1940 – 2026 It is with great sadness that the family of William “Bill” Lawrence Penney, 86, of Stratton, announces his passing on Saturday, July 18, 2026 at La Verendrye General Hospital, with his family by his side. Bill was born in Emo, Ontario, on May 28, 1940. He was […]
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The family of Eltjo Jan Wiersema sadly announces his passing on July 17, 2026, at the Rainy River Health Centre. He was 81 years old. Eltjo left us peacefully, with his loving family by his side. Born in Peize, Drenthe, The Netherlands on December 7, 1944, Eltjo was the 13th child born to Jan and Froukje Wiersema. He immigrated […]
EVENTS CALENDAR 55+ Movie Matinee at the Fort Frances Public Library on Friday, July 17, featuring Hamnet. “In late 16th-century England, Agnes, a healer sensitive to the world around her, builds a home with William, a local tutor and aspiring playwright. As their lives fracture, they are tested by distance, […]
Book Review
By Robert Animikii Horton
By Robert Animikii Horton
In 2024, historian and essayist Christine Rosen (who has written at great length about ethics and consequences of technological innovation) wrestled with a simple question: “What happens to human life when more and more is experienced by means of screens and less and less is experienced directly?” In her book The […]
Editor’s note: Rob Horton is absolutely, definitely NOT running for mayor. A platform for the future we deserve, whether we asked for it or not Fellow Fort Frances residents, For too long, municipal politics has suffered from moderation, practicality, reason, logic and compromise. I am running to end this failed […]
It was back in 1993 that a fisherman brought up the idea of holding a bass fishing tournament on Rainy Lake. It was kind of a far-fetched idea because no one really fished for that species. Kenora had already established the Kenora Bass International, and it was attracting professionals from […]
We are certainly experiencing some good ol’-fashioned summer weather. I don’t want to complain, but it sure makes me nervous about equipment and the risk of fire. My tractor tends to run a bit warm, so I spend all my time staring at the temperature gauge and switching between my […]
Did you know? When you’re excited about a camping or hiking trip, it’s easy to overlook the details that matter most. People often skip double-checking their gear, vetting the trail for their group’s actual skill level or truly researching the environment they’re about to step into. Last week, we kicked […]
Industrialization began around 1750, which marked the transformation from agricultural societies to industrialized urban centres, bringing us to the beginning of the computer age in the 1940s, with the shift from manual computation to digital computing. Humans first walked on the moon in 1969, and we considered that a great […]
