been a total of 106 already […]
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Legion Ladies volunteer Andrea Avis, left, spoons up some delicious dinner for Fort Frances mill alumni members Anthony Kadikoff, front right, and Robert Shulz, at the Alumni’s 13th annual dinner held at the Fort Frances Legion on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Roughly 120 former mill employees gathered for a dinner […]
DID YOU KNOW? The Canadian Wildland Fire Information System (CWFIS) was developed by Natural Resources Canada. The system monitors fire danger conditions and fire occurrences across Canada. As well, daily weather conditions are collected from across Canada and used to produce fire weather and fire behaviour maps. In addition, satellites […]
