To the Town of Fort Frances, We wanted to take a moment to express our sincere gratitude and appreciation for the incredible experience our son, Tie, had these past seasons playing Junior A hockey in your community. What a season this past one was! Finishing first in the regular season and […]
Features
Did you know? On Monday, July 6, 2026, this country will mark the 10th annual Canadian Injury Prevention Day. Officially recognized by Health Canada as a national Health Promotion Day, this initiative raises awareness about the devastating impact of predictable and preventable injuries. Parachute, Canada’s national injury prevention charity, serves […]
I sometimes feel a conundrum in that the child version of myself is obligated to exist inside this aging body that I am carting around these days. I seem to know or understand less about this human race we are part of than I did when I was eight years […]
Bebaamoyaashiik – Atikwan Odoodeman Yvonne Marie Burmeister of Littlefork Minnesota was born in Fort Frances, Ontario, on July 12, 1974, to Leonard and Shirley Horton Loveland. Vonnie is an enrolled member of Rainy River First Nations at Manitou Rapids. Her Anishinaabe name is Bebaamoyaashiik of the Caribou Clan. Vonnie attended school […]
Our hearts are heavy as the family of Florence Yerxa (nee Smith) announce her passing on Monday, June 22, 2026, at LaVerendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont., surrounded by the love of her family. To us, she was the matriarch of the Yerxa family, a cherished daughter, wife, mother, […]
February 26, 1939 – June 22, 2026 She is survived by her sons, Larry (Loretta), Denis (Maggie), Darrel (Kim), and Darcy (Tracy); grandchildren, Nicole, Adam, Dessa, and Landon; great-grandchildren, Chase, Jett, and Price. She is also survived by her siblings, Pat, Dick, and Jenny, as well as many nieces, nephews, […]
EVENTS CALENDAR Local rockers Kings of None will play a free show in Rainy Lake Square Friday night, June 26 from 6-8 p.m. featuring openers Go Figure. Open to everyone, bring your own chair. The Couchiching First Nation 33rd annual Pow-wow has been postponed due to a death in the […]
Words don’t fail me now. Maybe if I cruised around on my lawn tractor, Big JD, and cut the lawn, I’d think of something to write about. I do most of my best thinking while riding that green machine. In the nearly 20 years that I have owned Big JD, […]
Book Review
By Robert Animikii Horton
By Robert Animikii Horton
It is important that I begin this review with a miigwech, a thank you, and a merci—specifically, to those who contribute their time and focus to civic life in our town of Fort Frances. I suspect those who carry the responsibilities of mayoral and council roles in noble ways may […]
A gift. I think that’s where the contrarian cacophony began. Perhaps it was also the admiration of the rebel. Likely, through the introduction of dry, witty humour before I could tie my shoes (I also wore Velcro shoes until I was almost 12, so maybe it is a moot point). […]
I stood proudly on the pool deck of the Canada Games Complex as the words to “O Canada” reverberated around the stands. It was the second of three nights of finals swimming as part of an international invitational swim meet. The Stars and Stripes began the evening celebration, but I […]
