It is with great sadness that the family of Jane Ann Sus announces her passing at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017 at the age of 83, exactly five years to the day after her husband, Fred, passed away. Jane was born Aug. […]
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Peacefully, with family and friends at her side, Anna Mae Sullivan passed from this life on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 to begin her journey to the spirit world. She was born on Feb. 7, 1931 to Louis and Margaret Wietecha in International Falls, Mn. and lived there her entire life. […]
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Everett Freeman announces his peaceful passing, with family by his side, on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born June 27, 1950 in Fort Frances to Allan and Edna Freeman. He lived […]
Sadly, the family announces Irene Ploegman, 70, of Emo, Ont., passed away peacefully at her residence, with her family by her side, on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2017 after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer. Irene was born on May 1, 1946 in Zwijndrecht, Holland to Eldert and Johanna Romyn. Along […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Helen Jean Broman announces her passing, with her family by her side, on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Helen was born on Dec. 21, 1926 in Fort Frances to Elmer and Jean Isberg. […]
If you had to name one–and only one–moment in your life that was your “very best,” what would it be? Could you honestly do that? I thought I could. I even picked “that one time when . . .” and gave it due credence. But then right in behind it, […]
The Freeman and Kivimaki families, as has been the norm during many a winter evening for many a year, headed to Everett Freeman’s favourite restaurant a week ago Saturday. After dinner (again, like normal), the group headed in the direction of the Memorial Sports Centre for the evening’s scheduled hockey […]
For the past five years around this time in late January, it’s become a tradition for me to hook up my truck and boat and head south. I’m very fortunate to be able to chase a dream that I’ve had since I was a youngster of making a living as […]
There hasn’t been many columns that I haven’t started off with my view on the weather. And once again, this weather is terrible. I planned to move my cattle into the calving yard but it is a giant swimming hole right now. I don’t believe this weather is healthy for […]
I listened to an oral essay the other day on the purpose of illness, and if not the purpose, then the positive by-product thereof. We learn valuable lessons from our discomfort of illness, and as our body coughs and wheezes and suffers with fever, it is telling us something and […]
Fort Frances council chose the proper path Monday night with a pair of decisions regarding the next municipal election in 2018. First, council opted to stick with the current “first-past-the-post” electoral system, where the candidate with the most votes wins, rather than use one in which voters are required to […]
I was dumbfounded when I read that both Canadian Tire and Walmart were going to receive back taxes from the Town of Fort Frances after a hearing by the Municipal Property Assessment Corp. Where was the province and the Association of Municipalities of Ontario in opposing the reductions in taxes? […]
