The United States, cringing from the loss of over 600,000 foreign tourists a year, is about to take action to rebuild its tourism industry. The Travel Promotions Act of 2009 will collect a $10 fee from all foreigners not requiring a visa to enter the U.S. (Canadians and Mexicans are […]
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In loving memory of Edna Jean Brunn, 50, of Emo, Ontario who passed away at the Hotel Diue Grace Hospital in Windsor, Ontario on Saturday, September 5, 2009 with all her loved ones that made it to her bedside. She fought long and hard in the I.C.U. with Wegeners disease […]
Surrounded by family, Margaret Ileen McFayden, 84, passed away on Monday, September 7, 2009 at Rainycrest Long Term Care in Fort Frances where she resided for the past seven years. Mom was born on September 22, 1924 in the rural farming community of Hamiota, Manitoba to the late William and […]
On Monday, September 7, 2009, our beloved Willy passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ontario. He was born in Emo, Ontario on January 10, 1942. At the age of 17, Willy enlisted in the Navy serving out of Halifax. He later transferred to the RCHA, then […]
Long-time resident Claude (Mac) McFarland, 86, passed away suddenly at his home on Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. Claude was born July 18, 1923 in Roblin, Ont. He was the son of Harvey J. McFarland and Grace McFarland (Foord). At the start of WWII, Dad joing the CFC and went to […]
The family of Colleen Taylor, age 58 years, of Bears Pass announces her passing on Friday, September, 4, 2009 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Colleen was born June 18, 1951 in Fort Frances, Ontario to the late David and Evora Crowe. Colleen was […]
Marilyn Roberta Grinde, 61, of Littlefork, Mn., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 at the Littlefork Care Center after a lengthy illness. Marilyn was born March 15, 1948 in International Falls, Mn. to Chet and Aileen Hanson. She attended school in International Falls and graduated from cosmetology school in Thief […]
Dear editor: I am writing this letter in regard to the Emo Fair horse show. I attended the fair with some friends, and we went to watch the parade and the horse show. I have owned, raised, trained, and shown horses for 40 years and I was motivated to write […]
Dear editor: I recently attended the fourth in a series of council meetings in my township, Alberton. The room was full again because council was scheduled to vote on making a zoning change so Weechi-it-te-win Family Services could purchase a farm, where it would open a new facility for youth. […]
Dear Mike: These past few years, Rainy River First Nations has seen young and old become addicted to prescription drugs. Although efforts have been strenuously taken this past year, by chief and council, to consult and seek direction from its community membership on drug dependence, the community faces an uphill […]
Eloise (Lois) Fawcett (nee Donaldson), of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully at the age of 78. Born to the late Archie and Verna Donaldson on Oct. 23, 1930 in Creston, B.C., she was predeceased by her husband, Donald Fawcett, on April 26, 1993. She was predeceased by her sisters, […]
After a long and very brave struggle with pancreatic cancer, Mae Armstrong passed away peacefully in her sleep on Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. Mae will be lovingly remembered by her daughters, Patricia (Bill Knight) (and extended family Wylie (Sharon) and Joshua Knight and Perry (Stacey) and Lily Knight), Nancy Poirier […]
