Initially my travels plans were going to bring me home for the last part of March and early April, as we got a couple of weeks off from our Bassmaster Elite Series schedule. I was looking forward to some late season ice fishing, which I always try to get back […]
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I use the winter for garden planning and one of the best ways to plan, is by using seed catalogues or viewing websites. There are many mail order seed and plant suppliers in both the United States and Canada so the number of catalogues and websites you can use for […]
Here is hoping that you all had a wonderful Easter weekend. For the most part it was decent weather if anyone planned an outdoor hunt! My nieces were out of town but are still expecting an easter hunt when they return. I thought we might be missing out on this […]
Wabshkibinance – Makwa Ndodem Allan Calder (aka Al Dog), Wabshkibinance, Makwa Ndodem, was born on March 30, 1954, to Doug and Dixie Calder. He died March 29, 2024, just one day short of his 70th birthday, in LaVerendrye Hospital with his family by his side after a courageous battle with […]
The family of Sophie “Mabel” Cyr, 99, are saddened to announce her passing at her residence in Fort Frances, Ontario, on Monday, April 1, 2024. Full obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd., Emo, Ontario.
It is with tremendous pain and sadness that we announce the passing of Melonee Hunter, age 51, beloved wife, mother, auntie, and friend, who began her journey to the spirit world on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Melonee (Mel), Kebekaabawik, was born on December 23, 1972, in Ottawa to Evelyn Giles […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Robert (Bob) Joseph Jolicoeur of Fort Frances, Ontario, on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Robert was born on October 14, 1939, in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, to Lucie (nee Larocque) and Ferdinand Jolicoeur. The […]
Patricia Mary Whalen, aged 78, passed away peacefully with her family at her side on March 24, 2024, at St. Joseph’s Hospital. She was born on September 30, 1945, in Fort Frances, Ont., to Minard and Evelyn Whalen and was the eldest of nine children. Her life was one of […]
Benjamin Franklin – an American statesman – is credited with the saying “Nothing is certain except death and taxes.” We are in the tax season. The province has just announced its new budget for the next fiscal year. Christia Freeland on April 16 will read the federal budget. Income taxes […]
My granddaughter and her mother went on an adventure with me not so long ago and we had a marvellous time. Nothing too exotic, merely a stay in a hotel with a swimming pool. You can’t have an adventure, not really, without supplies – aka candy. I was remembering Abby […]
Born to Fawn Perrault and Adream Spoon of Couchiching First Nation, Ontario, a boy, Blaine Dyan Cooper, weighing 6 lbs 9 oz, on March 17, 2024 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
