Gail is a dear friend of mine, a wise person whom I admire as she quietly searches for the purpose of our existence. She and her husband were market gardeners for many years, and I consider those who put their hands in soil and understand how things grow to have […]
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FEATURED POST Kids and Company’s next show is coming Monday Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre. In Circus Incognitus, virtuoso clown Jamie Adkins is the vulnerable everyman. An expert at comedy born of desperation, Jamie’s performance is humble and unguarded. Adkins deftly escorts the audience along his […]
FEATURED POST Come spend your Family Day at the first annual Frost Festival, hosted by the Fort Frances Museum. Enjoy free activities around town thanks to our wonderful community partners starting at 10 a.m.. Activities include curling, snow snake, snowshoeing, cross-country skiing, ice mosaic making and more. See more information […]
As we all know there is nothing like the first scent of the lilac to tell us spring is officially here. What we refer to as the common lilac in North America, is actually native to mountainsides in southeastern Europe but was brought across the Atlantic, to North America, in […]
Ho-hum hockey. That’s how a learned friend of mine refers to what’s replacing the National Hockey League for two weeks — the 4 Nations Faceoff. This is the NHL’s attempt to recapture the magic of international hockey, to have fans wave the flags of four countries: Canada, the U.S., Sweden […]
Ken Kellar, Editor
Another week, another tariff. I, like most other Canadians, thought we’d be done with this, at least for the month. We had our tariff scare last week, a bit of political theatre that felt more like a circus act. A strongman’s ruse, in a way; watch how he bellows as […]
Scott Dingwall with one of the biggest whitefish I have ever seen, caught from Lake of the Woods several years ago. – Submitted photoSince the start of the year this column has been focused on ice fishing for our most popular species of fish across the Sunset Country Region. We’ve […]
Labour shortages continue to be felt across Northern Ontario where population growth is limited and unemployment rates are significantly lower than the provincial average. In the last five years, the federal Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot brought over 4,000 newcomers to Northern Ontario, however Ontario’s provincial program brought less than […]
DID YOU KNOW? Motor Vehicle Collisions are the second-leading cause of injury hospitalizations and third-leading cause of unintentional injury deaths in Canada. RISE IN FATAL VEHICLE COLLISIONS Imagine a family receiving a phone call they never expected, their lives permanently changed by a single moment on a roadway. Sadly, this […]
Well, I am starting to function a bit more but still find my self dizzy, weak and ready for a sleep. I am hoping that it is just a slow process and that I don’t have to head back to the Dr. I have had to ask for help a […]
The family of Darrell Medicine, 59, of Fort Frances, are saddened to announce his passing on Wednesday, February 5, 2025. Obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd., Emo, Ontario.
Leslie (Les) Allan Pattison, a devoted husband, father, stepfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on February 6, 2025, after a long and courageous battle with dementia. He was 80 years old. Born on September 6, 1944, in Emo, Ontario, Les was the son of the late Edith and Allan Pattison. […]
