Eleanor Sylvia DeGagne passed away peacefully, with her family by her side, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born Sept. 28, 1933 in Selkirk, Man. to Peter and Mary Macedon. When she was two, the family moved to Rainy River […]
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The Harper Conservatives have made a mess of our Employment Insurance system. While tens of thousands of Canadians struggle with losing their incomes, only to have access to their EI benefits delayed, rejected, or expire, the Conservatives appear content to let them suffer by eliminating thousands of Service Canada jobs […]
Jan. 24 was Global Belly Laugh Day. A certain Elaine Helle of Lake Oswego, Ore. conceived this idea in 2006 in an effort to better society’s mood. And her idea obviously was a good one because 30 countries participated from seven continents. I’m not completely sure how many continents there […]
Over the last couple of months, I’ve been fortunate enough to have my weekly column printed by many of our local newspapers and online media outlets—and for that I’m truly grateful. It has given me a chance to reach out to you and keep everyone up to date on the […]
By Gary Sliworsky
Ag rep, Emo
Ag rep, Emo
Many organizations, farm-related and otherwise, will have recently passed (or soon will pass), their year-end. Throughout the coming months, these organizations will be holding their annual meetings, with one of the main agenda items being to elect a new board of directors. The board of directors will have the responsibility […]
Monday was the day I decided to move my cows into the winter yard. I’m about three weeks from calving, but I also get nervous at this time thinking that someone could decide to calve early. Of course, since I have a few friends who are getting calves, and have […]
?It’s not often you see a high school goalie mask with something on it other than the regular solid colour design, as everyone tends to keep everything clean and without some sort of crazy paint scheme you tend to see in the professional ranks. So what is on the back […]
?For those us across Sunset Country who love to fish, we have plenty of good stuff to keep us going throughout the year. There’s always a season open for something—and usually there’s always a hot bite somewhere on any given day of the year. Ice-fishing season has been okay so […]
It is with sadness that the family of Emily Ethel Munro, 90, of 425 Nelson St., Fort Frances, Ont., announces her passing on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Emily was born June 21, 1921 in Brandon, Man. to the late Harper and Amy […]
It looks like another opportunity to rouse community pride here is about to go by the wayside. We talk about being a hockey town, and certainly seem to be, yet we’ve never bothered to enter the annual Kraft “Hockeyville” competition. And with the nomination phase for the 2012 title set […]
