By Tyler J. Moffitt The Safety Advocate I’ve been a volunteer firefighter since the 1980s. Since my time as a firefighter, I have fought and experienced many challenging blazes. The general public’s perception of what fire is like can be a bit of a misconception, as well as what firefighters […]
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By Dan Falloon, Sports reporter The phrases “top team” and “championship team” often come together, like in the case of the defending World Series champion N.Y. Yankees and Grey Cup champion Montreal Alouettes. The Bronx Bombers pounded on Major League Baseball for much of last season, and were able to […]
Sunset Country is home to countless waters loaded with northern pike but for reasons unknown to me, they do not receive a ton of pressure from area anglers. We have waters with numbers of fish, and some host jumbo-sized northerns. There is no better time throughout the whole year to […]
Marcia Collett passed away peacefully at home on Jan. 27, 2010 with her family by her side in Bloomington, Calif. Marcia was born Nov. 3, 1943 in Michigan. She was predeceased by her first husband, Richard Skolmowski in January, 1983; her second husband, Bill Collett in August, 2009; her mother, […]
Ruth Wall (nee Sander) passed away peacefully on Nov. 30, 2009 at St. Peter’s Residence at Chedoke (Hamilton, Ont.) in her 91st year. Ruth was born in Chapple, Ont. on Feb. 27, 1919 and grew up on a small farm. She was predeceased by her husband, Oscar Wall from Sweden; […]
John “Harley” Gillies passed away peacefully on Jan. 26, 2010 at St. Josephs Hospital in Courtenay, B.C. after a courageous struggle with cancer. He will be sadly missed by his wife, Mabel; son, Fran; daughter, Judy; sisters, Shirley Nedland of Dawson Creek, B.C. and Gladys “Nanny” Smith of Emo, Ont.; […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of their loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Mildred Irene Johnson, who passed away peacefully at the age of 87 with her family by her side at the Dryden Regional Health Centre in Dryden, Ont. Mildred married her one and […]
Duane Hicks The sidewalk on the east side of the 700 and 900 blocks of Portage Avenue will not be removed as part of Phase II of the biomass roads project this spring. Council approved a recommendation from the Operations and Facilities executive committee last night indicating that while the […]
