My fishing buddies, Jamie Bruce and Sean McAughey, are about as hard-core as it gets for getting out on the water or on the ice. They don’t let weather conditions stop them and every free day they have, they find someplace to wet a line. In fact, they’ve been on […]
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The questions of life seemingly forever outnumber the answers. So, instead of coming with all the answers (because, in his own words, wrestling legend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper would just change the questions, anyway), I decided to pose a compendium of inquiries—both serious and tongue-in-cheek—about local sports topics for you, the […]
Monday marked one month until Santa arrives! I wish I could say I was all ready for his arrival. I did start my outdoor lights but like many others, you put the lights away working and they magically don’t work as I pull them out of my numerous Rubbermaid containers. […]
Last week, new documents related to the Senate scandal were released to the public—and they paint a picture of a well-organized scheme involving many individuals working for or appointed by Stephen Harper. They also appear to contradict much of what the prime minister has said he knew and when he […]
Farmers tend to put succession planning off until “tomorrow.” Maybe it’s the fear of dealing with the unknown or the fear of being “put out to pasture.” Or perhaps the fear of facing the loss of a business they created. Two options exist for every farm business owner—either the succession […]
Most of my friends are retired. Yet at the same time, most of my friends are terribly busy. The same is true for me. It seems like an oxymoron! How did I ever work eight hours a day, do my housework, make meals, sit on committees, give speeches, invite friends […]
Norm makes really good caramel corn. Sort of like Cracker Jacks—only much better. Let’s call it Gourmet Crunch. It’s delicious. But we only get it at Christmas because it’s addictive and my blood sugar and dental state simply could not handle any more. My wife, the Pearl of the Orient, […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Russell Carkner Cone Jr. announces his passing on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 at home in Fort Frances, Ont. Russell was born April 15, 1931 in Fort Frances. Funeral services will be held Friday, Nov. 29, 2013 at 1 p.m. at Green […]
With her beloved husband and family by her side, Joan Roberta Miller (nee Dunn) passed away peacefully on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. Joan was born Nov. 4, 1940 in Nahma, Ont. to Gwen and Walter Dunn. She attended teachers’ college in North Bay, Ont., where she met her husband, Henry. […]
An angel has been called to Heaven. It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Catherine Berglund at the age 81. Catherine passed away Friday, Nov. 22, 2013, with her family by her side, at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. Catherine was […]
Denis Perreault, 67, of Couchiching First Nation, passed away Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
Richard John Boutet was born Aug. 19, 1957 in Emerson, Man. He was the fifth child born to Robert (Bob) and Florence Boutet of the Arnaud area. Richard always was proud to be one of “Bobby’s boys.” His family is devastated to announce that Richard passed away at 12:08 a.m. […]
