Dear editor: While attending a funeral, I noted how people appealed to God as the final hope at the end of their days on Earth. I wondered if they appealed to Him prior to this. This got me thinking about meaning and purpose to life. If, indeed, there is meaning […]
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Where might a detour lead? It is a question often pondered when travelling by car and the bright orange signs announce detour ahead. Follow the signs. Sometimes it is only a narrow work-around that has been created for this one project. Sometimes the next sign indicates the road narrowing to […]
The week of our annual soil and crop tour and open house has arrived. It is a bit of a bummer, though, because it is one of the signals that we are reaching the end of another growing season. Following this is a rush to be ready for the Emo […]
I love Jason Bateman. Well, I don’t love love him but I love the character he is in all his movies, and I like to think (and I do so with reasonable certainty) that he is cast as the dependable good guy because he is just that. So when the […]
With great sadness, the family announces the sudden passing of John Anderson, 63, of Bergland, Ont., on Saturday, July 21, 2018. A service of celebration and remembrance for John will be held on Monday, July 30, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Bergland Hall. A complete obituary will follow.
It’s with saddened hearts that we announce the passing of our father, Terry (Terrence) Oster, on Sunday, July 22, 2018 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Terry was born on June 21, 1940 to George and Evelyn Oster in Fort Frances, Ont. In 1970, he married Marion McDougall […]
Aurise Gerhard, 90, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. A complete obituary will follow.
It is with extreme sadness that the family of Earl Vernon McKenzie announces his peaceful passing on Thursday, July 19, 2018. Earl chose to end his years of dealing with dialysis for renal failure and cancer treatments for multiple myeloma in order to experience a peaceful end of life’s journey […]
Olive Hache passed away on Monday, July 16, 2018, with family by her side, after a brief but strong battle with cancer. Olive was born on July 7, 1927 in Espanola, Ont. She grew up in Fort Frances, Ont., where in the spring of 1951 met the love of her […]
Roland (Rolly) Dubois, of Fort Frances, Ont., peacefully passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2018 with loved ones by his side. He was born in Winnipeg, Man. on Sept. 21, 1949 and was the oldest son of 11 children born to Andre and Noella Dubois of St. Malo, Man. He […]
The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship starts today (July 19) under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina. Today and tomorrow’s weigh-in get underway at 3:30 p.m., with the final one starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday. The 31st-annual “Railroad Daze” runs today through Sunday (July 19-22) in Rainy […]
We all have them: our secret ingredients that transform recipes into one-of-a-kind creations that are to die for. This is what keeps food exciting at the dinner table and makes it unique to us. Although these top 10 of mine officially won’t be a “secret” anymore, I am happy to […]
