FIELD-Born to Jenna Field and Sheldon Thompson of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Freya Ann Michelle, weighing 5 lbs 3 oz on June 25, 2019 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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You can shed a tear because she’s gone Or you can smile because she has lived! It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mother, Tracey Lynne Ducharme, on Monday, July 15, 2019 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Tracey was born on […]
Edward Frederick Haglund drew his last breath in the calm after a tremendous thunderstorm on the morning of Tuesday, July 9, 2019. He was surrounded by love. Eddie would want you to know that he was blessed beyond measure in this life and wanted for nothing beyond more time with […]
It is with sadness that the family announces the passing of Roy B. Young on July 12, 2019, at Rainycrest in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born July 3,1931, in Twillingate, Nfld. Roy grew up in the town of Twillingate. After high school he spent one year teaching school but […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Olga Dawkins (nee Bodnar) on July 9, 2019 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, with loving family by her side. Born to Joseph and Dominia Bodnar in Springfield, Man., she was the fifth oldest of 11 […]
It is with heartfelt sadness that we announce the passing of Brian Reid on Saturday, July 6, 2019. Born and raised in Emo, Ont., Brian was a fixture in the Emo Community for many years as co-owner of Fairway Store and then as a butcher at Cloverleaf. You could always […]
Brenda Louise Parsons, born March 28, 1944 to Charles and Agnes Hill, died July 3, 2019 (aged 75 years) in Vancouver, B.C. Brenda attended Fort Frances High School. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Manitoba after obtaining her qualifications for teaching. She went to France and […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Erica Lindy Morrisseau announces her passing on Tuesday, July 9, 2019 in Toronto, Ont. Erica was born on Aug. 30, 1979 in Fort Frances to Melvin and Irene Morrisseau. She was the baby of the Morrisseau family and they all had […]
I remember the first Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. On the Sunday of the tournament, I went out on Rainy Lake with Rick Socholotuk to check some fishing boats in the afternoon. We ducked under the low side of the causeway and snapped the antennae that was in contact with […]
By Dave Ogilvie
Emo correspondent
Emo correspondent
The Emo and District Lions are looking for volunteers from the community to help with the site preparation and installation of the new playground equipment at the ball diamond in Devlin. If you can lend a hand, or bring some equipment please email the Lions at lloydlovelace@bell.net If you’re a […]
In 1940, Virginia Woolf wrote an essay entitled “The Humane Art.” In it she said, “A self that goes on changing is a self that goes on living.” She was reviewing a biography of Horace Walpole who had written sixteen volumes of letters that earned him the title of historian. […]
A Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship volunteer drive/info session will be held on Thursday, July 11 from 4-7 p.m. at NCDS (304 Scott St., across from the post office). Volunteers are needed for various jobs from July 14-21. Register anytime at NCDS or www.canadianbass.com. Questions? Call Jeannette at (807) 275-9229. […]
