Well, February is now a wrap. Time certainly ticks away. The last couple of weeks, I haven’t been real sure of what day it is anyway. I’m starting to look forward to more normal sleep, though that likely won’t happen for another week or so. I’ve been really watching the […]
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Spring is teasing, is peeking out from behind the snowdrifts, is pushing winter back from the edges of the road, is whispering at us. “You’ll soon be up the lake,” it says and we try to resist, not wanting to be pulled into winter’s game. It’s not really spring. It’s […]
MORRISSEAU-Born to Kristen Boshey and Matthew James Morrisseau, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Philly Ann, weighing 7 lbs 4 oz on February 7, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
Lynne Wiebe passed away Thursday, February 23rd at St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, Manitoba, with family by her side. She was born October 19, 1953 to Joan and Bill Cross. After graduating Fort Frances High School Lynne moved to Winnipeg where she met and married Bill. Together they had 3 […]
Archie McPherson, 82, of Lamont, Alta., and formerly of Couchiching First Nation and Ignace, Ont., peacefully made his journey to join our Lord on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017. Archie was born Ronald McPherson on Nov. 29,1934 at Couchiching First Nation but was known throughout his life as Archie. He was […]
Felix Lucien DeGagne passed away Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017 at the age of 81. A prayer service will take place on Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m. at the Dryden Community Funeral Home’s Chapel. A Memorial Service will take place on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 1:30 p.m. at St. Joseph’s […]
The second FLW Tour stop of the season took place last weekend at Lake Travis in Texas. After a decent three-day practice period, where I had the help of my brother, Ben, I was able to grind out a pretty solid 13th place finish on a lake that was fishing […]
The usual sounds and smells that are welcome to wake me up in the morning are the subtle waft of caffeine perking out of the coffee-maker and the beeps that spell “Ready,” the drift to the nostrils of fresh bread baked by timer in the bread-maker, and the smell of […]
I had a busy week of calves (on the top day I had seven arrive). That happened to correspond with Canada Agriculture Day, which I celebrated by bringing more beef into the world. I guess it was good that it was warm since I had to recycle them through the […]
Death is not the opposite of life but a part of it. Haruki Murakami, a Japanese writer, said those words and he is the same age as our beloved Stuart McLean, whose death left our world a lot less bright today–the day I am writing this; writing to soothe the […]
It is with great joy and sorrow that the family of Geraldine Veronica Byinton express her calling to Our Lord’s Kingdom on St. Valentine’s Day, which represents the celebration of love and affection. Gerri, as she preferred to be called, shared these qualities with everyone she came in contact with […]
