This is probably my least favourite time of year across Sunset Country. I love ice fishing, but right now conditions are not ideal. We have a bunch of snow and slush on our lakes, the weather has not been great, and it’s generally the slowest fishing of the whole winter. […]
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few days, you probably already have heard by now that Danica Patrick will be the pole-sitter for Sunday’s Daytona 500—the biggest race of the season on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit. Even if you aren’t a racing fan (and I […]
Dear editor: Just wanted to say a big “thank you” to the management and crew at our Public Works department for doing such a wonderful job keeping our streets clear of snow and removing the “huge” snowbanks this winter. We seem to be back to a typical Northwestern Ontario winter, […]
Mary Campbell, 83, of Kenora, Ont., and formerly of Chapple Township, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 at Lake of the Woods Hospital in Kenora. Mary was born Dec. 20, 1929 to the late Sandy and Lizzie (nee Ferris-Hagen) Campbell. She is survived by her many cousins and […]
The family sadly announces the passing of Raoul Cayer, 94, on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013 at 1 p.m. at the Northridge Funeral Home in Emo, Ont. A complete obituary will follow.
It is with great sadness that the family of Mervin Douglas Hyatt announces his passing on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 after a brief battle with cancer. He was born May 21, 1947 in Dryden, Ont. to Ann and Jack Hyatt. The family moved to Emo, Ont. when he was still […]
Hilda Mykytyn, 79, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 17, 2013 at the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Evangelical Covenant Church in Rainy River. A complete obituary will follow.
For years, whenever a case about freedom of the press made headlines, Donald Gillmor’s phone would ring around the clock with callers seeking his input and guidance. The attention made sense. When it came to media law, Gillmor literally wrote the book. Gillmor, a longtime professor of journalism and mass […]
It is with profound sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Sarah Tania Pelletier-Gutta on Friday, Feb. 1, 2013. Born March 16, 1972 in Thunder Bay, Ont., Sarah was the first of five children born to Carolyn (nee Rinne) and Fern Pelletier of North Branch, Ont. Sarah grew up […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jane Turple, 89, on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013 at Roseview Manor in Thunder Bay, Ont. Jane is survived by her three children, Sheila, Rita, and Don; and her two grandchildren, Cody and Samantha. Jane taught for more than 30 […]
It is with deep sadness that the family of Julia Elizabeth Volk announces her passing on Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 at her residence in Fort Frances, Ont. Julia was born Friday, June 25, 1937 in Pontrillis, Sask. to the late Samuel “Sam” and Patricia “Lilly” Panchyshyn. She came to Fort […]
After sparing us his full wrath the past few years, Ol’ Man Winter certainly has returned with a vengeance this season—with storm after storm dumping plenty of the white stuff across Borderland. And we’re still barely three-quarters of the way through February. But while we all may grumble about having […]
