Husband, father, uncle, grandfather, and friend. Hilding Ronmark passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home in Fort Frances, Ont. Hilding was born on July 26, 1942 to Gertrude and George Ronmark in Fort Frances. He met the love of his life, Lucy Badiuk, and […]
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Mary (Alice) Holborn passed away peacefully, at the age of 85, on Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018 in the Atikokan Hospital in Atikokan, Ont. She was born on Jan. 4, 1933. Alice is survived by her children, Clifford (Betty) and Diane Clark; and numerous granddaughters, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased […]
New councils bring new opportunities to communities. Across the district from Rainy River through to Fort Frances, new councils sworn in this week. New councillors, mayors, and reeves bring new insights to their communities and the priority of projects they will pursue. Hoped-for projects that were touted during campaigns often […]
Dear editor: I have lived in Fort Frances for more than 55 years and have lived at Rainycrest LTC Home for the last six-and-a-half years. When I arrived, I was gravely ill and would not be alive today if not for the caring staff at Rainycrest. For that, I am […]
One of the more interesting issues facing young people today, whether they live in a large city or smaller rural community, is the cost of housing. Everyone is looking for affordable housing, but that means different things to different people and has different pricing whether in an urban or rural […]
I am shocking my drilled well. It’s winter and the cap of the well was buried in snow but I found it and dug it out. The nuts for the well cap bolts were a little rusted (okay, a lot rusted) and took some cranking–and my arthritic thumbs shouted back. […]
While we haven’t experienced a lot of super cold weather so far, it has been cold in general for well over a month so all of the smaller bodies of water across Sunset Country are covered with ice. The minimal amount of snow also has helped the ice to form […]
