Mrs. Ingeborg Maria Linnea Halverson, 94, passed away peacefully at St. Joseph’s Hospital on Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009. Ingeborg (nee Hakanson) was born in Norman, Ont. on June 15, 1914 and moved to Fort Frances, Ont. in 1920. Married to her beloved husband, Anton (Speed) in 1937, they were residents […]
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Timothy Gosnell, 48, of Sleeman, Ont., passed away Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. Family and friends will be received Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 from 7-9 p.m. at the Northridge Funeral Home in Emo, Ont., where funeral service will be […]
What a difference a week makes. A week ago Sunday, the sun shone brightly and the mercury moved above zero Celsius, making us all believe that winter was approaching its conclusion. It then remained mild for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and we received rain instead of snow. On that Monday, […]
By John Rafferty My offices received a number of calls last week about the price of gas in our riding. There are two real problems with the price of gas in our area: the fact that our gas is over 20 cents a litre more than in other parts of […]
“Joie de vivre alive and well in Winnipeg” splashed the headline in Saturday’s Free Press as city residents flocked to The Forks to kick off the 40th-annual Festival du Voyageur—billed as the largest winter festival in Western Canada. Alas, it’s a sentiment Fort Frances is decidedly lacking these days. True, […]
It started. My first baby arrived on Valentine’s Day. Not much of a baby—he was 120 pounds. But “mom” pushed him out just fine. The camera was great; I spotted the water bag and then just waited. I was a bit worried when I saw the size of the feet, […]
Every day I wake up to a life-affirming calendar page. Every day is special, but some calendar days are more special than others. One of the extra special ones was last Saturday’s. “I see what I love and love what I see. I bless my eyes with love.” As a […]
By Gary Sliworsky, Ag rep, Emo The goals of a cross-breeding program can be twofold. First, capitalize on traits that can be improved through heterosis and then select breeds with the strengths needed to make those improvements. First let’s understand some of the terminology: •F1–The first generation offspring as a […]
My wife, the Pearl of the Orient, is an exercise nut and she does her best to encourage me to bestir my bloated carcass. Winter at the resort in northern Florida is pleasant and usually sunny, but not always real warm. Since our unit is a block or so from […]
Bedbugs are found pretty much all over the world, although there only are four species in North America. A bedbug is quite well-adapted to its lifestyle. It doesn’t have any wings and it is quite flat. As such, it can hide in very small crevices, cracks in the wall, under […]
Well, that age-old curling argument is back in the news again. Talk about kicking a dead horse. Just last week, Kevin Martin’s third, John Morris, told the Calgary Herald that he believes the defending team (which would be his) should have an automatic bye to the Tim Hortons Brier in […]
Last week, about 70 people, nearly all from Kenora, hit the road to Huatulco, Mexico for the marriage of Chris Savage and Chrysti Bowen. Chris is my longtime bass tournament partner, and likes to fish as much as I do, so it was no surprise that we brought some fishing […]
