Born to Heidi Loney and Dave Bonnallie, of Emo, Ontario, a girl, Alyssa Jean, weighing 8 lbs 1 oz on June 21, 2022 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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Niiyokamiginang – Wazhashk doodem It is with great sadness that the family of Stewart Henderson announces his passing on Saturday, July 2, 2022, in Thunder Bay, Ont. Stewart was born on November 24, 1954, in Emo, Ontario, to Allan and Edith Henderson. As a young man, he started working with […]
Quest for the Best registration deadline is tomorrow! Get ready to show off your talents, under the Big Tent at the Sorting Gap Marina, on Friday July 22. Entry deadline is July 8. $40 for solo acts; $50 for duets. For more information, contact the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce, […]
Most of us who have had children are familiar with Goodnight Moon. The book was originally published in 1947, written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Clement Hurd. I was surprised by its publishing date. I read the book to my children no less than 3,759 times, a story […]
The community and district witnessed the heroic efforts volunteering makes in times of a pending disaster. From May through mid June volunteers from less than five years of age through to octogenarians hefted shovels, carried sandbags, built dikes along streets and homes and went home after a gruelling day to […]
Lou Brock was somewhere in St. Louis. I was in a hotel room in Houston, on deadline, sweating over writing a story about him for Maclean’s Magazine. At the 11th hour, he returned my call. Stop the press. Brock was hard to catch in those days, by pitchers and catchers […]
July has arrived and our long weekend is already over. Though the weather was decent for the weekend, I am still longing for those warm summer nights. Instead, we are still packing on sweatshirts and longer pants. I sure am counting on a long, beautiful fall. My mom and I […]
The Emo Museum is holding a pie and coffee fundraiser this Friday, July 8 from noon to 3 p.m. All proceeds are to help the Rainy River District Women’s Institute Museum. The Museum opened July 4 and is open for the summer. Admission is a free-will offering. Come out and […]
Waabishki-Miigwan – Bear Clan With great sadness the family announces the passing of Turquoise Gem Morgan-Tom, 34 of Thunder Bay, Ontario, on June 30, 2022, at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital. Turquoise was born on June 10, 1988, in Thunder Bay, to parents Colin Tom Sr. and Jane Lynn Tom […]
Nora Paulenko, 84, passed away on Sunday, January 9, 2022, in Fort Frances, Ont. A memorial mass will be held on Tuesday, June 12, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Fort Frances.
The bass tournament season is officially underway across Sunset Country as the Shoal Lake Bass Classic took place over the past weekend. As I mentioned in last week’s column, this tournament has been taking place the first weekend in July since the early 90’s and has been a weekend that […]
