Duane Hicks Ted and Ruth Brockie of Brockie’s Jewellers were touched and honoured to be presented with the James Paul Award by Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce president Mark Caron during the Chamber’s 22nd-annual business awards Wednesday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. It is a rare award given to individuals […]
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Duane Hicks Tim Hortons was a “double-double” award winner at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s 22nd-annual business awards last Wednesday evening at La Place Rendez-Vous. The local franchise, owned by Gord McQuarrie, received two awards: Business of the Year (16+ employees) and Customer Services (Business). McQuarrie was overwhelmed with […]
It is with profound sorrow that the family of Holly-Ann Olson announces her passing, with family by her side, on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. She was born on March 16, 1988 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Douglas and Geraldine Olson. […]
On her own terms and with her family by her side, Maxine Joyce Plumridge passed away peacefully on Thursday, Sept 13, 2018. Mom was born on June 5, 1933 to Harold and Marie Green, the middle of three girls. The first nine years of her life were spent on the […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Nicholas Stephen Mutz announces his peaceful passing on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 at the age of 94. Nick was born on April 19, 1924 in Rakow, Poland to Stephen and Paraska Mutz. In 1934, at the age of nine, he came […]
With his family by his side, Ulke Helder, 86, of Dawson Township, Ont., and formerly Bergland, Ont., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 at the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. Ulke was born in Bergland on May 12, 1932 to Jon and Sieske Helder. He […]
Eva Jenny (Bennell) McClain passed away on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 at the age of 93 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Eva was born on Oct. 27, 1924 in the Township of Kingsford, Ont., where she grew up as a little girl playing with her four sisters […]
Raymond Gushulak, 72, of Atikokan, Ont., passed away on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, with family by his side, at the Atikokan General Hospital. A funeral service will be held Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Riverview United Church in Atikokan. A complete obituary will follow.
Sadly, with her family by her side, Helene Tompkins (nee Schock), 87, of Emo, Ont., passed away on Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018 at the Emo Health Centre. Helene was born on Sept. 2, 1931 in Blue Township, Ont. to John and Mary Schock. She was united in marriage to Edward […]
As the final entry of a three-part series on shellfish, this column will focus on mollusks. If you missed either two of my previous columns on crustaceans (i.e., crab, lobster, prawns, shrimp, crayfish, etc.), e-mail me at dez@chefdez.com and I’ll be more than happy to send them to you. Basically, […]
For the past several years, the Crow Lake Classic bass tournament has been a fun, smaller event that attracted 20-something teams each year and consisted of mostly local anglers as well as a few out-of-town duos. While the event has been going on for about 15 years, the Hanson family […]
I’m currently in British Columbia helping my grandson transition into kindergarten. My daughter is a single mom and we had the resources for me to fly out to help the glacial move from non-kindergarten to kindergarten. As I drove Linden to school for an hour one day and two hours […]
