I was reading about a play performed in Toronto at the moment of my writing this, a play written by Ahmad Meree, a Syrian refugee who found his way to Canada in 2016. The play is performed in Ahmad’s native language of Arabic with English subtitles screened along the top […]
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Robin McCormick
The Emo Legion Branch 99 is hosting a Daytona 500 event this Sunday, Feb. 16 at the Legion. Come out and enjoy the famous Daytona race on a big screen TV. Doors open at 2 p.m. with the race starting at 2:30 p.m. The bar and kitchen will both be […]
Norma, in her 92nd year, passed away peacefully at Fairmount Home, Kingston, Ontario. She was born in Sinclair, Manitoba to Hiram and Mabel Wilson and the family moved to the Rainy River District in Ontario when she was a small child. She spent her formative years on the family homestead […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Carolyn Anne Linda Armstrong announces her passing on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. She was born on June 4, 1946 in Kirkland Lake, Ont. to Simon Joseph and Violet Meany. She was raised in Kirkland Lake and as a young woman moved […]
Cornelia Maria McLeod (nee Vos) peacefully passed away on Feb. 7, 2020 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. with her family by her side. Corry was born on July 26, 1931 to parents Gerrit and Metta Vos in Rijnsburg, South Holland (Netherlands), the oldest of eight children. Corry […]
Teresa (Terri) Ashworth passed away on Monday, Feb. 10, 2020 at the LaVerendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
Dick Lyons passed away peacefully at Rainycrest on Feb. 8, 2020 at the age of 85. Dick was born to the late Rose and Tim Lyons at the Border Mill on Rainy Lake, the middle child of seven. His siblings (Bill, Marie, Shirley, Tim, Wayne, and Carole), nieces, nephews, and […]
Job action by Ontario’s teachers is entering its third month, with an ever-increasing impact on classrooms. Few debate topics to come out of negotiations are as polarizing as class size. The Province has proposed increasing average class size for secondary students from 22.5 to 25 and increasing Grades 4-8 classes […]
It is with broken hearts, that the family of David Stanley Marsh Jr. announce his unexpected passing on Feb. 1, 2020, in his fifty-fourth year. David was born in Fort Frances, on March 24, 1966. He was the only son of David S. Marsh Sr. and Winona Marsh (Carlson). He […]
The Fort Frances Senior Centre will be holding a special “Introduction to Bridge” learning session on Fridays from 10 a.m. until noon, beginning on Feb. 7. Please pre-register for the sessions by calling Cindy at 274-7656. The Fort Frances Lakers will face off against the Thief River Falls Norskies at […]
