Cory Shypit and Paul Morrison placed first at the Castin’ For Cash tournament this weekend. They set a two day record with a 35.2 pounds of fish caught. Lots of big fish were caught throughout the weekend. This was the twentieth year of this tournament. Hats off to Bill, Nell […]
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Gary McIntyre (Hodge), age 73, of Victoria, B.C., passed away at his home on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, with his dear friends and caregivers Glen Pyle and Brenda Britton by his side. Gary was born on October 6, 1947 in Quebec. His father was the late Joseph (“Joe”) Hodge and […]
It is with great sadness that the family Annie Elisabeth Holborn announces her passing on Wednesday, July 7, 2021 at the LaVerendrye General Hospital. Annie was born on October 6, 1919 to Mary and William Falloon Sr. in Westbourne, Manitoba. She was united in marriage to Edward Holborn on July […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Lorraine Derman announces her passing on Wednesday July 7, 2021 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. She was born on November 6, 1963 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Howard and Bakenawanqewabeak Willie. She grew up in the […]
May 10, 1931–July 5, 2021 Bob passed away peacefully at La Verendrye Hospital on July 5, 2021 at the age of 90. He was one of nine children born to the late Charles Henry “Harry” Gadd and Annie Helena “Nellie” Gadd (Crowe) in Fort Frances, Ont. He is survived by […]
1947 – 2021 Eva passed away peacefully and suddenly on July 8, 2021 at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was predeceased by her parents Pauline and Peter Sirman. Eva was born in Rainy River, Ontario. She was the loving sister of Matt Sirman of Winnipeg, Paul (Teresa) Sirman […]
Unexpectedly the family announces the sudden passing of Martin “Sonny” Pietila, 76, of Chapple Twp, Ontario, on Wednesday July 7, 2021 at his residence. Sonny was born in Fort Frances, Ontario on August 16, 1944 to parents Eunice and Uuno Pietila. He was united in marriage to Sandra Day and […]
William Howard Faragher, born October 18, 1932 at La Vallee, Ontario passed away on July 10, 2021 while in long-term care at the Rainy River Hospital. He resided there for three and a half months and previously had lived in Rainy River, Ontario for 30 years. He leaves his wife […]
Here we are, near the middle of July and still looking for rain. Conditions continue to worsen and if my weather app is correct there is no significant rain in the forecast. I know I have told you before that I have a few things that normally trigger rain: washing […]
Henry Miller
Tales from the Wild
Tales from the Wild
Where are the bluebirds? Our expectations were that it would be another great year because of last year’s phenomenal success with an abundance of bluebirds nesting in our many bluebird houses. Usually by mid-May many are already nesting but sadly we saw only two nesting pairs thus far this year. […]
The Bassmaster Elite Series visited Lake Champlain in upstate New York this past week, one of the most popular fisheries in the United States amongst our field of anglers because of the excellent bass fishing for both smallmouth and largemouth bass. I had been excited for this event for months […]
Bob Dunn
Distant Replay
Distant Replay
Ted Turner is the only person besides Connie Mack to own and manage a major-league baseball team. His solitary game as a big-league manager (a loss) was seven days before I sat in his office — just the two of us — in 1977. A couple of months later he […]
