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Neningaategoneb Neningigoneb Makwa ododemaan It is with profound sorrow that the family of Brandon Taylor James Bananish announces his passing on Monday, May 17, 2021 in Fort Frances, Ont. Brandon was born June 29, 1991 in Thunder Bay, Ont. He spent his childhood in Lac La Croix First Nation, Long […]
I like words. I had a notebook with my list of favourite words while I was growing up, words like giggle and balloon and bubbles, watermelon and frolic and zephyr. In that book were lists of words I struggled to spell correctly, words like prerogative and onomatopoeia. I still struggle […]
Our household watches the daily number of new Covid cases across each of the western provinces and the rest of Canada. We monitor the number of doses of vaccines arriving in Canada and are excited to see that by the end of June there will be a total of 38 […]
Dear editor, I was contacted by a large number of concerned taxpayers respecting the King’s Highway construction that was removing – by cutting down – the trees planted as a beautiful way to memorialize Veterans from the Fort Frances area, who gave their life for this country, family and friends, […]
Dear editor, The Crown Forest Sustainability Act ( CFSA ) 26(3) the Minister shall conduct a review every 5 years to ensure the Licensee has complied with the terms and conditions of the licence. 26(4) of the CFSA if the review conducted under subsection 26(3) satisfies the Minister that the […]
We country boys never really thought about it. Out on the farm whenever the urge hit you you’d just whip ‘er out and let ‘er rip. Never give it a second thought. But then going to town required some new training. Walking down the street in Rainy River with my […]
This weather… I hope everyone has been able to get out and enjoy it! Mother Nature might be mixed up, as she normally gives dirty weather for Walleye opener, but this weekend was great. I am hearing next weekend for our May long weekend; it will be a different story. […]
On May 10, 2021, The Logger got into his favourite chair, put his feet up and called it a day. But not before splitting some firewood. I mean, a man has got to work. Garfield Orvin Faragher (and you thought his first name was unique) came into this world on […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our sister, Debbie Armstrong on May 17, 2021, at the Rainy River Hospital, after a short illness with cancer. Debbie was born in Rainy River, April 12, 1955 to the late Jack and Ruth Armstrong. After her school years […]
Usually I like to get an early season walleye column done prior to the opening weekend but since I’m not at home right now I’m a little bit off on my important dates. This past Saturday was the third of the month of May, marking the annual re-opening of walleye […]
Bob Dunn
Distant Replay
Distant Replay
Mr. Nice Guy is never perfect, which prompts me to tell you about Wayne Gretzky, who never claimed to be perfect and who is such a national treasure that it’s considered blasphemous to be critical, especially a national treasure who shared Canada’s late “hockey dad” with the whole country. Before […]
