Early Sunday morning, the street light at the corner of our yard had a halo around it. And as the sun was rising in the east, it seemed like a fog had descended across the community as I looked out from a second-floor bedroom window. In reality, it was just […]
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Last Friday was my mom and dad’s 50th wedding anniversary! I’d say a big accomplishment. For Christmas and their anniversary, we bought them a trip to Nashville as it was something we thought they both would enjoy. While there they attended a game between the Winnipeg Jets and Nashville Predators. […]
I’m not sure poetry can be taught. We can be taught to arrange words together that rhyme, just the same as we can be taught to play the notes we see on a sheet of music, but that is not the same as creating magic. I think writing poetry is […]
In preparation for the upcoming start of the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament season next week at the St. Johns River in Florida, my fiancée, Shelby, and I decided we had experienced enough of the cold weather in Northwestern Ontario and so we hit the road last week and got down […]
By now I’m sure you have heard of the keto diet–or at least have heard the term “keto.” But what is it and, more importantly, does it live up to all the attention it is getting? I am not one for diets, as I prefer to eat a healthy and […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Rose Marie von Niebelschutz announces her passing, surrounded by her family, on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A funeral mass will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019 at 11 a.m. at St. […]
Riverside Health Care will hold its next open board meeting today (Jan. 24) at 6 p.m. in the boardroom at La Verendrye Hospital. “Kids & Company” presents Geronimo Stilton (“Mouse in Space”) today (Jan. 24) at 6:30 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre. Advance tickets cost $10.50 (available online at www.kidsandco.ca) […]
The Arctic deep freeze that has camped out over much of Canada over the past week is pretty standard for January, especially here in Northwestern Ontario. Enjoying outdoor activities when it’s blistering cold like it has been recently is tough. But if you dress properly, you still can have some […]
I regularly bemoan January’s negative qualities and whine about January to anyone who will listen. How January pulls my shoulders to my ears, my chin to my chest, and hunches my shoulders as I hurry in with wood and hurry “Gracie” as we walk–not to mention how difficult the struggle […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Eleanor Kuchma, 87, wife of the late Don Kuchma, on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 at her home, Rainycrest, with family by her side. Eleanor was born on July 11, 1931 to Prosper and Georgina Davidson of Fort Frances, […]
Marcus David James Henderson, 14, of Mitaanjigamiing First Nation, who was born on Dec. 29, 2003, sadly departed us on Dec. 10, 2018. He was a Grade 9 student at the Seven Generations Education Institute. He loved playing video games and hanging out with his little friends in Mitaanjigamiing FN. […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Elaine Martha Kiddle announces her passing, surrounded by family, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 at the Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born on Aug. 7, 1931 to Ewart and Hazel Wilson in Fort Frances. She lived here […]
