Born to Claire McDowell and Brett Bodnarchuk, of Midland, Ontario, a son, William Jacques, weighing 8 lbs 6 oz on February 15, 2023 in Midland, Ontario.
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It is with great sadness the family of John Albanese announces his peaceful passing on Wednesday March I, 2023 at La Verendrye Hospital. Next, he joined the Chamber of Commerce where he served as President. Finally in 1985, John found his true calling becoming a member of Town Council, serving […]
The World Day of Prayer 2023–hosted at Zion Lutheran Church, 1105 Scott Street, Fort Frances on Friday March 3, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. The service this year has been prepared by the women of Taiwan. SnOasis is back!–Back for its 10th edition this fun day of winter activities is back. […]
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We go to the movies for myriad reasons. We go to the movies for fun, for thrills, for the sake of our children, or for our (potential?) loved ones. We go to the movies for action, comedy, horror, romance, or some combination of all the above and countless other genres. […]
Spring training was once where baseball players went to get the old body in shape for the 162 games that abuse it. Major leaguer players — much like Canadian football players — had winter jobs to subsidize the family budget, or at least pay the green fees in Florida or […]
Who is taking up the tourism development leadership in Fort Frances and across the district? Over a period of more than eight decades, various groups have organized to attract tourists to our side of Borderland. Reaching back to the late 1930’s the Fort Frances Jaycee began attending sport shows in […]
I survived my trip to Toronto and thankfully so did all my helpers and my animals. The first day away was by far the worst. As I left that morning I had a cow calving but she did very little all day so we thought it was a false alarm. […]
Sturgeon Creek School hosted three schools for an archery competition, including Mine Centre, Crossroads and Donald Young Saturday February 24. Mr. Robert Kinsman was the teacher in charge of the competition and those competing. There were shots at a distance of 8 m for a total of 30 arrows. The […]
Waawaatay/Waabanokwe (woman of dawn/sunrise) Michelle loved being called “grandma” by her grandchildren. Michelle was born in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba, on March 21, 1975, to Kelvin and Judy Morrison. Michelle lived on her community of Nigigoonsiminikaaning F.N. with her husband Terry Allan. Together they raised three children: Keira Leigh […]
The family of Rodney Cyril Carpenter sadly announces his passing on February 25, 2023, at La Verendrye hospital in Fort Frances. Rodney was born in Baudette, Minn., on September 16, 1961, to parents Obie and Annalou (Kreger) Carpenter. As a young boy he would cut grass and as an adult […]
The family of Ivan Colgan sadly announce his passing in Coeur d’Arlene, Oregon. Funeral arrangements are pending.







