Hawrysh–Born to Holly McKelvie and Bryan Hawrysh, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Isabella Ann Merie, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. on August 13, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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After an eight-year battle with cancer, David James Hayes passed away, with family by his side, at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. A complete obituary will follow.
Earle Ellsworth Thurber, 83, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2013 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. He was not alone. Tough as ship’s rope until he sailed. Earle was one of 11 children born to the late Percy and Belle (Garron) Thurber of […]
Earle Thurber passed away Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
At his residence in Fort Frances, Ontario, on August 25, 2013, Thomas Nicholas Dawyduk passed away at the age of 61. Tom was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on March 3, 1952 to William and Louise Dawyduk. He grew up in Winnipeg, where he attained his Bachelor of Social Work from […]
Last week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper once demonstrated he simply lacks the courage required to be accountable to the Canadian public. Rather than face tough questions on the Senate spending scandal, Mr. Harper instead has indicated he’ll be asking the Governor General to prorogue (suspend) Parliament for an additional four-six […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo The key to successful marketing is providing what the buyer wants. Adding value to calves can be of benefit to the calf producer and the feedlot operator, and much of the benefit is from reducing stress on the animals. The calf producer is selling […]
All my life, I’ve been a dreamer. At age four, I dreamed of being a teacher like Aunt Vera, Uncle Bill’s girlfriend. As I approached the teen years, I dreamed of owning a candy factory and making delectable candies. At about the same time, I dreamed of being a preacher. […]
Since the first week of July, I’ve been a sidewalk superintendent. I began learning to be a sidewalk superintendent watching homes being built on Third Street when I was four. There were no sidewalks on that street back then. My wife likes to kid me that I have outgrown “Tonka” […]
“Yes is for young people. Yes is for young people,” I chanted reassuringly to myself in the bathroom mirror as the hair dye oozed through my plastic-gloved fingertips. A lumpy trail of Vaseline jelly was layered across my forehead at the hairline and down around my ears to save my […]
For years, the cost of auto insurance has been a source of frustration for many people across the northwest. Despite legislative changes in 2010 that reduced costs for auto insurance companies, premiums have continued to rise—even for those with clean driving records. Here in the northwest, these increases have been […]
