The family of Carol Mae Bruyere (nee Klyne) of Couchiching First Nation, sadly announce her passing on September 5, 2022, at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral arrangements are pending. Full obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd. Emo, Ontario.
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It is with great sorrow that we announce that Shirley passed away peacefully in her 87th year following a short illness at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre on September 3, 2022. She is lovingly remembered by her husband Lynn Allan; and by her children Kevin Tennant, Jeff Tennant […]
It is with broken hearts we announce the passing of Fern Douglas on August 30, 2022; a loving, caring mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Fern was born to Gus and Marie Bartel in 1932. Raised in Fort Frances, Fern was one of eight children. After high school Fern […]
Sharon Ferne Andrushuk, beloved mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend, passed away at La Verendrye Hospital in the early hours of Monday, August 29, 2022. Sharon was predeceased by her husband Larry Andrushuk; her parents Angus and Ferne Hyatt; her mother and father-in-law Euphemia and Peter Andrushuk; her brothers-in-law […]
Salvation Army corps officer Arthur Heathcote and Fort Frances Museum curator Kayleigh Speirs hold up a box snack kits that were given out to summer programs participants this year. The snack kits were supplied through the After the Bell program from Food Banks Canada and 280 of them were distributed […]
The family of the late Chauncey Grover III, above, and local experts on drug addiction began the events of International Overdose Awareness Day with speeches. Participants were asked to wear purple and bring photos of loved ones lost to drug addiction. The event saw a large turnout, with plans to […]
Riverside Foundation for Health Care is excited to announce that the winner of the August Riverside 50/50 electronic raffle is Betty Godin of Fort Frances, ON with the winning ticket number U-4503411. Godin takes home $10,905, with the same amount going to the Foundation. The draw was made Wednesday, August […]
This column has had a pretty heavy bass focus over the past couple of months so we’re going to go a different direction this week for all of you anglers out there that enjoy fishing for other species. While I was out last week on Lake of the Woods, I […]
The reminiscing is underway. It will continue until the 28th of this month, at least. It’s the 50th anniversary of the historic Canada-Russia hockey series, an event that altered the game’s history forever. There will be flashbacks in newspapers and on television across the country — CBC has launched a […]
By Jack Elliott
Rainy River Correspondent
Rainy River Correspondent
With a collection of several million dollars worth of harvest equipment, trucks, grain handling,drying, storage capacity, and a trained crew sitting at the ready today Tuesday Sept 6, 2022 was starting day for Brielmann Agriculture Ltd on this year’s harvest. “This is the first field that is ready,” noted partner […]
