Shanda DeGagne-Begin Dear Mr. Editor: Sadly, the Kiwanis Club of Fort Frances is on the verge of handing in its charter. In a last-ditch effort to avoid this, we are appealing to the community to help us keep the club alive. Our community already has lost many of its service […]
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Capt. Marlene Sandoval Dear editor: Once again, summer has quickly come to an end and students everywhere have returned to the classroom. For many families, this is an exciting time of the year. Children look forward to back-to-school shopping and starting extra-curricular activities. However, there also are many families in […]
Larry “Lightning” Tisch, 83, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011. Best Dad in the World to Cindy (Jim) Cousineau, Sandra Tisch (Rob Semancik), and Connie Tisch (Tim Smith); proud Grandpa to Michael Tisch (Jordyn Urban), Jeremy and Britney Cousineau, and Nolan and Carly Smith; and proud new Great-Grandpa […]
The family of Eileen Hannah Armstrong (née Whalen) is very sad to announce her passing on Friday, Sept. 23, 2011 at the age of 93. A Bright Light Went Out Today . . . Eileen was born in Renous, N.B. on Dec. 15, 1917 to Mary and William Whalen. She […]
Originally this was going to be a column about the upcoming NHL season, where I would make horribly wrong predictions about which team would win the Stanley Cup and jinx players by picking them for break-out campaigns. But all that changed thanks to what occurred in the world of baseball […]
Another season of fishing tournaments wrapped up across Sunset Country this past weekend and anglers were greeted with yet another great weekend of weather! Bass tournaments took place in Sioux Narrows and Kenora, as did a walleye event on Rainy Lake.My buddy, Mike Reid, and I fished the Sioux Narrows […]
JOHNSON-POTSON–Born to Terrence Potson and Evelyn Johnson, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Brianna Rose, weighing 6 lbs. 3 oz. on September 22, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
It is with deep sadness that the family announces the passing of Joseph Addington Bliss, 94, of Fort Frances, Ont., and formerly of Mine Centre, Ont., on Friday, Sept. 30, 2011. Joe was born Sept. 7, 1917 in Fort Frances to the late Ed and Marcella Bliss. He attended school […]
Our dear and only brother, Lloyd Langstaff, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. at the age of 70. He was born on Nov. 5, 1940 in Emo, Ont. to Edmund and Marguerite Langstaff. We remember him fondly as a caring […]
Like many people, I’m a moderate worrier. I don’t spend my whole life worrying, but there is always an undertone of “What if. . . .” After World War II, I worried a lot about “What if the expected nuclear holocaust actually happened.” For a few years, I was so […]
