The Ontario government must believe that we all have better bladders in winter than in the summer. I make this comment having travelled numerous times to Thunder Bay and noticed all the pull-off rest stops are now blocked and marked as closed. The gates are across the entrances and even […]
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Do you know Yo-Yo Ma? He doesn’t call me at home to ask advice, nor do we meet for coffee to exchange stories, but I do consider Yo-Yo Ma my friend. I’m not sure he is aware of that fact but I don’t think he would mind me saying so. […]
There is that frozen moment in time between this second and the next when all possible scenarios play out as a movie in which I’m in a long, long hallway and being sucked toward an inevitable fate. . . . I was on a reconnaissance mission of sorts in my […]
Over the past weekend, I was invited out to Shoal Lake #39 to participate in its second-annual fisheries conference. Headed by band councillor Karen Kejick, there’s a push being made by Shoal Lake #39 to open the walleye fishery on Shoal Lake for both sport-fishing and commercial fishing activities to […]
Sometimes it’s the smallest of gestures that make the biggest impact. Maria Gilbert, a Grade 11 student at Fort Frances High School, was selected as the local recipient of RBC’s “Canada 150” initiative—a promotion in celebration of Canada’s 150th anniversary in 2017 in which one youth from communities across the […]
Coun. Ken Perry Dear editor: I feel compelled to add further to the issue of railroad right-of-way taxation in Ontario. The current model of taxation that we are experiencing is a dollars per acre structure. Ontario is the only jurisdiction in Canada that follows this path. There are different rates […]
Cecile Cole Dear sir: The interruption of the X-ray service at the Emo Health Centre indicates a serious decline in our health-care facility. It results in lack of service to Emo, Barwick, Chapple, Stratton, Finland, Nestor Falls, and Devlin, the First Nations at Manitou Rapids, Onegaming, and Northwest Bay, as […]
The family sadly announces the passing of Fernande (Fern) Marie Larocque, of Rainy River, Ont., on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, at the Rainy River Health Centre. Fern was born May 5, 1927 to Ernest and Jeanne Larocque in Pinewood, Ont. At a young age, she chose to join the Sisters […]
It is with profound sadness that the family of Reijo Mansur Tyrvainen announces his unexpected passing on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 in Toronto, Ont. Reijo was born Aug. 10, 1980 in Fort Frances, Ont., the eldest son of Reijo and Jane Tyrvainen. Reijo’s early years were spent in the communities […]
With great sadness, the family announces the sudden passing of Eleanor Mae Jourdain, 40, of Couchiching First Nation, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. Eleanor was born April 8, 1976 to Elroy Jourdain and Theresa Jourdain (nee Kabestra) in Fort Frances, Ont. Eleanor was known for her infectious and boisterous laugh […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Dyan Annette Vizenor (nee Dohmen) announces her passing on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016. Dyan was born July 2, 1976 in Minneapolis, Mn. She lived and worked throughout Minnesota as a retail manager for Dollar General. She enjoyed spending time with family […]
Elena (Helen) Gerula, 89, of Stratton, Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Elena was born Nov. 4, 1927 on the family farm in Franklin R.M., near Tolstoi, Man., to Maxym and Annie Danyleyko. At the age of 13, she […]
