With profound sadness the family announces the passing of Bradley Kirkrude Jr. A traditional wake will be held on Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 4 p.m. at the Big Grassy Community Hall, followed by traditional service on Friday June 7, 2019 at 10 a.m. Interment will take place in Morson […]
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It is with great sadness that the family of Donald James Pryde announces his passing on Wednesday, May 29, 2019 at La Verendrye General Hospital at the age of 83. Don was born on April 17, 1936 in Thunder Bay, Ont. to Alex and Mary Pryde. He was raised in […]
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our mother, Wilma Margaret Helen Armstrong (nee Carroll), age 84, peacefully in her sleep, on Saturday, June 1, 2019 to join her loving husband, Bob, who predeceased her in 2015. Wilma was born in Sioux Lookout, Ont. on Jan. […]
The final report of the national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls has been released, weighing in at 1,200 pages and providing a total of 231 recommendations. The 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada report, coming in at over 2,500 pages in six volumes, produced 94 […]
Sometimes “things happen” as my good friend Phil Bangert would say. This past weekend was like that and it became a bit of a trial. We were heading to the lake. We were even leaving early to try and avoid the lineup moving over the overpass. We were on schedule. […]
John Dunn Gavin, Jr., passed away unexpectedly, yet peacefully on May 31, 2019, doing and being exactly what and where he wanted, at Clearwater Lake in Emo, Ont. He couldn’t have done better had he planned his exit from this world. Born in Chicago, Ill., 13 July 1948, he was […]
Charles William (Bud) McWatt passed away peacefully on May 29, 2019 at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, at the age of 90. Bud will be sadly missed by his loving wife of 65 years, Ramona (nee Bird); his daughter, Sharon Caron (Brad); his sons, Rick (Jacquie) and Robert (Kim); and his grandchildren, […]
Cheryl Ann Fairbairn, age 59, peacefully passed away on May 29, 2019 at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre with her family by her side. Cheryl was born on May 9, 1960 in Atikokan, Ont. She was raised and educated in Atikokan and was employed with the Royal Bank of […]
A funeral service will be held in memory of Peter Landry on Friday, June 7, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Northridge Funeral Home in Emo. Service will be followed by interment in Barwick Cemetery.
Dear editor, Man has advanced far enough that we are now consuming our own garbage. We’ve poisoned our creeks, rivers and lakes. I suppose our freshwater is all but safe, but it’s safe to say our groundwater is polluted. Animals and game of all sorts are being subjected to poisons […]
Earlier this week while I was out working in my yard I noticed a couple of flying ants crawling around. When I see a flying ant the first thing I think of is lake trout. Or more specifically, the lake trout fishing is probably really good right now. I learned […]
It is June 3 as I write this and I have layers of clothing on. That don’t seem right. I have heard two reports–one saying that summer will be colder than normal and the other stating it will be warmer than normal. I think it just means that we don’t […]
