Dear Mike, We have a problem at the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club trails at Rocky Inlet. Somebody is walking on our ski trails quite regularly. This appears to be two people, one with large feet and one with smaller feet, and a dog. These people are walking down several […]

STRACHAN-Born to Brittany, nee Hayes, and Chris Strachan, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Ryan Shawn Robert, weighing 7 lbs 6 oz on February 13, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

BOMBAY-Born to Karissa Bruyere and Aaron Bombay, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Maddox Lee, weighing 10 lbs 7 oz on February 11, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

BIG GEORGE-BRUYERE-Born to Vanessa Big George and Timothy Bruyere, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Tairyn Harold, weighing 7 lbs 13 oz on February 11, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

Theresa Dirk passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A come-and-go tea will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.

Raymond DeGagne, 76, of Rainycrest Long-Term Care, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018 with family by his side. A complete obituary will follow.

Jack Hogan, 77, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.

The Legion Ladies Auxiliary will hold its next monthly supper–featuring lasagna, Caesar salad, and all the fixings–on Friday, Feb. 23 at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at the Legion (doors open at 4:30). Admission is $16/person and a 50/50 draw also will be held. Take-outs available by calling 274-3772. The Fort Frances […]

Just when you thought the turmoil surrounding the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party couldn’t get any more ridiculous, it did. After being turfed from the PC caucus on Friday morning, former leader Patrick Brown arrived at party headquarters that afternoon to enter the leadership race with about an hour to spare […]

For the past 10 days, the television in our home has clung to the CBC and TSN channels broadcasting Olympic coverage from Pyeongchang, South Korea. From the opening ceremonies onward, if we were not awake, then the coverage was recorded so we could it watch in our waking hours. We […]

Rudy Whitecrow, 45, of Seine River First Nation, Ont., passed away surrounded by family on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018 in Thunder Bay, Ont. Rudy was born on Dec. 8, 1972 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Andrew Morrison Jr. and Cecilia Whitecrow. After their passing in 1974, he was raised by […]

On Friday, Feb. 16, 2018 at 7 p.m., our mom and gramma, Mary Johnson, passed away. We are sad that she is gone but happy that she is now free of pain and reunited with her wonderful husband-our dad, and grampa, Eddy. She passed quickly and peacefully, just after smiling […]