Nora Ellen O’Neill, 89, of 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 in Thunder Bay, Ont. Nora was born Nov. 4, 1920 in Rainy River, Ont. In the 1940s, she moved to Fort Frances, where she has resided since. On April 18, 1952, […]
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It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of Donald Herbert Hammond on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Don was born May 18, 1923 in Devlin, Ont. but spent the majority of his life on the family homestead in Crozier, […]
Donna Williams, 74, passed away peacefully at McNally House in Grimsby, Ont. on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer. Donna lived in Grimsby for the past 10 years, in Lindsay, Ont. and Thunder Bay, Ont. prior to that, and spent her early years in Fort Frances, […]
Sgt. Maj. Gordon Roy Legarie (Ret.) passed away Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010 in Edmonton, Alta. He was born Sept. 10, 1952. A complete obituary to follow, with funeral mass to be held March 16, 2010 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church in Fort Frances, Ont.
Ken Boshcoff Dear Mike: As an invited speaker to a pro-democracy rally in Thunder Bay last weekend, I was impressed by the all-party non-partisan messaging to the prime minister. By now it is apparent to most that the reasons given for proroguing Parliament, being the economy and market instability, are […]
Craig Brockie Dear editor: Last week you kindly published a letter I wrote regarding the dangerous nature of the stock market at present. Thank you. This week, I wanted to share a little bit more information with your readers that I think they will find of value. Firstly, I’d like […]
It’s a sad sign of the times if the best we can come up with for “Family Day” is two hours of free skating and swimming at the Memorial Sports Centre. Town council at least made an effort to suggest something that would, in the words of Mayor Roy Avis, […]
Fortunately, I was very happy as a child. And that happiness spilled over into later life. But now that I am an adult, and especially as an older adult, I wonder how our parents made us so happy in the midst of the Depression while they worked very hard and […]
The blizzard to close out this past weekend had me up at 6 a.m. on Monday morning shovelling snow for about two hours before I could get on with my day. As I shovelled, to keep from becoming totally depressed that the lakes were going to turn into complete slush […]
My workshop has been breathing out sawdust since the holidays. Instead of smoke getting in your eyes, sawdust gets on my glasses. And at the end of the day, they often are hard to see out of. It took a while to come up with a woodworking project for this […]
The table is set with the best china. Flowers and candles are the finishing touches to the décor. The oven is loaded with gastronomic delights. The wine is chilling, and the guests are scheduled to arrive in 30 minutes. The hostess takes a break, putting her feet up and sinking […]
By Tyler J. Moffitt The Safety Advocate Statistics Canada reveals that, at any given time, roughly 30 percent of Canadian are a shift worker. I’ve been a shift worker since the mid-1980s, and have experienced over the years the challenges that shift work brings. Who are shift workers? They include […]
