TOM-Born to Kayla Windigo and Travis Tom, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Tanner William Roy, weighing 8 lbs 10 oz on May 5, 2019 at LaVerendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
Features
Bill Tryhuk passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at LaVerendrye Hospital. He was born Dec. 24, 1943 to Effie (Basaraba) and Peter Tryhuk. After graduating from Fort Frances High School, Bill was employed by the Minnesota/Ontario Paper Mill as an oiler until his retirement from Resolute in 2001. In […]
May Swartman, 83, of Kenora, Ont., passed away on Friday, May 17, 2019 at Pinecrest Home For The Aged in Kenora. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the Lady Frances Columbarium at the Fort Frances Cemetery. Online condolences may be made […]
John Wayne Patrick Bunnell passed away Sunday, May 5, 2019, in Fort Frances, Ont. He was 65. John was a proud father and a loyal friend. He is survived by his four children, Patrick Bunnell of Alexandria, Mn.; Miranda Kruse-Bunnell of Miami, Fla.; Brandi Kruse of Seattle, Wash.; and Timothy […]
Larry Gilliland, 78, a proud Irishman, husband, father, grandfather and friend, passed quietly in the early hours of the morning on Saturday, May 18, 2019. Larry grew up a farmers son in Pipestone, Mn., giving him a strong work ethic. He served with pride and honor in the National Guard […]
Dear editor, On June 6, 1944, I arrived by boat on Juno Beach in Normandy, France, with the Canadian Scottish Regiment. My role was in the mortar platoon. On June 17, I was based in a barn, anticipating an attack that never came. I went into a nearby shed to […]
Every two weeks we put two blue boxes on the boulevard. At our home, the blue boxes contain a mixture of empty cereal boxes, clear plastic containers that once held strawberries or some other fruit, salad dressing bottles and empty gallon jugs that once held milk. Asselin Transportation collects all […]
By Dave Ogilvie
Emo correspondent
Emo correspondent
The Emo and District Lions will be holding their annual Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides of Canada on Sunday, May 26 starting at 1 p.m. at the Emo Arena. Come and join them with or without you pups and help them raise money for Dog Guides of Canada, enjoy […]
What a great long weekend! If only we just had one more day–right? I have to say it won’t go down as one of the warmest weekends of all, but the sun was shining! Actually, I had to go in and put my long-johns on when I was cutting grass […]
I bet you thought I was going to write about dandelions, those yellow works of art that began popping out on my lawn yesterday (May 11) as I write this, like sunshine in the grass. But I’m not going to. I wrote about dandelions in my very first column back […]
By Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
Busy times are coming up ! The Emo Walleye Classic takes place this weekend. Weigh-ins take place Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m. Weigh-ins are held at the Emo LaVallee Arena. There will be penny tables, a variety of food available and as always the Guthrie United […]
