Born to Little Bear and Cassandra, nee Cochrane, of Manitou Rapids First Nation, Ontario, a girl, Waaskone‛aate Wildrose, weighing 7 lbs 8 oz on September 27, 2022 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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With sadness, the family of Richard (Dick) Anthony Botsford of Fort Frances announce his passing on October 5, 2022. Full obituary to follow.
FFHS Muskie Girls BBQ–The Muskie girls hockey team will be holding a barbecue on Sat. Oct. 8 at Safeway from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Come meet the team and grab a hotdog and pop. Rainy River Christian Farmers Association–District Meeting. Tuesday Oct. 18. 7:30 at Emo CRC 18 Meadow St. Emo. […]
It is with profound sadness and broken hearts that the family of Cheryl Handberg announce her sudden passing on September 29, 2022, at her home on Lac La Croix, Ontario. The third of nine children, Cheryl was born in Fort Frances on August 6, 1952, to the late Bill and […]
Evelyn Doreen Hare, age 85, passed away on September 28, 2022. Evelyn was born on March 7, 1937, to Cliffard and Edna Strachan of Emo, Ontario. Evelyn – Evie to her friends – graduated high school and married Arthur Dungey in Emo. Together they had five children Roger, Sandra, Dennis, […]
Arlene was born January 7, 1933, in Rainy River, Ontario, to Maurits Everett Carlson and Edla Augusta (Larson) Carlson. She lived in Minnahico and Bergland, Ontario, until the age of 15 years when her father passed away and the family relocated to Fort Frances, Ontario, where she has lived since. […]
Donald Lougheed, born April 15, 1931, has passed away at La Verendrye Hospital on October 2, 2022.Arrangements in care of Northridge Funeral Home, Emo, Ont.
Dear editor, The municipal election is coming up in my hometown of Fort Frances, and there are two very distinct visions for the town on the ballot: On the one hand, there’s Ken Perry. I remember when I presented to Council about my petition to rename Colonization Road – I […]
Naicatchewenin (Northwest Bay) Held another successful fishing tournament last Friday and Saturday (September 30 and October 11). A total of 26 teams fished and when the final weigh-ins were completed the top team was Duff and Tyler Mosbeck taking home $4,000. Second place was taken by Leroy Wilson and Mike […]
His name was David Green, and probably still is. He was the Canadian Football League’s outstanding player and I was going to impart some football wisdom — in my world known as wise and useless media advice — that would serve him well. “David,” I recall saying (approximately), after we’d […]
