While we’re still in the midst of the ice fishing season around home, down south where the 2024 bass tournament season is underway, controversy has been brewing from the increased use of forward-facing sonar technology. The first couple of Bassmaster Elite Series events in Texas have been essentially dominated by […]
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What a day to kick of the March Break! The sun is shining, and they are predicting quite a warm day for us. I have a big list of jobs that will be better with sunshine; fencing, cleaning my poor dusty truck and some work in the yard. With little […]
Mark moved on from this world on February 27, 2024. With sadness in our hearts, we find solace in knowing that he in is a better place and reunited with Jackie. Mark was the youngest of four children, born to Eva and Gordon Abbot on March 4, 1957. He was […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Wayne Gerard MacIntyre announce his passing on March 2, 2024, at LaVerendrye Hospital in Fort Frances following a lengthy and courageous battle with cancer. Wayne was born in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, to Dan and Catherine Ann MacIntyre, growing […]
Peacefully on Friday, March 8, 2024, at the La Verendrye Hospital, Fort Frances, Lenard Willis Moen, 79, of Rainy River, Ontario, passed away. Arrangements pending and a full obit to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd.
The family of Nellie Rose Petkau of Fort Frances sadly announce her passing on February 25, 2024. Full obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd., Emo, Ontario.
It’s never easy to say goodbye. Dan Rose, Distinguished Professional Agrologist (P.Ag, Dist.), formerly of Lochalsh, Emo, and Markdale, Ontario, passed away on March 9, 2024, in his 90th year, after a long battle with Alzheimers. Most recently, Dan was the Past-Chair of the Markdale Hospital Foundation and watched the […]
Sadly the family announces the sudden passing of Debora Lee Svoboda at her residence in Fort Frances on Saturday, March 9, 2024. Arrangement are pending and a full announcement to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd.
There is some silent muttering in the background. “Fort Frances is dying!” The loss of paper manufacturing and the loss of wood rights for the forests surrounding Fort Frances bothers many residents. The empty store fronts on Scott Street are signs the future does not shine. Yet, it is important […]
There will be a Shamrock Tea and Bake Sale this Friday, March March 15 at the Emo Hospital Cafeteria from 1:30-3:30 p.m. This fun-filled afternoon is sponsored by the Emo and District Hospital Auxiliaries. There will be baking and goodies. Admission is $5.00. All monies raised will help with hospital […]
To say my memory is slipping is like observing the clutch on Pickle’s snowmachine is slipping a tad…you can tell by the smell of burning rubber or gray matter. I miss the odd item so on an impending trip across the great white north to visit the gene pool in […]
Confession: I am sitting at my desk writing when only a week ago I was attended to by an ambulance and paramedics for the sudden onset of what the ER doctor diagnosed as pneumonia. I had no cough, no cold, no illness of any kind. I woke up at 2 […]
