Sam Odrowski Charleen Mallroy hosted a booth for her “Charlee’s Naturally Northern” handcrafted soaps and other handmade products Saturday at the second-annual “Easter Market” held at the Copper River Inn here. She creates soaps that are free of synthetics, detergents, and petro-chemicals. The soaps also are biodegradable, environmentally-friendly, and gluten-free.
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Last month, Finance minister Bill Morneau announced Budget 2018 and our government’s plan to continue investing in the middle class. The plan focuses on strengthening the programs that make the biggest difference in people’s lives–and making those benefits easier to get. This includes things like the Canada Child Benefit, EI […]
Here’s hoping the Easter Bunny found everyone and he wasn’t froze out or blown away! This weather certainly is keeping things from being too messy around the farm yard anyway, though I’m hoping things warm up for those who are going to start calving soon with little or no indoor […]
I was thinking of what it means to be part of a community–a community who has known you since you were little; when they saw you on the street and were surprised at how you’d changed, how you’d grown, how you can ride a bike, drive a car, get a […]
I am peering out my dining room window and looking south on Victoria Avenue remembering the people who lived along there more than 50 years ago. They all have moved on, but the kindness they gave me as I delivered the Fort Frances Times to their homes will never be […]
Patricia Gail Wowchuk, 78, of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away on Thursday, March 22, 2018 in Thunder Bay. Born Jan. 15, 1940, in Winnipeg, Man., Pat moved to Fort Frances, Ont. as a small child with her parents, Malcolm and Winnifred MacLeod. Following graduation from Fort Frances High School, she […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Yvonne Smelt (nee DeGagne), 62, of Nipawin, Sask., on Friday, March 23, 2018. Yvonne was born on Feb. 17, 1956 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Ulysses and Emelia DeGagne. As per Yvonne’s wishes, cremation has taken place and […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Raymond (Ozho-wash-ko-te giizhik) Shepakeget of the Lynx Clan on Sunday, April 1, 2018. He was born on March 31, 1949 to the late Thomas Sr. and Rose Shebagegit (nee Derosier). Raymond loved guiding and fishing . . […]
Sadly, with heavy hearts, the family of Jean Vivian Dustin (nee Odahl) announces her passing, surrounded by family, on Thursday, March 29, 2018 at the age of 64 at the Dryden Regional Health Centre in Dryden, Ont. Jean was born in Fort Frances, Ont. on June 1, 1953, the youngest […]
James Edward Major passed away on Tuesday, March 27, 2018. He was born in Winnipeg, Man. and would have celebrated his 90th birthday on May 20, 2018. Jim attended school in Dryden, Ont. and began working for Ontario Hydro at Red Lake in 1947. After working in Red Lake and […]
Jackie (Jacko) Ray McLeod passed away peacefully on Monday, March 26, 2018 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Jacko was born on April 29, 1957 in Fort Frances. He was the fifth of six children. He lived his entire life in Fort Frances, with many years at Sybil […]
Our precious son and brother, Will Anderson, passed away suddenly on March 26, 2018. Born Jan. 15, 1995, he was a kind, intelligent and funny person. He always wanted to make a difference in the world and he succeeded in bettering the lives of many who he met. Will’s smile […]
