It is with a heavy heart I announce the passing of my mother Eva Viola Elizabeth Ross (Armstrong) on Thursday, July 28, 2022, at Riverside Hospital, Fort Frances. Eva was born April 2, 1926, to Edward and Sarah Armstrong in Dance Township, Ont., and was the fifth child of six […]
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It is with profound sadness the family of Craig Sanders announces his passing on Friday, July 29, 2022. Craig was born in Fort Frances on March 20, 1957, to Wilf and Lyla Sanders. He spent his entire life in the area other than his time attending the Queen’s School of […]
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the peaceful passing of Adriana Schulz on June 11, 2022, at Pinecrest Home for the Aged in Kenora Ontario, in her 75th year. Adriana was born on September 30, 1947, in Woerden, Netherlands. She is survived by Gerald, her husband of […]
One does not have to look far to see the issues of staff shortages in our health care system. On Friday, the Lake of the Woods District Hospital posted on Facebook a notice that the LWDH Emergency Department was facing staffing shortages over the long weekend. Emergency wait times were […]
I went to the ocean today. The heat was severe at home. The trees, weary from the heat, curled their leaves in protest and seemed to bow to the heat as if conceding. “You win,” the trees whispered to the sun. There weren’t many at Bachman’s Beach on the south […]
Show and Shine today, Thurs. Jul. 28 3:00-7:00 p.m. at Fort Frances GM. Free BBQ and treats. Learn and Grow Nature Suncatchers at the Fort Frances Community Garden 10:00-11:00 a.m. Friday Jul. 29. Register online at ffpltc.ca. on with Janelle at the Library. Make & Paint your own plant pot […]
Local minor hockey officials were surprised to learn of the cover-ups made by Hockey Canada to pay settlements for alleged sexual assault claims without the knowledge of either their insurance company or with public knowledge. No one knew until the Globe and Mail disclosed that the funds had been created […]
The Waldorf Astoria is in New York’s Midtown Manhattan, at 47 stories the tallest hotel in the world for three decades, and it retains its stature today — if not physically, then cosmetically. I would never have slept there except that’s where the Montreal Expos stayed when I was the […]
When my daughter became an educator, her goal was to save the children of the world. How does one go about such a Herculean task? One child at a time, I told her. My children grew up listening to the music and playful yet thoughtful lyrics of Raffi. Raffi Cavoukian, […]
The Emo Library received a generous donation of $2,500 on behalf of the Emo Thrift Store. This will help offset costs to the library. This donation was made from the proceeds of the thrift shop’s sales.Congratulations to Shelby Rea and Brandon Rea on the birth of their first child. Colson […]
My story is like last week; we need better hay-making weather. The hay that I had cut a week ago on Friday was baled up this Friday and for the first time in my history of hay making, we were leaving ruts in the field. After checking the weather forecast […]
