HERMAN-Born to Shelby Monahan and Tyler Herman, of Emo, Ontario, a girl, Delaney Jasmyne, weighing 7 lbs 2 oz, on March 2, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

YORK-Born to David and Ashley, nee Whalen, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Hailey Marie, weighing 8 lbs 10 oz, on March 20, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

FARAGHER-Born to Chad and Alyssa, nee Holliday, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Trenton Brian, weighing 7 lbs 6 oz, on March 4, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

“A Mother’s Story of Hope,” will be presented this evening (March 29) at 6:30 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous. Guest speaker Tracy Smith will talk about better understanding the disease of addiction and details of what recovery can and does look like for families. The public is invited to attend. […]

Patricia Gail Wowchuk, 78, of Thunder Bay, Ontario, died Thursday, March 22, 2018, in Thunder Bay. Born Jan. 15, 1940, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Pat moved to Fort Frances, Ontario, as a small child with her parents, Malcolm and Winnifred MacLeod. Following graduation from Fort Frances High School, she began employment […]

Myron Hawrylak, 73, of Fort Frances, ON passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2018 in Fort Frances, Ont. A memorial service will be held on Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Fort Frances, Ont. A complete obituary will follow.

The world grew a little quieter on March 14, 2018 with the passing of Stephen Hawking. Not grounded in anything defendable, I somehow thought Stephen would live forever–the champion of a disease that held his body captive for 55 years but not his mind. “In my mind I am free,” […]

I watched David Letterman interview Malala Yousafzai on Sunday evening and was mesmerized at this Pakistani activist who is the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Prize. Malala had been attacked and managed to survive a gunshot to her face as she advocated for women and children to be […]

Federal governments have put forth much privacy legislation to protect individuals across Canada. France, England, the United States, and many other European countries also have passed privacy legislation to protect their citizens. But we now know those efforts have not been totally successful. No one expected that citizens of those […]

Our precious son and brother, Will Anderson, passed away suddenly on March 26, 2018. Born Jan. 15, 1995, he was a kind, intelligent and funny person. He always wanted to make a difference in the world and he succeeded in bettering the lives of many who he met. Will’s smile […]

ARMSTRONG-Born to Michelle Thompson and Matthew Armstrong, of Rainy River, Ontario, a girl, Addilynn Meagan Violet, weighing 8 lbs 9 oz, on March 17, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.