Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the April 50/50 jackpot is Heather Oltsher of Barwick, ON with the winning ticket number BB-3342466. Heather is the lucky recipient of $12,885 with the same amount going to the Foundation. The draw was made Friday, April […]
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By Robin McCormick
West End Correspondent
West End Correspondent
Last week, LaVallee Reeve Lucille MacDonald and councillors Badiuk, Loshaw, and Hyatt attended the Northern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA) conference in Thunder Bay. MacDonald was more than happy to share the things she learned at the three-day event (April 26-28). She said taxpayers have a right to know why elected […]
The upcoming Mari-Gras to be held May 13, and it promises to be a great evening. The District Fair Board, all organizers and volunteers have been working diligently to see this event be an evening to be enjoyed by all attending. All monies raised will go to the new 4-H […]
As “No Mow May” bursts upon us, Pickle just put off the tinkering with those darned lawnmowers and enjoy the wonders of spring. This 2010 Squirrel Pie deserves its annual reprise. The yellow darlings are popping out along every south facing wall in town. I always picked a bouquet of […]
My youngest just had a birthday. Sometimes I forget how old I am, like when I am deciding to climb a ladder to get on the roof to clean my skylights or when I decide to move furniture that weighs more than I do. The age of my youngest reminds […]
Sadly, the family announces the peaceful passing of Wendy Jane Crowe, 67, of Fort Frances, Ontario, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at the La Verendrye Hospital with her family by her side after a year-long battle with cancer. Wendy was born September 25, 1955, to parents Mihlan and Betty Cawston. […]
Vernon Alton Dungey passed away peacefully on February 2, 2023, with his family by his side after a short, courageous battle with cancer. Vernon, known as “Vern,” was born on March 17, 1937, in Emo, Ontario, to John and Dorothy Dungey. He grew up in Emo and was the youngest […]
It is with great sadness that the Hazen family announces the passing of Murray. Murray was born on October 26, 1926, in Toronto, York County. He spent his childhood across various northern Ontario communities, and spent time with his cousins on his grandpa’s farm in the Footes Bay Area. As […]
The family of Lydia Kiesman (nee Meisner) of Winnipeg, formerly of Moosehorn, Manitoba, sadly announce her peaceful passing at the age of 95. Lydia was the sixth child of seventeen born to parents Emil and Emma Meisner in Moosehorn on June 19, 1927. She grew up on the family farm […]
1957 – 2023 It is with the deepest sorrow the family of Susan Dorothy Parnell (formerly of Fort Frances) announce her sudden passing on May 1, 2023, in Calgary, Alberta.
We are sad to announce that on April 23, 2023, Diane Plaskon (MacDonald) passed quietly away at the Mike Conley Hospice House in Clemont Florida. She was born in Fort Frances on October 3, 1941. She grew up in Fort Frances and worked at La Verendrye Hospital. She moved to […]
Barbara Elaine Plasky, 77, of Fort Frances, passed away on April 27, 2023, after a long battle with COPD. Barbara was born on the April 23, 1946, to Charles and Bernice Plasky in Fort Frances, Ont. In her early years she worked at the Fort Frances Clinic. It was during […]
