It is with deep sadness that the family of Keith Watson, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., announces his passing on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral arrangements are pending, and a complete obituary will follow. Online condolences may be offered at www.greenfuneralhomefortfrances.com

It is with deep sadness that the family of Keith Watson, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., announces his passing on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral arrangements are pending, and a complete obituary will follow. Online condolences may be offered at www.greenfuneralhomefortfrances.com

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Helmer Nils Berglund at the age of 81. Helmer passed away Monday, June 3, 2013, with his family by his side, at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. He was born in Keewatin, Ont. but […]

Last week, Metrolinx, a government agency tasked with co-ordinating the transit systems in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Areas, released a series of controversial proposals for funding transit expansion in that region, including increases to the gas tax and HST, either regionally in southern Ontario or province-wide. While it is […]

It’s June—and we still are struggling to plant and get our “spring” jobs completed. I’m feeling overwhelmed right now as the list keeps growing, the calendar keeps turning, and the weather continues to not co-operate. We purchased a new brush mower last year for grass cutting here at the Emo […]

It’s nearly 9:30 p.m. and I’m looking out my front window at the still and quiet of the evening and the closing off of daylight as the orange sun slides beneath the horizon. Once again, and this time through very sad events in the lives of others, I am reminded […]

Wood ticks are on my list of does the world really need these things. Also on this list are tent caterpillars, tomato hornbeams, the little green caterpillars that flourish in my organic broccoli (choosing only to come out when boiled and the broccoli placed on my plate), and people who […]

It’s back to business for me this week as I’m preparing for the fifth FLW Tour event of the season this coming weekend on Oklahoma’s Grand Lake. Last week, I took a break from the fishing and put in some tourist time with my fiancé, August, in Nashville, Tenn. and […]

This deserves an annual reprise: It’s that time of year again when the lawn warrior girds himself for battle. Weapons belt bristling with digger, snippers, three varieties of weed killer, and other assorted instruments of war, the grim combatant enters the field to face and eradicate the foe. And don’t […]

Years ago, I had a board meeting in the southern part of the state and my husband went with me for a day trip. It’s so long ago that I don’t remember the content of the meeting, what restaurants we enjoyed, or the scenery. What I do remember, though, is […]