Life is busy and there isn’t much downtime. I used to think the busiest chunk of my life was when my kids were “littles,” but even then I found time to read a novel while they all played together at the park. Now I can’t remember the last time I […]
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While I understand the healthy deer population in our city centres across Northwestern Ontario drives everybody nuts, especially who want to have a garden or grow flowers, it really isn’t an indication of the deer numbers outside of town, where deer took a massive hit following tough winters in 2013 […]
We all know young people who are making a difference in our community or in the lives of others. Perhaps they’re helping an elderly neighbour with yard work or shovelling snow. Or maybe volunteering their time and effort for a worthy cause. Whatever the reason, if you know someone who […]
Gordon Woollard Dear editor: I would like to comment on the letter submitted in this last week’s Fort Frances Times by Mary Curtis regarding the Riverside board meeting held in the boardroom of the Emo Health Centre. Word had gotten around via the bush telegraph that this meeting was going […]
Erwin Karl Lehmann, born in Radelfingen Switzerland on Dec. 24, 1915, passed away peacefully in the early-morning hours of Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016. Having lived a fuller life than most can ever imagine, he is survived by his beloved wife, Rachel, seven daughters, five sons, 25 grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. […]
Sandra Jill Byrnes (nee Blom) passed awat peacefully at home, at the age of 81, on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. Sandra was predeceased by her loving husband, Michael; her parents, Carl and Mildred Blom (nee Ekeberg); brother, Al; sister, Gail Mayerchak; and sister-in-law, Patsy Venables. To these people and others, […]
In the early hours of Nov. 13, 2016, a bright light went out when Bradley William Earl Cross succumbed to a long and tiring battle with cerebral amyloid angiopathy. Born on Nov. 9, 1950, anybody who knew Brad knew that backing down from a challenge truly was not in his […]
In memory of the best man we have ever known, George Elmer Anderson, who passed away on Oct. 25, 2016. His journey began in Fort Frances (Ont.) on July 17, 1943 and led to studies at the U of T and BYU, LDS mission service in Belgium, and wanderlust travels […]
