When I think back to my days in high school and my March break activities, fun fishing trips come to mind. Heading south on Lake of the Woods via the ice road to catch walleyes, lake trout fishing north of Kenora or the annual trip to Nestor Falls to catch […]
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August 10, 1940 – March 3, 2023 Michael passed away peacefully on the morning of March 3, 2023, at Seven Oaks Hospital. Michael will be lovingly remembered by his wife of 58 years, Barbara; daughter Dawn (Chris); son M.G. (Jamie); and grandchildren Joseph (Taya), Jaime and Jesse. Michael was born […]
The family of Paul Eliuk of Fort Frances sadly announce his passing on March 13, 2023, at La Verendrye Hospital. Full obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd., Emo, Ontario.
On Sunday, March 12, 2023, Margaret Haley, 105, of Fort Frances, Ontario, peacefully passed away with her family by her side. A complete funeral announcement to follow.
Sadly, the family announces the sudden passing of Tyson Lauren Johnson-Jourdain, 36, of Fort Frances, Ontario, on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Arrangements pending and a complete announcement to follow.
On March 8, 2023, Al sadly but peacefully passed away with family by his side. He was born on September 19, 1943, to parents Frank and Tenie Kennett. Growing up in Burris, Al was a country boy. Upon graduation from Fort High he was employed at C.I.B.C. He then spent […]
On March 1, 2023, Michael Edwin Langlie, age 71, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Bethel, Alaska. Mike was born in Hillsboro, Ore., on March 5, 1951- the youngest of Helmer and Verna Langlie’s three children. The family moved in 1956 to Bemidji, Minn., to be closer to Nestor […]
Dixie Lyla Badiuk (Locking), our loving Mother, Grandmother, Great-grandmother and best friend aged 93 passed away peacefully March 12, 2023. Dixie was born in Fort Frances November 16, 1929 to Audrey and Wilfred Locking. During high school she worked at Mel Newman Ltd. pumping gas with a hand pump and […]
By Sandi Krasowski
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Thunder Bay, Ont. — The Central Canada Resource Expo (CEN CAN Expo) is returning to Thunder Bay this September with a change in venue. Last year, the inaugural natural resource trade show was held at the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition grounds, but due to a conflict of date availability, the […]
By Allison Jones
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario’s libraries are asking the government to create a provincewide digital public library, to ensure residents in smaller municipalities have the same access to materials as people in large, urban centres. Libraries are mostly funded by municipalities, so each library system has to purchase their own material, said Dina Stevens, […]
