Years ago, there was no second half of life! “In 1900, average life expectancy was around 47 years, about the same as it had been since the dawn of time,” say the authors of “Something to Live for: Putting Your Whole Self into the Second Half of Life.” “Until the […]
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Despite it staying quite wet at agricultural research station here in Emo over the past week, we did manage to get a few more seeds in the ground. It never completely dried up and then the rain came again. It doesn’t help that we are having some tile drainage problems, […]
Well, I’m still wiping the egg off my face. After extolling the virtues of the Montreal Canadiens in last week’s column, the Habs went down fairly passively to the Philadelphia Flyers. Not to discredit the Flyers’ performance in the Eastern Conference final but if the Flyers are able to conquer […]
Although I have known for years what a bottom bouncer is and how they function, my first real introduction to using them came at a walleye tournament I fished a couple of years ago on Wabigoon Lake. I had not fished Wabigoon before and it was a pro-am style of […]
It is great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved father, grandfather, and brother, Joseph Whitecrow Jr., on Sunday, May 23, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Joseph was born July 16, 1946 in Fort Frances to the late Joseph Sr. and Irene Whitecrow. […]
In the warm and caring ambience of Birchwood Terrace, with family by her side, Lena Whiddon passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 23, 2010 at the age of 88. She is survived by her daughter, Jean (Earl) Kellar, and her sons, Kenneth (Dale), James (Suzanne), and Albert; her sisters, Eva […]
Gilles Hebert, 78, passed away Saturday, May 22, 2010 at the Riverside Health Care Facility in Fort Frances, Ont. Gilles was born Nov. 2, 1931 in Arntfield, Que. to the late Edgar and Lucienne Hebert. Gilles and his nine siblings grew up in Rouyn, Que. At the age of 14, […]
Mary Louise Cain passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, at the Westmount Long-Term Care Residence in Kitchener, Ont. on Monday, May 24, 2010 in her 91st year. Joining her beloved husband, Francis (1992). Loving mother of Peter and his wife, Vicky, and her daughter, Cathy (2005). Cherished grandmother […]
Staff Hydro One customers in parts of Rainy River District lost power late last night due to high winds and lightning. About 750 district customers saw their power go out around 11 p.m., with electricity being restored for most of them about three hours later, after Hydro One crews responded […]
Staff The local OPP has been monitoring the Couchiching First Nations’ toll booth area on Highway 11, just west of the Noden Causeway, since it first went up late Friday afternoon. “I am asking for the patience of the public, and for all involved parties and stakeholders to come together […]
Duane Hicks The Downtown BIA is looking to restructure its organization to better utilize its dollars—and is asking town council if it can assist them. In a letter council will receive from BIA chair Connie Cuthbertson at tonight’s regular meeting (delayed a day due to the Victoria Day holiday), Cuthbertson […]
Staff While the district was hit with stormy weather yesterday, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported only one fire start resulting from lightning. Fort Frances Fire #19 was reported about 35 km northeast of here, on an island on Red Gut Bay. The blaze, which started when lightning hit a […]
