Sheila Audrey McKelvie (nee O’Donnell), born February 15, 1937, in Fort Frances, Ontario, passed away June 8, 2022, at the Georgian Manor in Penetanguishene, Ontario. Sheila was also known as “Shal,” Sheila-La, Grama Sheila, Great-Grama, Mom, Sister, Auntie and “friend” to many. Predeceased by her parents, James O’Donnell and Lydia […]
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Anne Florence McLeod, 83 years, of Fort Frances, Ontario, passed away peacefully on September 25, 2022. Anne was born August 18, 1939, to Ed and Marguerite Langstaff. Anne was committed to her Jehovah Witness faith, and enjoyed many activities including knitting, sewing, and gardening following in her mother’s footsteps. Anne […]
Mr. Patrick James Menson, age 32 years, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Thunder Bay on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Patrick was born on November 22, 1989, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where he grew up with his parents and siblings before the family moved to Seine River First Nation. Patrick […]
Lillian passed away peacefully on September 23, 2022, with her family by her side. Lillian was born in North Branch, Ontario, on September 16, 1936. She was the youngest in the Zerebeski Family with two brothers and three older sisters. She and her husband Roy raised their four children in […]
I have just had installed a new extremely high efficiency gas furnace. It will reduce my greenhouse gas emissions. I teased the installers telling them that in their working careers they will be replacing that furnace with an electrical unit to fully eliminate the natural gas emissions from my household. […]
I sometimes think we are of the mindset that previous generations solved everything, and it should be clear sailing for us, as though all the hard parts are behind us. We are annoyed when we are confronted with pandemics that limit our movement and freedom. “How did this happen,” we […]
Reminiscing about the 1972 Summit Series has ended. Until the next “hockey anniversary” of when Canada met Russia, it’s likely to be ignored, and by then great hockey coaches from both sides will be gone, and forgotten. Two were not involved in the Canada-Russia Series but should’ve been. One, Anatoli […]
By Liam Casey
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Ontario family doctors left the profession at the start of the pandemic at double the rate of the years before COVID-19 hit, new research indicates. About three per cent of family doctors across the province – 385 doctors – stopped practising between March and September 2020, according to a study […]
By Brittany Hobson
THE CANADIAN PRESS
THE CANADIAN PRESS
While Canada prepares to honour the second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Friday, the majority of provinces have not followed the federal government’s move to make it a statutory holiday for its workers. New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut have declared Sept. 30 […]
