With great sorrow, the family announces the sudden passing of Marion Laura Bazylewski, 69, of Fort Frances, Ont., on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Marion was born Oct. 5, 1946 in Stonewall, Man. to Harry and Inga Bazylewski. She is survived by her […]
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Mrs. Florence Lyons (Bartush), 77, a long-time resident of Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Hospice Unit, on Monday, Aug. 15, 2016 with her family by her side. Flo was born in 1938 in Fort Frances, Ont., the youngest of Max and Leonilla Bartush’s 10 children. It […]
MCTAVISH-Born to Adam and Kristen, nee Trewin, of Thunder Bay, a boy, Connor Rhys, weighing 7 lbs 13 oz. on August 17, 2016 at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital, Thunder Bay, Ontario. A brother for Paisley. Proud grandparents are Doug and Patti McTavish of Devlin, Ontario and Gary and Cathie Trewin […]
Edith Mae Newman (nee Scott) passed away peacefully on Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016 at the grand age of 101. She was born on May 31, 1915 in Toronto, Ont. to the late Walter and Mae Scott. She grew up in the Beaches area, on Greenwood Avenue across from the Greenwood […]
Large golden round bales dot the fields along the highway. Today, some are lined in rows along fence lines waiting to be moved to feeding areas later this year. The tops of barley quickly are turning brown and will be harvested soon. The oats are turning from green to gold […]
Don Rusnak
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
We kicked off this summer in Fort Frances with some very exciting announcements about FedNor funding for the region. FedNor is a funding program from the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development whose purpose is to promote economic development and job creation in Northern Ontario. This year, Fort Frances […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag and rural rep, Emo During the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) crisis of 2003, farmers embraced swath grazing—and it likely saved some of them from bankruptcy because it dramatically reduced winter feeding costs. Today, about 22 percent of Prairie cattle producers use swath grazing for winter feeding. […]
“War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.” So said Thomas Mann, a German writer who, in 1929, won a Nobel Prize in Literature for his thoughts; those thoughts he recorded on paper. I am just such a coward, it would seem. And when the war I […]
After a week of some of the worst fishing I’ve ever seen in my life down in Alabama, it was nice to be back at home in Northwestern Ontario to go fishing over the past week. I was on the water a bunch, with a couple of guide trips, a […]
Despite progress reportedly being made over the summer, the current labour dispute between the Rainy River District School Board and the local Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation threatens to carry into the new school year. In fact, with the teachers having opted to withdraw from providing extra-curricular activities as of […]
Diane Maxey Dear editor: Usually I’m not much of a complainer but the other day upon leaving the Walmart parking lot, I observed the height of laziness! It was around 6:15 p.m. so there were very few cars parked. To my utter amazement, however, there were 32 carts scattered within […]
