With great sadness, his family wishes to announce the sudden passing of Harris Wilson on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A complete obituary to follow.
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On Thursday, Sept. 26, 2019 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont., John Kiesel, 88, passed away suddenly. John was born May 10, 1931 in Grigaschiscuken, Lithuania to the late Gustof and Anna Kiesel. John grew up during the war, moved to Germany where he resided in Eckernforde until […]
Henricus (Harry) Albertus Antonius Pruys passed away peacefully, surrounded by the love of his family, on Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019 at the age of 94. Harry was born Feb. 18, 1925 in Etten, Netherlands. He attended school strictly for boys until completion of grade eight. He then worked on the […]
Monday morning, Sept. 23, 2019, dawned bright and crisp and clear. A wonderful Autumn day awash with the Creator’s colorful fall palette. A perfect day and time to start an important Spirit Journey, and so Louis George (Smokey) Bruyere, husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, mentor, and friend set out on the […]
Today is my 50th birthday! I can honestly say that I can’t believe I am 50. I am so thankful for all that I have learned over these last 50 years, but I still think I am 25, maybe 30! I blame that on hanging around with my summer students […]
My dear friend, Ken Hampton, has gone ahead. That’s how I like to think of it, as though he is breaking trail, lighting the way for those of us who remain behind. I had the great fortune of sharing elementary school with Ken and even better we shared the same […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Jean Legarie announces her passing on Friday, Sept. 27, 2019 at Rainycrest Long Term Care. A visitation will be held on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 from 7-8 p.m. at Green Funeral Home. Parish prayers will be offered at 7:30 p.m. Funeral […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Queen Whitefish announces her passing on Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital. She was born on July 19, 1937 in Lac La Croix First Nation to George Ottertail Sr. and Elizabeth Labott. She lived in Lac La […]
Riverside Health Care will hold its next open board meeting today (Sept. 26) at 6 p.m. in the board room at La Verendrye General Hospital. The Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary will hold its next monthly supper–featuring roast beef–on Friday, Sept. 27 at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at the Legion (doors open at […]
One of the oddest couples I have ever met was after one of my live cooking performances at a local fair. A woman in the distant crowd was watching the tail-end of my show and approached me afterwards. “I can see by watching you that you love to cook,” she […]
