For anybody to get involved in the sport of fishing, they need somebody to take them out–to teach them and provide them with the opportunity to get a line in the water, whether it’s off a dock or in the boat. For me, my dad was huge in getting me […]
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Technically, he’s back on the ice. But in reality, he never really left. Unless you’ve been living under a rock or isolated in a hunting cabin for the last few days, you already know by now that Pittsburgh Penguins’ captain Sidney Crosby returned to the NHL on Monday night in […]
It is with great sadness that Mable Lengyel passed away peacefully, with her family at her side, on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She leaves behind her husband, John, with whom she would have celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in January. She […]
Carolyn June Copps, 52, of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2011, with her family and friends at her side, after a six-year journey with ovarian cancer. Born on June 25, 1959 in Fort Frances, Ont., she graduated with a B.Sc. nursing degree at the University […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Eleanor Firn Chabot (nee Arnold) announce her sudden passing on Monday, Nov. 21, 2011 in her Fort Frances, Ont. home. Eleanor was born Aug. 29, 1943 in the Township of Crozier, Onta. to the late John Henry Arnold and Mary Melnottia […]
Lorna Lilian Coulson passed away quietly, with her family by her side, at the Joseph Creek Village in Cranbrook, B.C. on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011 at the age of 98. Lorna was born Sept. 21, 1913, in Burriss, Ont. She married Wilfred Ryerson Coulson on Oct. 17, 1934 in Fort […]
Debora Cadene Dear editor: The red polka dot. A universal sign that means no hunting, no trespassing, private property, and keep out. It is very visible and will be located on trees, fence posts, or stakes that have been hammered into the ground. These usually run alongside a piece of […]
Michael Bird Dear editor: Although I agree with Jackie Lampi-Hughes that Hallowe’en is a wonderful event for young children, and not for teenagers of 15, 16, or 17 years of age, I would point out that a curfew would greatly impact the work of a great bunch of high school […]
Kalan Kielczewski Dear editor: To my shock, I read in last week’s paper that the town once again is looking at having the Nelson Street Park re-zoned from an “open space” to residential (R2). They proposed this back in 2004 and again in 2008, and as far as I’m concerned […]
Lynn Richardson Dear editor: Over the past few years, the town has lost several historical buildings—the high school, Robert Moore, and other schools, and we don’t know about the old library. Now the Rainy Lake Hotel seems likely to be demolished. If this is so, then it simply could be […]
