Monday evening’s recognition of Evelyn Metke as “Citizen of the Year” in Fort Frances recognizes her years of volunteering for the community. I have known “Evie” from the time I was 14 years old and she had made a decision to take her bronze medallion course. It seemed unusual that […]
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It is my father’s birthday today (Nov. 29). I loved that we shared the same day number for our birthdays, as though that made our connection greater; that only he and I could understand. I miss him and I think of him every single day. I wish we could sit […]
VELDHUISEN-Born to Joel and Kaitlyn, nee Ferris, of Emo, Ontario, a boy, Easton Blake, weighing 9 lbs 11 oz on November 14, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
At this time of year, it is quite common for me to get messages from friends and their significant others as they begin their Christmas shopping campaign. Usually I wait until a week or two before Christmas to write this column, but since I started getting a few of these […]
Last week I was lucky enough to get an up close and personal tour of New Gold. I have to be honest with you-I had mixed feelings when I saw it all. I barely could grasp the landscape change. Places that once had friends living or cattle grazing no longer […]
Marvin Owen (“Bud”) Edwards passed peacefully from his failing body into the waiting arms of his Saviour on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Bud was born on Dec. 2, 1943 in Winnipeg, Man. to Ted and Margaret Edwards and raised in Thunder […]
The Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary will hold its monthly supper, featuring roast pork and all the trimmings, today (Nov. 24) at 5:30 p.m. upstairs at the Legion (doors open at 4:30). The cost is $15/person, with a 50/50 draw also being held. Take-outs available by calling 274-3772. The St. Mary’s Youth […]
It’s no real surprise that incumbent MPP Sarah Campbell announced Monday that she would not be seeking re-election in the upcoming provincial election scheduled for June, 2018. The subject of recent criticism regarding her poor attendance in the legislature, among other things, the drive that propelled Ms. Campbell to a […]
When I first began selling advertising at the newspaper in the early 1970s, the Christmas selling season did not begin until the day after Remembrance Day. On Remembrance Day, the stores all were closed and the staffs attended the service at the cenotaph. In the afternoon, they returned to the […]
So many difficult stories flood the news today and many of them threaten our sense of well-being, or at the very least muddle our perception of who we are as members of a community, as Canadians. As with most ostriches, I turn the television off and cringe and hope things […]
With much love and warm thoughts, the family of Charles “Charlie” Tarrant would like to share with all those that he knew of his peaceful passing on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017 at his residence in Fort Frances, Ont. He lived a very long and colourful life, always on his own […]
