We all knew the day was coming—it was just a matter of when. After years of wrestling with the issue, peppered with plenty of whiny references to how lucky we all were to have a “free” bag of garbage picked up each week, town council finally decided yesterday to dump […]
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McCORMICK-KABATAY–Born to Stacy Kabatay and Candace McCormick, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Presley Amira Noelle, weighing 7 lbs. 11 oz. on March 26, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Garrett Neil Jim, 48, of Seine River First Nation, Ont., passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013 at Seine River First Nation. He was born Feb. 2, 1965 in Fort Frances, Ont. Garrett spent most of his childhood at Seine River. As he got older, he travelled long and far to […]
Milo Frednan Olson passed away in his 95th year at the Gull Lake Special Care Home, in Gull Lake, Sask., on Monday, April 1, 2013. A complete obituary will follow.
Gary Edward Ogden December 15, 1946 – March 29, 2013 Aft er a courageous battle with cancer, we say goodbye to a husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, uncle and best friend. Gary was diagnosed with MDS in the summer of 2009 and was the successful recipient of a stem-cell transplant […]
“When you don’t know what to do, get still. Get very still until you do know what to do.” Oprah Winfrey offered this advice to graduates at Stanford University in California during her commencement address there in 2008. And she was right. If you are quiet long enough to listen, […]
I was thinking that the cold weather Monday morning was quite an April Fool’s Day trick! The sun was shining, but it was pretty darn stiff in the barn yard. It’s amazing that last year at this time, we were thinking about planting. This year, however, I can’t even see […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo If you haven’t finalized your cropping plans for 2013 to provide feed for your beef cattle, you may want to give peas some consideration. The following is Part 1 of an article on using peas from Ron Lackey, Feed Ingredients and By-products Feeding Specialist, […]
I saw yellow rain boots on a young woman the other day; yellow rain boots on a snowy, cold March day. Yellow rain boots—the only bit of colour in the dull, dreary days of pre-spring when our whole bodies seem to be aching for sunshine and grass under our feet […]
Since being elected, one of the most common concerns I’ve heard from people across the riding is the high price of auto insurance. While the frustrations with high premiums are not unique to those of us living in Northwestern Ontario, the level of importance our vehicles play in our every-day […]
I have a pink tie and a pink dress shirt—and I’ll be wearing both of them on April 10. It is “Pink Day,” the international day against bullying, discrimination, homophobia, and transphobia in schools and communities across our country. It began as a simple gesture at Central Kings High School […]
