Dear editor: I was deeply concerned about the tone of the Borderland Pride article endorsing certain school board candidates last week and am writing to counsel a note of caution. Urging support for one’s preferred candidate is to be expected, but they went so far as to “strongly discourage” voting […]
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Has divisive politics entered into our municipal and school board elections? Until Monday morning, when I was confronted by a posting from a mother questioning the bullying on Facebook of a school board candidate, I would have said that it was impossible. The posting by the mother has shaken me. […]
While hunting seasons for most birds and animals have been open for weeks already, for people like me who like to get in every bit of fishing we can, the hunting season only is starting to ramp up now that the fishing has begun to cool down. Over the past […]
Another cattle sale is behind us and I honestly can say it was a tough weekend. It seemed whatever could go wrong did–maybe even times two! I finally crawled into my bed Sunday after 4 a.m. and I was still feeling it by Monday. Luckily, everything was fixed, solved, and […]
I’m trying hard to embrace the idea of minimalism. Actually, I’ve been trying since before they had a word for it but it is hard not to acquire a lot of “stuff,” especially in the kitchen. I’m a sucker for anything lime green, as if a lime green paring knife […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of Dan Livingston announces his passing, with family by his side, on Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Dan spent just over three-quarters of a century with us and we were so blessed to have […]
Gloria Joan Bergner, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018, with family by her side, at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.
It is with great sorrow that we, the family of Bluebird George Alexander Major, of Morson, Ontario, announce his sudden death. He went missing on Lake of the Woods on Monday evening, October 15, and was found on Thursday, October 18, 2018. Birdy was born in Toronto, Ontario, on February […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Nellie Jerry announces her passing on Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care Home in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services will be held on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 at 11 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, with Pastor […]
Voting for the municipal election (telephone/internet only) continues today through to Monday, Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. “Monday at the Manor,” a two-act comedy dinner theatre written and directed by Tracy Gibson, will be performed today through Saturday (Oct. 18-20) at La Place Rendez-Vous. Cocktails are at 5:30 p.m., with […]
Here we are the middle of October and it’s a cattle sale week. I am crossing my fingers for a better week! “Roxee” is doing OK but we made a trip to the vet on Monday because the top of the bandage was slipping. I think she is more upset […]
Two American anglers had quite the scare last week when they went missing for three days on Lake of the Woods during the first snowfall of the season. It’s unclear exactly how the father and son ended up some 50 km up the lake from where they were staying at […]
