Dear editor, This letter is in response to the article “Conmee mulls resolution about nuclear waste” published on July 16, 2024. Following my presentation to the Conmee Town Council on July 23, I wanted to take this opportunity to address some of the points raised and provide further clarification on […]
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My childhood memories of going blueberry picking are generally pretty good. Dad used to take my siblings and I a few times each summer, usually somewhere north of Kenora, and we would go for the day, picking berries and maybe getting in a little bit of swimming or fishing somewhere […]
You know that feeling you get when you prepare for Christmas, or the Emo Fair and it is over before you know it? Well, that is how I am feeling now regarding the Expo! We spent a good part of the year planning this event and it is now history. […]
It is with great sadness we announce the sudden passing of Barbara Ann Avis on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Barbara was born on July 12, 1948, in Fort Frances, Ontario, to Woodburn and Edith Ogden. She grew up in […]
It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Andrea Marie Lee-Milionis on July 24, 2024, at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre surrounded by all of her family. Andrea was born on June 20, 1979, in Fort Frances, Ontario, to Janice and Terry […]
It is with great sadness that we announce that our mother Madge Littlefield passed away at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ontario, on Monday, July 22, 2024, in her 100th year. Beloved mother to Linda (Andrew) Dylag and Reg (Isabella) Littlefield; cherished grandmother to Stephen, Matthew (Lisa), Michael, David, Alanna […]
Wegozisimin, Washushk doodem Wegozisimin, Washushk doodem, William (Bill) Richard Mainville began his travel into the spirit world on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Bill was born on January 4, 1986, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, along with his twin sister Tonilynn (Jay) to Donna Mainville and Richard Morrison. He also treasured his close […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Jeffrey James Woolsey announces his sudden passing in the early hours of July 24, 2024, in a tragic mining accident. Born on September 4, 1978, at LaVerendyre Hospital in Fort Frances, Ontario, Jeffrey brought light and joy to everyone who knew […]
I like to think that I have an attractive yard. In spring the flowering crab trees bloom with pink flowers followed quickly there after by the sweet-smelling purple lilacs. While they are blooming, so too are the Lilly of the valley with their own fragrance. Shortly after in mid to […]
The Rainy River District Agricultural Fall Fair will be here soon. This years fair takes place August 15-17. As always many traditional events will take place, midway, stock car races, loggers contest, food booths with the new 4-H booth ready to serve, and many people’s favourite seeing people you only […]
As the Weigela is a spectacular flowering shrub that now has some newer hybrids that are hardy to Zone 3, it is a shrub that should be featured in your landscape. In late spring to early summer, the Weigela, has arching stems that become loaded with bell-shape flowers ranging in […]
It’s that time of year when there are hoards of secretive souls running the back roads. They are sneaking out of town early in the morning. Aside from well tanned bodies and the smell of insect repellent and Benadryl lotion wafting off their bug bitten bodies, what are they up […]
