Oswald Peder Trapness passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017, at the age of 85, at the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. He was born on June 4, 1932 in Tuberose, Sask. to Nils and Anna Trapness. He attended Russelton School, which was a short distance from […]
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Maria Teresa Michela Novovesky (nee Malczyk) passed away peacefully, at the age of 82, on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 at the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. Maria was born on Feb. 23, 1935 to Karol and Teodora Malczyk in Warsaw, Poland. Maria married Dr. Andrej Novovesky in […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stood in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon and rightfully apologized for decades of government-sanctioned discrimination against members of the LGBTQ2 community during the so-called “gay purge” that began as far back as the 1940s. Saying what resulted was nothing short of a “witch hunt,” the […]
Dear editor: I have a correction to the article I submitted to your paper regarding events happening at Rainycrest. Marcia Zeleny leads the group, “Singing With Friends.” Marcia (King) Zeleny and I have been friends for 72 years. We were friends when she was Marcia Mihichuk, but she has been […]
Dear Mike: This is a copy of a letter I sent to town council last week, which has been referred to a committee meeting possibly next Wednesday (Dec. 6) at 8:30 a.m. If others have a similar complaint, call the town hall at 274-5323 and they can give you the […]
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 […]
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 […]
