February 9, 1943 – January 17, 2025 Surrounded by loved ones, Sylvia Fay Brandrick peacefully slipped away from this life and onto the next on Friday, January 17, 2025, at the Atikokan General Hospital at the age of 81. Sylvia was the youngest of eight children born to Fred and […]
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On Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fay Edwards passed peacefully from her failing body into the waiting arms of her Saviour. Fay was born on October 17, 1945, in Winnipeg, Man., to Doug and Marie Rowley and raised in Nipigon, Ont., meeting her husband Marvin Owen […]
DID YOU KNOW? Canada faces unique challenges when it comes to developing and delivering injury prevention programs due to geographic disparities; our vast and diverse geography presents significant challenges in delivering injury prevention programs to all areas of our country. CANADA’S GROWING SENIOR POPULATION The rapid growth expected among Canada’s […]
Is it just me who wonders… How the “National Football League is coming to Canada” movement manages to exist any more? Throughout my 11 years in Montreal, a city councillor named Gerry Snyder professed — year after monotonous year — that the NFL was soon to expand to Montreal and […]
FEATURED POST The Rainy Lake Readers meeting has been POSTPONED January 28, due to extreme cold. It will be held at 6 p.m. in the Shaw Community Hub of the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. New members welcome. Bring your favourite book or author to talk about. Everyone welcome. […]
FEATURED POST St.Mary’s Parish is hosting a Pizza & Game Youth Night for grades 6-8 at St. Mary School Gym on Friday, January 17 from 4- 7 p.m. Admission is a non-perishable food item for a local food bank. Save your empties! The FFMHA U13A Firemen are hosting a bottle […]
Sports fans are about to be subjected to the logic of membership in the Baseball Hall of Fame, which is to say no logic. The 2025 members will be announced next week and the most pressing questions are whether Ichiro Suzuki will be unanimous, and if CC Sabathia will become […]
Dear Editor: I am writing to address a number of misconceptions that were published in last week’s letter from local MP Marcus Powlowski. Mr. Powlowski’s letter was about the November 20 decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario concerning the Township of Emo and Mayor Harold McQuaker. Some of the […]
Dear editor, Re: WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2025? I’m wishing narcissist psychopath – according to Macleans – Trump ‘is allowed to make America and Canada great again’ is not worth the dignity of a reply but I DO take issue with BOTH BORDERLAND PRIDE AND HAROLD McQUAKER […]
After an extended period of cold weather recently, it’s fair to say that we are well into the winter season at this point. Heck, the days are even starting to get longer! Ice fishing is in full swing and conditions are pretty good across area lakes. The new lake trout […]
Well, it was -30 when I left the house for chores this morning and my dog decided she would take the morning off. There was no wind, and the sun is out so it felt decent. Happiness is when you see the water still in a liquid state at all […]
On December 22, 1972, Jason Scott Allan was born to Patricia Allan in the town of Fort Frances. It is with profound sadness that we announce his peaceful passing on January 6, 2025, at the age of 52. Jason was a man whose heart and kindness touched many. His children […]
