To the editor: Last Tuesday (Oct. 11), I had a disturbing shock when I witnessed a truck and utility trailer travelling past Tim Hortons with a severed moose head mounted at the truck’s roof. How absolutely disturbing and disgusting this show of “I am the mighty hunter!” The only thing […]
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PLETT–Born to Greg and Letricia (nee Wilson) of Steinbach, Manitoba, Twins: a boy, Lucas Alexander, 6 lbs. 7 oz. and a girl, Brooklyn Nicole, 6 lbs. 1 oz. on October 6, 2005. Grandparents are Alex and Linda Wilson of Emo, Ontario and Menno and Susan Plett of Steinbach, Manitoba.
STROM–Born to Riley Ogden and Trevor Strom, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Cassidy Alexandra, weighing 6 lbs. 5 oz. on October 8, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
GIBBINS–Born to Jocelyn Gibbins and Ryan Big George, of Morson, Ont., a boy, Elgin Marques, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. on October 10, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
PETERS–Born to David and Shari, nee Milanese, of Sleeman, Ont., a boy, Gregory Davis, weighing 7 lbs. 14 oz. on October 10, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
CALDER–Born to Brittany Cain and Joel Calder, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Treyden Noah Gordon, weighing 8 lbs. 13 oz. on October 11, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
FRASER–Born to Jeff and Lisa, nee Kaplar, of Rainy River, Ont., a boy, Cameron Alexander, weighing 9 lbs. 4 oz. on October 12, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
BRANDLI–Born to Darrin and Jacqueline, nee Dupuis, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Victoria Rose, weighing 3 lbs. 15 oz. on October 13, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Pete and I don’t have many relationship potholes, but if there is anything that can set me, in particular, on the way to a slow boil, it’s when his stuff starts to pile up and get in my way. His “what a mess” habits are long-standing in the bedroom where, […]
He thought he had beaten it. Thought he had surpassed it and moved on. But there was always that feeling something was wrong. He wasn’t sure just how bad it was or if it was even back—but it didn’t feel right. Then, lying down on the bleached covers of a […]
That recent column on my father, “Tony” was well-received by those who remember him, and it has been suggested I should bring up other local characters from our past. Here’s what I remember about an impressive figure from my boyhood, Tim Harley. His wife, who was a Calder and aunt […]
Like many other children, my three-year-old son did not care for church and he didn’t mind saying so. He hated church almost as much as he loved his grandmother. So he was delighted to have her as a baby-sitter when we went to the Canadian Rockies for a long weekend. […]
