This is the time of year when many gardeners are planting spring-flowering bulbs and nothing is more frustrating than watching your local squirrel population digging around, undoing your hard work and running off with their cheeks stuffed full of tulip bulbs! Tulip and crocus bulbs are the absolute favourite fall […]
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We were all gathered at the bakery, each of us at a separate table; (it’s a virus thing.) Communication was not that much different as most of us are more given to talking than hearing anyway. I got up and shuffled to the coffee pot to get more caffeination. Others […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
The LaBelle’s Rainy Lake Fall Bass Classic is taking place this Saturday, Sept. 26, with COVID-19 restrictions in place. Dale LaBelle is taking all the necessary precautions. There are 33 teams signed up to far for the one-day tournament; that’s down from the usual 50 teams, because several regular teams […]
The season is changing. The hot sunny days of July and August have cooled into more moderate temperatures that have brought us almost through September. Having spent the last week at the lake, I woke each sunny day to see a different picture-perfect shoreline view. The paper birch leaves were […]
This fall weather is so excellent! Really there is nothing like a long, warm, dry fall. I hope everyone is getting out and enjoying it. For me it seems extra special after last fall. I was a wreck stressing about the mud and mess. I am thankful not only for […]
For those of us across Sunset Country who enjoy tournament fishing, the fall is prime time with events happening somewhere across the region every weekend into early October. This past weekend we had the Crow Lake Classic in Nestor Falls thanks to the Hanson family who hosted the event out […]
With great sadness the family announces the sudden passing of Donavan Hadden, 39, of Fort Frances, Ontario on Friday, September 18, 2020 at his residence. Arrangements pending.
Last Saturday evening, September 19, 2020 at 11 p.m. Norma Elliott, our Pearl of the Orient, with her family at her side slipped peacefully away from us after a long battle with multiple myeloma. Norma was born to Jose and Maria (Teves) Bacang on July 1, 1940 on a plantation […]
It is with heavy hearts we announce that Lawrence passed away peacefully with dignity and courage, at home, surrounded by the love of his family on September 3, 2020. Devoted best friend and soulmate to Marilyn for 61 years. Loving father to Gary (Stella), Debbie (Dave), Laura (Edward), and Stephen […]
NIGHSWANDER-Born to David and Pauline, of Barwick, Ontario, a boy, Calvin Enos, weighing 7 lbs 6 oz on September 8, 2020 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
