Helen Audrey Stewart was born on Jan. 31, 1922 in Fort Frances, Ont. and left us Sept. 14, 2017 in Alaska with two of three sons by her side. She was an outdoors woman, as comfortable hunting and fishing with her sons and husband as she was serving tea. She […]
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With deep sadness, we announce the peaceful passing of Laurent (Larry) Smits, 87, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 in Edmonton, Alta. He was born on Jan. 15, 1930. Larry was pre-deceased by his wife, Doris (Hansen); parents, Harry and Anna; brother, Harry; sister, Jeanne Belanger; brothers-in-law, Vic Belanger and Ike […]
Sharon Alexandra Yurkiw passed away peacefully on Sept. 13, 2017, after a courageous battle with cancer, at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont.. She was born on Aug. 1, 1950 in Rosevalley, Sask. to Pearl and Maurice Yurkiw. Sharon was an avid reader, and loved crosswords and doing […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Kimberly Lorraine Clendenning (Belluz) announces her unexpected passing on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017. Kim was born on April 9, 1973 in Thunder Bay, Ont., then moved to the family farm in La Vallee, Ont., where she spent the majority of her […]
Sadly, the family announces the sudden passing of Joy Milne, 56, of Atikokan, Ont., with her family by her side, on Friday, Sept. 22, 2017 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Joy was born in Rainy River, Ont. on Feb. 20, 1961 to Harold and Inez (nee Mansfield) […]
While the weather was not awesome for fishing this past weekend, many anglers hit the water anyway to compete in a couple of area tournaments. The way we look at it, it’s a long winter so we’re trying to enjoy every bit of fishing we can before the end of […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Jessica Margaret “Jessie” Friday announces her passing on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances. Ont. Jessie was born at Namakan Lake, Ont. to John and Mary Swanson. She lived in Seine River First Nation, Ont. all […]
Annabelle Hawk, beloved wife of late Terry Godin, passed away peacefully at the age of 71, with her family by her side, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017 at the La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She is survived by her son, Kevin Godin (Kristi Medicine); sisters, Annie Hawk and […]
The Muskies will host the West Kildonan Wolverines in WHSFL action today (Sept. 22) at 4 p.m. at Muskie Field. Spectators welcome. The 2017 Rainy River Walleye Tournament continues, with the weigh-ins getting underway today (Sept. 22) starting at 5 p.m. and again tomorrow starting at 3 p.m. See page […]
It had been several years since I last fished at Crow Lake. So when my girlfriend and I made plans to fish in the annual Crow Lake Classic bass tournament this past weekend, we didn’t have really high expectations. It also would be Shelby’s first bass tournament so the first […]
I have been plugging away for a while now to promote and encourage people to see the potential Rainy River District has in agriculture. We have some really great producers here yet we often are overlooked. I am very pleased the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association is coming to visit us on […]
