She began her journey to the spirit world on Friday, June 22, 2018 in Fort Frances, Ont. Samantha will join her family who have travelled on before her. Samantha was born on Nov. 3, 1983 in Winnipeg, Man. She is survived by her mother, Charlene Joanna Calder (nee Tom) of […]
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Douglas (“Doug”) Hoffman, 59, of Hoffman’s Habour, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away with family by his side on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. As per his wishes, there will be no funeral. A complete obituary will follow.
Sadly, the family announces the passing of Blanche Olga Bernier (nee Olinyk), 98, of Rainy River, Ont., on Thursday, June 21, 2018. A funeral mass will be held Friday, July 6, 2018 at 11 a.m. at our Lady of Good Counsel in Rainy River, with Fr. Thomas officiating. Parish prayers […]
It is with deepest sympathy that the family announces the passing of Joyce Smith (nee Wolden), at the age of 92, on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at Roseview Manor in Thunder Bay, Ont. Joyce was born on May 6, 1926 in Fort Frances, Ont. and excelled at school, attending college […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Guy Edward Meilleur announces his passing on Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. Guy was born on Nov. 15, 1965 in Calgary, Alta. to Edward and Lynn Meilleur. He is survived by his […]
On June 15, 2018, Barney Maher passed away in his sleep. He is survived by Ellen, John, John Eric (Eloise, Nicholas, and Aurora), Neil, Britta, MaryBeth, Young Jeff, Stephanie, Ron, Heather, Cameron, Motes, Kathleen, and Claude. He was predeceased by his wife, Lois. Born in Manchester, England on Nov. 27, […]
I am in a state of emotional rage and I’m struggling to focus on the simplest of tasks–tasks as simple as flossing or walking. I can’t think straight and all I can think about is the images of children taken from their mothers at the U.S.-Mexican border, oftentimes removed with […]
I originally wrote this column on the last Monday evening in May. I was going to recycle it completely until I reread it and realized a few things were worth revisiting. The apple blossoms aren’t on the breeze anymore. Back then, the scent of the new blooms drifted on the […]
Doug Ford has hit the ground running and with a few announcements even before being sworn into office, he clearly has demonstrated things will be different. Gone are the working luncheon caucus meetings with supplied food. Instead, the PC caucus will be expected to “brown bag” it. Or perhaps Mr. […]
The seventh and final stop of the FLW Tour regular season takes place this week at Lake St. Clair, along the Michigan/Ontario border, which is one of the best smallmouth lakes in North America. When the schedule was announced last summer, this was the lake that excited me the most […]
Staff The dirt was flying and the local riders were smiling over the weekend in Emo. Dylan Tessier of Devlin and Cole Kreger of Emo both were victorious at the Superior Dirt Riders’ doubleheader that was held Saturday and Sunday at the Emo Motocross course. It was the tour’s lone […]
Staff The local Vipers’ volleyball program still is taking entries for its camp next Tuesday through Saturday at J.W. Walker School and Fort High. Running from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. each day, the camp will focus on areas such as passing technique, serve-receive patterns and serving technique, floater and jump attacking […]
