BRUYERE-KELLY-Born to Haley Bruyere and Paul Kelly, a girl, Bella Mae, of Fort Frances, Ontario, weighing 8 lbs 6 oz on January 14, 2020 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

Elsie Dupuis, 89, of Fort Frances, Ont. passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.

Seniors Bingo will be returning to the Fort Frances Senior Centre this Friday, Jan. 24. Games will run on Fridays from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. for the next eight weeks. A Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser will be held on Sunday, Jan. 26 at St. Mary’s Parish Hall beginning at noon. A […]

After several weeks of preparations to my fishing gear and a new boat I finally got to hit the road for Florida late last week to get ready for my upcoming bass tournament season. After some great winter weather over the holidays, when the recent cold snap hit, it was […]

I recently listened intently to a speaker talking about the need for looking to new solutions in community housing. An article in The Economist looked at new solutions for community housing. In a community like Fort Frances, sprawl and infill are easy solutions for new building lots. Coun. Wiedenhoft was […]

I was thinking the other day about the definition of belonging, of what it means to be part of something outside of ourselves, to feel a connectedness with others, be it friend or family. This time of year, where ice and snow and cold sometimes create barriers, a sense of […]

Submitted by Henry Miller
Tales from the Wild Side

Besides the Christmas bird count (see table for results), the Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists participate in the Nocturnal Owl Survey, which involves travelling along a pre-determined route year after year in April. The club has five routes. We begin half an hour after sunset and end at midnight, stopping […]

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Norma Kathleen Blight of Rainy River, Ont. on Jan. 13, 2020. Norma was born in Emo, Ont. on June 6, 1954 to Ella Carruthers. She lived her younger years in Barwick, Blackhawk and Emo and attended Fort Frances High School. […]

Frances Mary Shelfantook died peacefully on the evening of Jan. 17, 2020 at her home in Rainycrest at the age of 106. She was born on a homestead in Northern Minnesota on June 15, 1913 to Horace M. Carnahan and Anna Beckman. Her family moved to the Stratton area in […]

It is with great sadness that the family of Melba announces her passing on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 at LaVerendrye Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born on June 7, 1969 in Seine River First Nation at a homebirth, she was later taken to Fort Frances to be checked […]