This week’s column is coming to you from the road as I travel south to Wheeler Lake in Alabama to compete in the Forrest Wood Cup, the championship event of the FLW Tour. My Dad is with me this week so while he is driving I can to pound away […]
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The Olympics will open in just over two days. As Canadians, our hearts swell whenever we watch a Canadian compete. In Rio, 313 athletes will make up the Canadian Olympic team with 60 percent of the competitors being women. They range in age from 16-year-old Shallon Olsen competing in artistic […]
The family wishes to announce the passing of Bob LaFreniere, 82, on Aug. 1, 2016 at his home in Fort Frances with his wife by his side peacefully. Bob was born on June 18, 1934 and spent his whole life in Fort Frances. He worked for nine years on the […]
It is great sadness that the family of Aune Irene DePiero announces her passing on Friday, July 29, 2016 at Rainycrest Long Term Care at the age of 95. Aune was born on March 11, 1921 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Ivar and Maria Boind. She spent all of her […]
Hugh Gordon Dolph of Calgary, AB, beloved husband of Nettie Dolph for over 65 years, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on July 28, 2016 at the age of 88 years. Hugh was born in Fort Frances, ON and began his career in his home town at […]
Mary Margaret McTaggart, age 75, of Stratford, passed away suddenly on Saturday, July 30, 2016 at University Hospital, London. Born in Alloa, Scotland. She was the daughter of the late Hugh And Mary Clare (Fletcher) Short, and the beloved wife of 55 years to Ross McTaggart. Mary also was the […]
VELDHUISEN-Born to Kaitlyn and Joel, of Emo, a boy, Griffin Nicholas, weighing 8 lbs 13 oz. on July 17, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
I know you shouldn’t complain about all the wrong things in your life because I do realize how much good I have. But seriously–this year really has been a tough one! We’ve lost some good people in our district, this weather, and personally I’m just having a tough time with […]
The Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship came to an exciting conclusion early Saturday evening. The finalists kept exchanging the “hot seats” as the crowd wound up from the blare of music and the showmanship of the anglers. I had not volunteered for the tournament in several years, but had kept […]
Are you familiar with lupines? They are of a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, just in case you wanted to know. Actually, they are of a genus of flowering plants in the legume family even if you didn’t want to know. Lupines grow freely in the abandoned […]
