Peacefully, with his wife and daughter holding his hands, Milo Frednan Olson slipped away to Heaven on Easter Monday, April 1, 2013 at the Gull Lake Senior Care Home in Gull Lake, Sask. Milo was born Feb. 7, 1918, the second son of six children born to Conrad and Mary […]

Ruth Naoma Caul (nee Perkins), 98, of Riverside Long-Term Care in Rainy River, Ont., passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 20, 2013. Ruth was born Monday, Oct. 26, 1914 in Conway, N.D. to the late Morris and Doris Perkins. She moved to Rainy River District at a young age. Ruth […]

Eric Lee Ottertail (“Waasegonegaabo” Waasii Clan), 32, of Lac LaCroix First Nation, Ont., passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Eric was born March 8, 1981 in Fort Frances, Ont. and had lived all his life in Rainy River District. He had worked as a canoe tech for the […]

Tina (Trijntje Wieringsma) Visser, 99, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 16, 2013 at the Emo long-term care facility in Emo, Ont. She was born Nov. 1, 1913 in Stiens, Friesland, The Netherlands. She enjoyed doing deliveries on bike for her father’s fish store with her sister, as well as […]

William teRaa, 93, of Emo, Ont., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at the Emo Health Centre. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 2 p.m. at the Northridge Funeral Home in Emo. A complete obituary will follow.

The family announces the passing of Doris Holt (nee Kreger) on Sunday, April 21, 2013 in Winnipeg, Man. Funeral arrangements pending.

KRUKOSKI–Born to Jamie and Diana, nee Redford, of Nestor Falls, Ontario, a girl, Lillian Joy, weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz. on April 11, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

The issue of bullying remains front and centre as Canadians wrestle with yet another tragic circumstance of a young woman taking her own life after months of torment—both online and otherwise—by her peers. Lost in all the hand-wringing and calls for tougher laws, however, is the equally disturbing matter of […]

On April 16, 2013, Arthur John Aldin Foy, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., peacefully joined his soulmate and wife, Florence, in Heaven after a long battle with cancer. Art or “Foy,” as he was lovingly referred to by friends and relatives, will be remembered by his four sons, William (Brenda), […]

Kelly Rae Morrisseau, 35, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., passed away with family by her side on Monday, April 15, 2013 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Center in Thunder Bay, Ont.  She was born Sept. 21, 1977 in Fort Frances, Ont. and lived at Couchiching First Nation until […]

The third of six FLW Tour bass tournaments took place this past weekend at Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas. After struggling at the first two events, I had a good practice for this one and ended up with a solid 45th-place finish, which netted me $10,000. The goal in these […]