DID YOU KNOW? Ontario’s Third Annual “Test Your Smoke Alarm Day” will take place on September 28th. Being prepared to be SAVED BY THE BEEP with a WORKING SMOKE ALARM is your best chance to keep you and your family safe in the event of a fire. FIRE IS DEADLY […]
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Here we are; sales barn week. I could have been travelling to and from Guelph as we had a BFO board meeting today but I was able to join by zoom. Our meeting was long but when I logged out a 4 p.m. I wasn’t rushing to catch a plane […]
Who realized that in the last federal election that we would elect a progressive conservative to lead and transform the Liberal Party of Canada into a progressive conservative party. Mark Carney has done that single handed and today Canada is already stronger and more independent from the United States. Under […]
There are moments in history that linger in the collective memory of a people. For the Métis of Northwestern Ontario, one of those moments happened 150 years ago this month with the “Halfbreeds of Rainy River and Lake” signing an Adhesion to Treaty 3. As Canada expanded westward following Confederation, the […]
EVENTS CALENDAR Tour De Fort is holding its Annual General Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 18 at the Memorial Sports Centre in the IFK meeting room. Open to the public, new volunteers are welcome, email info@tourdefort.com for more information. The Next 55+ movie Matinee at the Fort Frances Library […]
It is with deep love and sorrow that we announce the passing of Wayne Philip Armstrong, who left us on August 24, 2025, at the age of 68 at his home. Born on September 30, 1956, Wayne was the beloved son of the late Dennis and Evelyn Armstrong. He grew […]
Inaakinoge (Given Direction), Atik Passed on September 9, 2025, in Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing Born December 21, 2003, in Fort Frances to Teri Major and Vinny White Ethan is survived by his mother Teri; dad Sean; siblings Tatum, Taleah, Rayne, Teryn and Chael and Big Brother Billy Jr.; his grandma Laura […]
Sadly, the family announces the passing of Sandra Ogier, 66, of Devlin, Ontario, on September 14, 2025, at the La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ontario. Sandra was born on January 10, 1959, to parents Lawrence and Beatrice Loveday. She was united in marriage to Ron Ogier on May 2, […]
The LaVallee Senior’s Picnic held Sunday, September 14, 2025, turned out perfect. This event was held at the Devlin ball park, and those attending the event at the park for the first time were quite impressed, with all that the park had to offer. This picnic was open to people […]
I never thought I would hear myself say these words, but… I miss my landline. That seems a strange utterance coming from someone who has such a difficult time using a phone of any kind. More accurately, I miss the telephone attached to the wall with enough cord to allow […]
Whenever a major-league pitcher’s earned run average dips below 2.00 (Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes), Bob Gibson’s name surfaces. Gibson’s 1.12 ERA is among baseball’s unbreakable records. yet just one Bob Gibson statistic unlikely to be surpassed. There are still people who remember his 1968, a year memorialized in the U.S. for […]
By Robert Animikii Horton
Northern Reflections
Northern Reflections
If you fall in love with a language that you speak and teach, could that very language redefine your concept of love all together? I think so. In fact, I know so. Knowing, learning, and speaking a language can affect and shape the way one thinks. This is because every […]
