Cheri Speidel, of Belle Fourche, S.D., passed away on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018 at age 59 after a several months’ battle with cancer. Cheri was born in Belle Fourche, the fourth of four children, on Dec. 4, 1958 to Gottlieb and Rheba Speidel. The family began dairy farming in Spearfish, […]
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It is with great sadness that the family of Francesca Marinaro announces her passing, with family by her side, on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018 at the Atikokan General Hospital in Atikokan, Ont. Francesca was born on Sept. 25, 1931 in Grimaldi, Italy to Pasquale and Teresa Abate. She grew up […]
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Raymond Gushulak announces his peaceful passing, with his family at his side, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 at the Atikokan General Hospital in Atikokan, Ont. He fought a courageous two-year battle with cancer. Ray was born on Oct. 26, 1945 in […]
It is with great sadness the family of Leonard Haver announces his passing on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018. Peacefully, with his nieces by his side, Len has gone on to embrace a home free of pain and to join his loved ones. Leonard was born on December 30, 1928 in […]
It wasn’t exactly nice weather for bass fishing but it’s a long winter here in Northwestern Ontario so for many of us who enjoy competing in these tournaments, we’re fishing no matter what Mother Nature throws at us to get in all the fishing we can before another season comes […]
Well, I hope all of you who were complaining about the drought and the heat are happy now! Me, not so much! I realize the rain was needed but we didn’t need to have so much at one time and it did not need to drop the temperature so much. […]
I may have mentioned eight or nine or 46 times that my grandsons started school in September; Aiden in junior kindergarten in Ontario and Linden in kindergarten of the regular variety in British Columbia. I have never been a fan of sending babies to school. Two of my daughters had […]
It is with great sadness the family of Leonard Haver announces his passing on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018. To share memories, a visitation will be held Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 from 11-11:30 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, Ont., followed by a come-and-go tea there until 1 p.m. […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Calvin Ross Durbin announce his passing. Surrounded with family by his side, Cal passed unexpectedly and peacefully on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018 at Riverside Health Care in Fort Frances, Ont. at the age of 58. Born in Fort Frances to Waldo […]
Dear editor: On Sept. 25, 2018, thousands of individuals, organizations, and institutions across the globe are taking actions for the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. We have signed up at http://www.act4sdgs.org/register/ and joined the network, and want to encourage others to do the same. Individuals and organizations can take […]
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Raymond Gushulak announces his peaceful passing, with his family at his side, on Monday, Sept. 17, 2018 at the Atikokan General Hospital in Atikokan, Ont. He fought a courageous two-year battle with cancer. Ray was born on Oct. 26, 1945 in […]
It is with heavy hearts the family announces the passing of Hillary Johnson, 32, of Seine River First Nation, Ont., on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2018 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. She raised two beautiful children, her son, Kasey Singleton, and daughter, Halle Johnson. Hillary loved […]






