My hands are sore today (Monday) as I spent the weekend in my wood shop beginning a new project which is made almost entirely of red oak. Beginning Saturday, on the coldest day of the year, I began planing the four oak boards and two ash boards to thickness. My […]
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Eleanor Kuchma, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home in Fort Frances. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
It is with great sadness that the family of Elaine Martha Kiddle announces her passing, surrounded by family, on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home in Fort Frances, Ont. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019 at 11 a.m. at the New Beginnings […]
Monica Hanzuk, 97, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
The “Fibre Arts Festival,” a juried show featuring the work of local fibre artists, will be on display in the small gallery upstairs at the Fort Frances Museum starting soon. Tour de Fort presents “The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer” today (Jan. 17) at 7:30 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Greg Anderson, 63, announces his passing on Tuesday Jan. 2, 2019 in the loving care of the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. Greg was born on Dec. 26, 1955 to Allan and Leone Anderson of Stratton, Ont. Greg […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of Martin Tibbs announces his peaceful passing on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019 at home. He was born on April 10, 1941 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Harold and Anna-Claire Tibbs. He grew up in Fort Frances and with the encouragement of his […]
Elvene Hamilton, 70, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2019 in Morden, Man. Elvene joined this world on June 25, 1948 in Fort Frances, Ont., born to John Irwin Hamilton and Violet Elvira (Wedlund) Hamilton. She spent her life bringing love and joy to all she met. She had a […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of Clyde Ditmars announces his sudden passing on Saturday, Jan. 12, 2019 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Clyde was born on March 27, 1934 in Kakabeka Falls, Ont. to Dick and Alice Ditmars. He was raised in Kakabeka Falls. […]
A headline in Friday’s Chronicle Journal read “Economy relies on people.” It could have read “It’s the population, stupid.” Our biggest challenge across Rainy River District, and all of Northwestern Ontario for that matter, is attracting immigrants to take up jobs in our communities. Somehow, we need to develop policies […]
I will tell you right from the start that I am a Type 2 diabetic who is insulin dependent. It has forced me to pay greater attention to what I eat for almost 25 years. Sometimes I have been more successful than at other times, and exercise certainly plays a […]
Across Sunset Country, we are blessed with more water than most places in North America. Minnesota boasts about having 10,000 lakes. Well, Sunset Country has more than 75,000 bodies of water! And all of that water means we have many options for places to fish on lakes both small and […]
