Grace Krawchuk, 100, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, a memorial service will be held at a later date. A complete obituary will follow.

Dear editor, “Connecting the North“, “A more humane way to travel” and “Love the Way” are just some of the marketing catch phrases used by Ontario Northland and VIA Rail Canada to attract and entice customers. Whether by bus, train or a combination of the two modes, these publicly owned […]

Where will the party head next? For most of my life I have voted for a Progressive Conservative candidate both federally and provincially. I will admit that from time to time I have also supported both Liberal and New Democrat local candidates who I believed would best represent the issues […]

Do you sometimes try to look back at a run of bad days and try to identify what helped send those days packing, what rescued you from the doldrums? I like to think if I could retrace my steps, I might be able to call on that memory to rescue […]

With the snow up to my ying yang and above zero temperature only a dim memory, cabin fever is pandemic… forget about Covid. I spent a week in front of the Tube O.D.ing on curling but then I turned on the news and the Convoy protestors sent be directly into […]

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I seem to have the “winter blues!” Maybe I’m just worrying about too many things and it’s starting to get to me, or maybe I am just looking forward to sunshine! The sunrise was absolutely stunning this am, but it has […]

Earl Tweedie, 85, of Devlin, Ont., passed away peacefully with his daughter by his side on February 2, 2022. It was somewhat ironic it was ”Groundhog Day” as he was an avid animal lover, especially his many dogs over the years. His current dog Sparkles has been adopted by his […]

Sadly the family announces the passing of Adrian Peter Versluis of Lake of the Woods Twp., on Saturday, January 29, 2022, at the Rainy River Hospital. Born in the Netherlands September 21, 1942, in the village of Hippolytushoef, Adrian immigrated to Canada in 1949 with his parents and brother Simon. […]

It is with profound sadness that the family of John Victor Fedoruk announces his passing on Monday, January 31, 2022, at the La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. John was born in Fort Frances on May 24, 1928, to Samuel and Lucy Fedoruk. He left school at the […]

The family of Bev Renaud wish to announce her passing on February 2, 2022, in Calgary, Alberta.Bev was born on July 4, 1933 and raised in Fort Frances and spent her formative years in this close-knit community. She later moved to Winnipeg where she raised her four children. Eventually she […]

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our father, brother, uncle, papa Leo Austin Penney, age 71, on Saturday, February, 5, 2022, at La Verendrye General Hospital with his family by his side. Leo was born March 22, 1950, in Emo, Ont., and was raised on […]