I just turned 56 years old. Where has the time gone? Where have I been all my life? How did I get here? Just like the song “7 Years” by Lucas Graham, I turned around and I was 10, chasing after crayfish shells along the creek and reading fairy tales […]
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As someone who enjoys participating in just about any outdoor activity you can come up with, waterfowl hunting is one I absolutely love doing but don’t have a ton of experience with. The thing I like most about it is that it’s more social than other types of hunting because […]
November–who would have thought this! This weather is simply amazing. But then you have the people who just have to tell you,“We will pay for this” or “This will be added on to the spring!” Let’s just be positive, enjoy it, and hope it is just as nice on the […]
It’s a blessing that most Canadians alive today have not had to endure the horrors of war. But with each year putting the terrible human cost and suffering of the First and Second World Wars further into the past, and fewer and fewer veterans still here to recount their stories, […]
Mary Curtis Dear editor: Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. held an open board meeting Nov. 3 in the boardroom of the Emo Health Centre. A large number of concerned citizens attended regarding the interruption in X-ray services since April at the Emo Health Centre. Due to congested facilities, a large […]
Anna McNay Dear editor: Thanks to all the generous people who donated the hats, mitts, boots, scarves, and coats. Thanks to Richard from McTaggarts for the racks we need, to the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau for the use of the hall, and to B93 and the Fort Frances Times for […]
Clayton Hugh Desrosieres, 57, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully, with his loved ones by his side, on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Center shortly after his diagnosis of terminal cancer. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 at 11 a.m. at […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Harry Gerula, 77, of Pinewood, Ont., on Saturday Nov. 5, 2016 at his home after a long, hard, and courageous battle with cancer. Harry was born Nov. 17, 1938 in the Municipality of Stuartburn, Man. to John and […]
Iris Ferne Hyatt passed away at home, with family by her side, on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016. She was born Oct. 22, 1917 in International Falls, Mn. to John and Jean (Jenny) Patterson. She moved to Canada at an early age and was raised on the farm in Burriss, Ont., […]
Bette (Elizabeth) Martinson passed away peacefully, at the age of 95, on Monday, Oct. 31 in Winnipeg, Man. Bette was born on May 5, 1921 in Raymore, Sask. to Philip and Katie Armbruster. She was predeceased by her parents; her husband of 39 years, Robert Martinson (1985); infant son, Marvin; […]
I’ve been away. I’d love to say it was because I was in the places of my heart—hiking the Pacific Coast trail or the magnificent mountain territory of Wyoming, or along a highway under the clear blue skies of Iceland. Nope. Alas, those destinations remain in my shoebox full of […]
I searched my computer Monday morning with the term “Clinton” to discover how many items on my hard drive included that word. My computer had 290 e-mails, stories, etc. with the word Clinton included in the copy or title. After it was announced Friday about more than 600,000 e-mails being […]
