It’s easy to live in the moment. To enjoy the highs of life, like the comfort of a delicious meal or the thrill of watching your team win. But how often do we sit back and appreciate what went into the creation of our experience? For us, it’s just a […]
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With spring comes events in our rural communities. The Shamrock Tea and Bake Sale takes place Friday March 13 at the Emo Hospital cafeteria from 1-3 p.m. Admission is $5.00. There will be baking and goodies to purchase. All monies raised assist Emo Hospital projects. The Auxiliary would like to […]
The few weeks that I got to spend down in Florida recently was a nice break from our long Canadian winter. But after being home for a week or so, I can tell you it’s nice to be back. I like that we get four seasons here in Northwest Ontario […]
Like many people at the beginning of a new year, I started a new year’s resolution to eat healthier and exercise more in 2020. Now, nearly 2 months in, I have pretty much cut out any alcohol, try to hit the gym at least 5 days per week, and have […]
Margaret Koles, 90, of Rainycrest Long Term Care, Fort Frances, Ontario, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 at the La Verendrye Hospital with her family by her side. Funeral mass will be held on Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. A complete […]
The Fort Frances Curling Club will be hosting an Introduction to Wheelchair Curling, in anticipation of the Northern Ontario Provincial Wheelchair Championships. The event is open to the general public and free of charge. It will take place Friday, Feb. 21 from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Fort Frances […]
It was bound to happen. Finally, my bathroom scale has had a nervous breakdown. In the post-holiday season, as I started my annual lament on how my clothes were continuing to shrink, my good wife, the Pearl of the Orient, put things in focus for me. “It’s not your clothes, […]
I find myself, this morning as I sit at my desk, thinking about those people who helped shape my character when I was growing up. Not the idols whose pictures I taped to my bedroom walls. Not the athletes who inspired me to run faster and jump higher. Not the […]
I am hoping that everyone enjoyed their “Family Day!” I know some wee busy working, as it isn’t a holiday for everyone. The weather was decent so at least everyone might be able to get outside and enjoy some fresh air! I have started to calve! I was right, I […]
“Like a hand from the dark house came the intense aroma of firewood in the pile. The aroma was visible as if the tree were alive. As if it still breathed.” Taken from Ode To the Smell of Wood by Pablo Neruda When I was in my teens every morning, […]
Johanna (Annie) Anselmia Pruys was born April 20, 1928 in Ulft, Holland to Elizabeth and William Nyland. She passed peacefully on Feb. 16, 2020. She was united in marriage to John Pruys in 1957. They spent their lives on the “farm” in Devlin. They had four sons; Leo (Kathy), Frank, […]
