After a brave battle with cancer, Shae Michael Gray Hagarty passed away peacefully, with his family at his side and Obi Wan Kenobi on his shoulder, on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. He was born March 1, 1979. Shae had a great fondness for computers and electronic gadgets, and for helping […]
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Fort Frances has been forced to try Plan ‘B’ in its efforts to garner district funding to help operate the local airport—and that’s disappointing. The logical course, as was suggested initially, would have seen municipalities and area First Nations help shoulder the airport’s annual operating deficit on a per capita […]
MACKINTOSH–Born to Diarmid James (DJ) and Twila Jayne, nee Hammond, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Duncan James Arthur, weighing 6 lbs. 7 oz. on January 23, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
I read the obituaries. Not often, but sometimes. I see a life I knew, or knew of, that ended and I ache for those who are obligated to carry on. I see the commercials on TV that warn us to “Make death wait.” But sometimes death won’t wait; death just […]
In the home I grew up in, the use of vulgar language was never tolerated. Even the use of descriptive terms to identify bodily functions would result in a strong verbal reprimand. We used numbers instead to describe those functions. As I grew up, other words came to our attention […]
One of the most important issues to me is consumer awareness of hydro and natural gas retailers. Energy retailers are privately-owned companies that buy electricity or natural gas and then resell it to homeowners at a profit. Unlike public utilities, where the price is regulated and based on the cost […]
This past week was not a good one for Stephen Harper’s government, but it was far worse for Canadians who take their citizenship and rights seriously and for seniors and “baby boomers” with lower-than-average incomes. The week began with revelations that the Harper government has hit new heights, or should […]
It would seem that “The Year of Magical Thinking” by Joan Didion now sits at the top of my read list, up 60 rows from where it sat below “The Complete Bartender” by Robyn M. Feller. Up until Jan. 19, I was entrenched in “The Sisters Brothers” by Patrick DeWitt, […]
My first “baby” arrived over the weekend so now things have started. I have a fair number of cows very close to calving, so all you can do is keep a close eye on them. I do find myself almost nervous at the beginning—it’s like you forget what it’s all […]
