A hockey dad is waiting for his son to make his NHL debut — on Hockey Night in Canada with the Toronto Maple Leafs — and to see him interviewed between periods. The father lives in remote British Columbia, where the station carrying HNIC is showing a Vancouver Canucks’ game […]
Features
My job as a bass tournament angler brings me all over North America and I get to meet a lot of people from the southern United States, where the majority of our events happen. I see many of my southern friends posting on social media when they see a snowflake […]
The table beet (also known as garden beet, blood turnip or red beet) is a popular garden vegetable. Beet tops are an excellent source of vitamin A and the roots are a good source of vitamin C. The tops can be cooked or served fresh as greens and the roots […]
Born to Espirit Friday and Ken Morrisseau, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Raylee Ocean Kelly, weighing 6 lbs 3 oz on December 25, 2021 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
Josie (Wood) Ireland, 41, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, at the La Verendrye General Hospital. A complete obituary will follow.
Christmas Tree disposal will be a drop-off format this year. Darryl’s Custom Landscapes is accepting drop-offs of your real Christmas tree or other brush. They will mulch or dispose of your tree in an eco-friendly manner. Trees should have all decorations removed before disposal. Trees can be dropped at their […]
Along with the New Year comes one of the longest standing traditions for ice anglers in Northwest Ontario, the start of a new lake trout season. I have spent New Year’s Day on the ice many times over the years but with the brutal cold temperatures we’ve had over the […]
2021 ended with both happy and sad happenings. Happy events were the arrival of a baby boy Wesley Donald, born December 6. Proud parents are a Rebecca Witherspoon and Cory Randle. Proud grandparents are Murray and Holly Witherspoon and Gordon and Sonja Randle. Great grandparents are Bill and Carol McLean […]
Happy New Year! 2022 – wow! Mother Nature showed us some true old-fashioned temperatures, but it may have been just what the Dr ordered to keep us all tucked away safely at home. New Years was never my thing unless it was a bonfire and snow machining. I liked to […]
I see the faces, or rather the eyes behind the masks of people on the street and in the grocery store. Those are my only interactions with the world these days and though limited, those eyes tell the story of our collective sense of being. We are weary. Not every […]
