June 1st has arrived and today is my boyfriends / partners 60th birthday! We are not planning a big party and it is a good thing since we are still not allowed more than five people to gather! He is pretty busy with his garage so maybe once it is […]
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Megan Walchuk
Today at noon, a Pride flag was raised at Fort Frances town hall, joining thousands of others flying across the globe. June is internationally recognized as Pride Month – a peaceful rally for the equality and acceptance of all people, regardless of who they love and how they express their […]
We became grandparents for the first time only eight months ago. Within a week my wife and I were holding our new granddaughter in our arms in Calgary. It was love at first sight. We were back at Christmas building our bonds with this new wonderful young lady named after […]
Men, thank goodness have wallets. Although they will swell to the proportions of a cane toad before exploding, they’ve nothing on the female purse. The lady’s handbag or purse is a wonderful invention run-a-muck. Invented before pockets, the purse has a lineage and personality as unique as each owner. First […]
We can easily lose sight of ourselves during this unusual time. Fear and anxiety mess with our equilibrium. I see fewer friendly faces on my walks, some appearing suspicious of those they encounter in the jungle. In response, I tend to ramp up my friendliness to counteract the solemn looks. […]
The family of Sybil Verna Sletmoen sadly announces her peaceful passing on May 29, 2020 at Rainycrest Home for the Aged, at the age of 85. Sybil was born on December 8, 1934 in Rainy River, ON to John and Ivy Johnson. With the exception of a brief period during […]
Peter Mendonca, age 75, died February 5, 2020. Husband of Winnie; son of late Francis Xavier, Catherine Mendonca; children, Sunil, Ancilla, Marita, Ivan; grandchildren, Leon, Dylan, Nathan. He loved to write, starting with poems, later on his son’s website: www.SustainablePlanet.ca Please keep him in your thoughts and prayers.
With heavy hearts the family of Richard Morrison, 59, Giigwegiigaaboo, Wazhask doodem of Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation announces that he has started his journey in the spirit world on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. He was born in Fort Frances on June 24, 1960 to Bill and Helen Morrison. Although Richard had […]
The report by Canadian army personnel of what they found after deployment to several long-term care homes in Ontario is shocking. I encourage everyone to read it, even if you do not know anyone in a long-term care home. This is a societal issue – the conditions described in the […]
Curran Strachan Dear Editor, This is written for Mayor Harold McQuaker, Councillor Harrold Boven, and Councillor Warren Toles of The Town Council of Emo. Hello. I must say I am saddened to have to write this, but I also am happy to use this as an education opportunity. At the […]
William (Bill) Morrison Sr. Dear editor, I started this out as a jeer. However maybe it should be a Letter to the editor! Jeers for the town council for the about face on the cemetery’s perpetual flowers, due to the hardship of “greenhouse(s)” losing income, yet the town will lose […]
Trevor Bonot Dear editor, 27! What had you accomplished by then? Perhaps you had finished your education, started your dream job, gotten married or maybe even started having a family. For me, I was stuck, Stuck knowing I was being someone I was not. Sure, I had a career and […]
