It is with great sadness that the family of Mary Emilia Jourdain announces her passing, surrounded by family, on Thursday, March 14, 2019 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born on Dec. 4, 1942 to Roderick and Lucy Cyr in Naicatchewenin First Nation. She was raised […]
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With great sadness, the family of Terril Pentney (Roy) announces that she passed away on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019 while living in Mexico. Terril was a talented artist, beautiful spirit, and a gentle soul. A friend to anyone she met, she was a gypsy at heart with an endless love […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of Delores Antoinette Pollard announces her passing on Monday, March 11, 2019 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born on April 3, 1938 in Fort Frances to John and Nettie Hubert. She was raised in Fort Frances, […]
The Fort Frances Lakers will host the Dryden GM Ice Dogs in SIJHL action on Friday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice For Kids Arena. Admission is $12 for adults, $8 for students, $5 for kids aged 12 and under, and free for those under five. A fish […]
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Thomas Victor Marr announces his passing on Monday, March 4, 2019 with his family by his side and his soulmate shining from up above. Tom was born on Feb. 10, 1953. He was predeceased by his wife, Lorna, on Jan. 11, […]
With great sadness, the family announces the sudden passing of Betty Siegel (nee Cameron), 80, of Thunder Bay, Ont., on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 at the South Calgary Health Centre. A complete obituary will follow.
Delores Pollard, 80, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. A memorial service will be held on Monday, March 18, 2019 at 11 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.
The announcement by the Ministry of Health to reorganize health-care delivery across the province almost mimics a recent Northern Policy Institute study that looked at local decision-making in the health-care system in Northern Ontario. Study author Eric Everett had called for greater integration, and more local and regional control, of […]
Dear editor: I was interested to see the Rolphton nuclear plant mentioned in the Budreau funeral announcement in last week’s Times. It seems to me that a lot of people would not know how this came about as an off-shoot of the nuclear plant at Chalk River. The nuclear demonstration […]
I am a diabetic with Type 2 diabetes. I was first diagnosed more than 25 years ago and over the course of time, I have moved from controlling diabetes with diet, then to pills, and now finally with pills and insulin. Every quarter, I dread the A1C test that my […]
I’m sure most of us still are dragging our butts a bit after the change to Daylight Savings Time on Sunday. I know I really didn’t want to give up an hour of sleep when I’m not getting a whole lot as it is. Fortunately, I only have three cows […]
Aristotle had some firm ideas on writing and how to present a valid argument to an audience of readers. The elements of ethos, pathos, and logos must be present in balance, according to Aristotle. And though Aristotle was born more than 2,000 years ago, his sense of a written argument […]
