HANDORGAN-Born to Raven Tuesday-Archie and Will Handorgan, of Morson, Ontario, a boy, Bodhi Brave Makoonse, weighing 7 lbs 10 oz on October 3, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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PIOTROWSKI-Born to Keely Jolicoeur and Sean Piotrowski, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Finleigh Jessica, weighing 4 lbs 15 oz on October 1, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
The family of Grace Armstrong is saddened by the loss of their mother and best friend, grandmother, and great-grandmother on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016. She lived life to the fullest and touched the lives of everyone who knew her. Grace loved sewing, gardening, and cooking but her greatest love was […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of David Olav Fontana announces his passing on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. David was born on Jan. 31, 1966 in Fort Frances to Larry and Betty Fontana. He grew up in Atikokan, Ont., where […]
The bass tournament season in Sunset Country wrapped up this past weekend with the fourth-annual Frank McClymont Memorial Tournament, which took place Saturday in Kenora. Frank McClymont fished bass tournaments in Northwestern Ontario since they started back in the late 1980s and was a positive influence on many of us […]
Kurt Vonnegut said, “Go into the arts. They are a very human way of making life more bearable.” That seems an almost defeatist way of looking at life but it’s true. Creativity is known to soothe the soul; to be in the tool box for rehabilitation. Yet the first programs […]
A couple of my friends purchased a cabin on Off Lake and we went up to celebrate my birthday on Friday night! They have wanted a place for many years and they certainly made a great choice! We had a great time but because of the busy Thanksgiving weekend ahead, […]
Around coffee one morning at From the Grind Up, names began being tossed about as nominees for the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame. Larry and Jimmy Fontana threw out names that those under the age of 70 might have had only a fleeting memory of. I remembered stories told […]
With the pulp and paper mill in Fort Frances still shuttered, resulting in the loss of the district’s largest employer, one would think unemployment to be our community’s biggest problem. Yet that doesn’t appear to be the case these days. Quite the opposite, in fact. A recent survey conducted by […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Lawrence Oshawee announces his passing on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. Lawrence was born Nov. 21, 1950 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Gilbert and Ida Oshawee. He was raised in Lac La […]
It is with overwhelming sadness that the family of Danielle Sandra Brown (O’gi maa’ategonebiik) announces her unexpected passing on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016 at the age of 32. Danielle will be lovingly remembered by her mother, Audrey Brown (Atatise); her son, Aiden Davenport (father, Justin); brother; Brent Atatise; grandmother, Bessie […]
Donald George Marchuk peacefully passed away, in his 87th year, on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016 at his residence in Rainy River, Ont. Dad slipped away from us to join his loved ones knowing his job here on Earth as father, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great grandfather, brother, and friend was done. He […]
