Well, my cows caused me some stress earlier this week. I noticed a cow was acting like she was going to calve around 4 p.m. on Sunday, so I went and put her in the barn (I wasn’t worried as it was her third calf). She also was the cow […]
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Lillian Hockenson passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont., her home for the last nine years. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday surrounded with the love of family and friends. She was born on Oct. 22, 1916 in Crozier, Ont. to the late […]
On Feb. 7, 1933 in Pocahontas, Iowa, Hans and Mary (Ernst) Madsen announced the birth of their first child, Ronald Chris. In his early years, he worked and lived on several different farms before settling on a farm in Cylinder, Iowa with his three siblings, Carol, Richard, and Betty. Ron […]
With deep sadness, the family of Linda M. Morrisseau announces her passing on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. As she wanted, cremation has taken place. A celebration of life service will be held Saturday, June 17, 2017 at Our Lady of Lourdes Church at Couchiching First Nation. A complete obituary will […]
Clara Marr passed away peacefully, at the age of 94, on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017 at the Carewest George Boyak Nursing Home in Calgary, Alta. She is lovingly remembered by her son, Dennis; daughter-in-law, Sharon; as well as two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Gerald […]
In loving memory of Kanita Joy Gingrich, who passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at the age of 22 years, nine months, and 14 days, at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. following a brief struggle with pneumonia. Kanita was born to Leon […]
Dennis John O’Neill, 68, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, Feb. 13, 2017 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Cremation has taken place and a service will be held at a later date. A complete obituary will follow.
The fallout still is reverberating two weeks after the Liberal government reneged on its promise to change Canada’s electoral system by the next election scheduled for 2019. The heat might have died out by now except that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau himself fanned the embers last week during a visit […]
Dear editor: Kenora MP Bob Nault says the federal government gave electoral reform “a good go” and that there was no consensus. Wrong. A consensus of Canadians does want to change the electoral system. They expected Justin Trudeau to keep his party’s promise to change the electoral system. The all-party […]
Dear sir: It is always amusing to read the press releases from the Rainy River District School Board and the one published on Feb. 8 (“Student access to libraries enhanced”) was no exception. It is always a question not of what are they revealing, but of what they are trying […]
It is probably a little early to start talking about spring, but there are signs everywhere that spring is just around the corner. Leaving my mother’s house on Sunday just before 6 p.m., there still was some light in the western sky as I drove home. Yes, the days are […]
It appears we’re back to square one when it comes to how best to welcome tourists coming into Northwestern Ontario through the Fort Frances border crossing. The town has done an admirable job filling the void when the Ontario government abruptly shuttered several tourist information centres across the province, including […]
