Dear editor: To say I am upset would be an understatement regarding the hasty name change at the Sister Kennedy Centre, now officially named the Fort Frances Senior Centre. For this change to be reverted means it being brought back to the council table for another vote and must have […]
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Dear editor: For just over two years, the Emo Child Care Centre board, a volunteer, non-profit organization, has been working on a strategy to address the lack of licensed child care options in the Emo, Barwick, and Stratton area. With disappointment, we read the recent announcement by the Rainy River […]
Have you ever sat in a restaurant or airport and watched people sitting next to each other texting on their phones. It is something that is becoming more common every day, as new studies confirm. The latest studies have discovered that a group sitting around a table would much rather […]
Air travel makes travellers sick. If my personal health were used in support of this thesis, it would be irrefutably proven. I can’t remember a flight I have taken where I didn’t get sick and my recent all-night marathon from Dawson City was no exception. I was struck down with […]
Recently, I wrote a story about using tip-ups for ice fishing for one of the Sunset Country Travel Association’s websites. It was a story aimed at anglers visiting to our region and how they should consider bringing along a few tip-ups on their ice-fishing trips. Tip-ups basically are an evolution […]
The 31st-annual La Place Rendez-Vous squash tournament runs today through Sunday (Jan. 5-7) at the Memorial Sports Centre. Spectators welcome. The Borderland Snowmobile Club will hold a “poker run” from Fort Frances to Emo on Saturday, Jan. 6. Registration starts at 10 a.m. at the groomer shack off Eighth Street, […]
Metro (Svet) Wowchuk passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2018 in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
John Koles, 90, of Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017 with his family by his side. A memorial mass will be held Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fort Frances, with Fr. Alan Albao […]
John Koles, 90, of Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017 with his family by his side. A memorial mass will be held Saturday, Jan. 6, 2018 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Fort Frances, with Fr. Alan Albao […]
Walter O. Melynchuk, 80, of New Hope, Mn., passed away peacefully on Dec. 31, 2017 after a short battle with cancer. He was predeceased by his wife, Mary; and parents, Edith and Steven. Walter is survived by his children, Joanna (Bill) Rooney, Sandy (Joe) Girod, and Susie Melynchuk (Dave Larson); […]
