WREGGITT-Born to Sarah and Nick, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Marina Jane, weighing 9 lbs 12 oz on November 13, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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ANDERSON BEAUCHEMIN-Born to Dene Anderson and Christopher Beauchemin, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Christopher Wayne, weighing 7 lbs 2 oz on November 12, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
At this point of the year, the start of our long winter, it’s hard to believe that warm weather ever is going to come around. But every spring, the snow melts and we get to experience the beautiful Sunset Country summers year after year. For the angler on your Christmas […]
Riverside Health Care will hold its next open board meeting today (Nov. 22) at 6 p.m. in the boardroom at Rainycrest Long-Term Care. The Church of the Holy Spirit will host a “Coffee House” on Friday, Nov. 23, with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $5. Enjoy live music, […]
“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” –1 […]
It is with great sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of Michael Joseph Roy on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Mike was born on Oct. 2, 1956 to George and Grace Roy in Fort Frances, Ont. Mike had many passions in his life and a great sense of humour. He […]
It’s sad to think that, in 2018, there’s still a need to have an official “Bullying Awareness and Prevention Week.” But given what has been unfolding this past week at the prestigious St. Michael’s College private boys’ school in Toronto, not to mention frequent media reports involving young people committing […]
Dear editor: Rainycrest has been closed to admissions since February, 2018 due to non-compliance with health and safety issues, as well as unmet staffing requirements. This has resulted in more than 25 Rainy River District seniors being warehoused in La Verendrye Hospital waiting for admission. As such, they are unable […]
As any young person will tell you, Christmas takes a long time to arrive. Parents, on the other hand, will tell you that even with all the planning and work, Christmas arrives too quickly. Those preparations take a long time. For the past two weeks, I’ve been putting up our […]
Since I started writing this column way back in 2007, I’ve always put together a Christmas gift-buying guide for the outdoors person but I’ve usually waited until a week or two before Christmas to do it. For the last-minute buyer, this probably helped but most people likely already were finished […]
I guess my hopes of having a surprise “Indian summer” has past. And for some reason, this transition period to winter is difficult. It seems like you just cannot put on enough clothes (I’m certain I won’t feel this cold in the middle of January or February). The sun was […]
I’m sitting in the Pearson International Airport in Toronto. My flight was to depart at 10 a.m. bound for Halifax. Warnings popped up on the radio this morning advising travellers to get to the airport early as they had “system” crashes during the evening and there would be backlogs. They […]
