David Walter Ironfield, 67, of Rainy River, Ont., formerly of Ottawa, Ont., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011 at the Rainy River Health Centre after a courageous battle with cancer. David was born in Ottawa on May 20, 1944 to Walter and Helen Ironfield. David worked for the […]
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Leonard Jordens. Dad was carried home in the arms of Jesus on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011 with family by his side. Leonard was born Oct. 5, 1927 to Joseph and Julia Jordens in Saskatoon, Sask. In 1951, Leonard married […]
With her family by her side, Margaret Jean Pollard, 77, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Sunday, Oct. 23, 2011 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Margaret was born Feb. 14, 1934 in Virden, Man. to the late Robert and Isabella Lochrie. In Fort Frances, Marg enjoyed a […]
Elizabeth Kathleen “Kay” Boucher, of Rainycrest Long-Term Care, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully at her residence on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011 with family and friends at her side. Kay was born in Rainy River, Ont. to the late Samuel and Mary Jane Foster. In her earlier […]
Remember when Rainy River was its own cosy little riding at Queen’s Park? Times, of course, certainly have changed. First it was the former government of Mike Harris, which, in 1999 as an apparent cost-saving measure, decided to mirror provincial ridings with their federal counterparts, thus creating Kenora-Rainy River. It […]
I was standing in line at the bank the other day, clueless to the world around me. I was fidgeting with my wallet and the ever-growing stash of old receipts and slips of paper in the coin purse. Some of those little notes contained chicken scratch ideas for my column […]
In the newspaper business, we always have told our customers that colour sells. Adding just a single colour to an ad increased the potential that it would be read by an increase of 50 percent. Putting something into the full rainbow of colours, almost every reader of a newspaper would […]
Having reached the lofty heights of 39 percent of the popular vote in one election campaign, the Conservative Party of Stephen Harper now has set out to dismantle several of our national institutions. The latest, but certainly not last, institution to be attacked is the CBC. Conservative media outlets, Conservative […]
My eldest daughter just received her Master’s of Education degree from Simon Fraser University, and I was there in the crowd watching as she and throngs of others paraded into the outdoor convocation hall. Family and friends shivered under university-issue blankets while the graduates were piped in, the glorious sound […]
