Vincent Maynard Silver, beloved husband of Betty Silver (nee Rumney), passed away at his resident in North Bay, Ont. at the age of 80. Dearly beloved father of Donald (Barbara) of Kapuskasing, Ont., Bill (Betty) of North Bay, Ont., Elaine Duke (Marcel) of Porcupine, Ont., Judy Lamontagne (Gerald) of Kapuskasing, […]
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By Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
Most people like to pick up interesting gadgets and gifts from their travels. I tend to go overboard. Once I carried two 15-pound, vine-ripened watermelons, another time a dozen delicious fresh pineapples, through airports ’til my arms felt stretched to the floor. My take-home items since then are lighter. Recently, […]
“Concentrating on life is important. Concentrating on the laundry is not.” I found that quote someplace. Well, actually, I found it written down in a section of my Daytimer that’s reserved for little bits of wisdom. What I don’t know is who said it. Did I think it up? Did […]
In loving memory of Elaine Marie Jeanette Bruyere, 63, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., who passed away with family at her side on Saturday, Nov. 18, 2000 after a short but courageous battle with cancer. Elaine was predeceased by her husband, Irvin “Sonboy” Bruyere, on Oct. 29, 1987; her parents, […]
Dear sir: Well, more changes coming–yippee! The government must really be working or wanting to make it look good. I guided Americans in the ’70s and now, we pass up many six to eight-point bucks looking for the elusive “big ones,” which we didn’t get. But the American hunters were […]
Dear editor: I swore that I would not do this again but I must vent my anger someplace, lest I take out my frustration on the nearest Mike Harris look-alike. Last week, the Harris government discussed a possible 42 percent pay raise for Ontario MPPs, citing a prolonged 10-year drought […]
Dear editor: I am an OAC student at Fort Frances High School and last week I was told, after asking a number of people, that there would not be a Remembrance Day assembly held at the school this year. I was given several reasons for this, the first being that […]
Nearly all childhood unintentional shooting deaths occur in or around the home. And most of those shooting deaths involve firearms that have been loaded and accessible to children. The big problem in Canada and the United States is that many children between the ages of five and 14 have died […]
In Northern Ontario, we have three grouse–the Ruffed, the Spruce, and the Sharp-tailed Grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus). It is often, wrongly, called prairie chicken but that is an entirely different bird. The Sharp-tail is a little bit larger than the common Ruffed Grouse. Its conspicuous marks are a short pointed tail, […]
It’s fall again. Autumn if you want to wax poetic. And think about it, for a minute, what would autumn be without leaves? Oaks, maples, aspens, cottonwoods, green ash all blanketing the countryside with colour. It’s because of autumn leaves that we think nostalgically and longingly of New England, the […]
It is with sadness we announce of the peaceful passing of Leonard Treflin on Nov. 14, 2000 at Riverview Health Centre in Winnipeg, Man., following a brief illness, in his 88th year. Leonard was born Aug. 4, 1913 in Elm Creek, Man. but moved to the Rainy River District at […]
“You can’t reach 80/hale/and hearty/by driving 80/home from the party/Burma-Shave.” Those were the words I read every time we went to town for groceries, every time we went to Grandma’s house, and every time we went to church. I’ll never forget that jingle. How could I? Burma-Shave and I grew […]
