Peter Kirby Dear editor: We praise the federal government’s commitment to restore funding to the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA). This is good news for science and for the environment. The ELA is the world’s leading freshwater living laboratory, helping to make Canada a world leader in protecting the natural world. […]
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Andrew Hallikas Dear editor: Where to begin? I refer to the Rainy River District School Board’s press release of April 19. I have never read a more disingenuous, misleading, inaccurate press release. In one fell swoop, the board has managed to annoy, anger, and insult its secondary school teachers under […]
Rev. Stuart McEntyre of Port Perry, Ont. passed away suddenly on Wednesday, April 20, 2016 at the Lakeridge Health Centre in Port Perry at the age of 86. He was the beloved husband of Jean (nee McGregor); loving father of Neill and his, wife, Lori of Oshawa, Ont.; loved poppa […]
The family of Glenn Canfield wishes to announce his peaceful passing in the early hours of Thursday, April 21, 2016 at the age of 91. Glenn was born Oct. 10, 1924 to the late Verna and Alvin Canfield in Riding Mountain, Man. Glenn joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at […]
It is with profound sadness that the family of Elsa Kristina Hampton (Gustafson) announces her passing on Monday, April 18, 2016, at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born on Nov. 8, 1931 in Fort Frances and lived in the area her entire life. In her […]
You left me beautiful memories, Your love is still my guide, And though we cannot see you, You’re always at my side. Anneke Orme passed away Saturday, April 16, 2016 at the Beausejour Hospital surrounded by her family and friends. She will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by Arthur […]
It is with deep sadness that the family of Marcel Tookenay announces his passing on Sunday, April 10, 2016 at the age of 70. Marcel has joined his parents, Leo and Margaret; siblings, Melvin, Joseph, Ethel (Reino), and Nancy (Harley); and his great-nephew, Adam Ahola. Marcel was a gifted hockey […]
I’m sitting here at my writing desk looking for inspiration in the tiny ball chocolates wrapped in tinfoil that were left over from the annual Easter egg hunt held here almost a month ago. Perhaps I should clarify and ’fess up. The chocolates weren’t exactly “leftovers.” I stashed a few […]
You certainly could see the grass greening up as the temperature reached double digits on Saturday! I was excited about seeing the lawn–and then thought, oh yeah, that’s the next thing: cutting grass! I still have a few large rocks to move before that first time on the lawn mower. […]
The third stop of the 2016 Walmart FLW Tour took place over the weekend at Beaver Lake, Ark. and everything went pretty good in my boat en route to an 11th-place finish. In what has been, far and away, my best season in four years of fishing this competitive bass-fishing […]
This is a busy weekend coming up and the district should be moving with so many events to take in. There will be lots of reasons to travel up and down the highway on Friday and Saturday. The final touches for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s annual Business & […]
Don Rusnak
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
It has been a very busy couple of weeks for me, both in the riding and on Parliament Hill. On Thursday, April 7, I held an open house to celebrate the grand-opening of my Fort Frances constituency office. I appreciate everyone’s patience as we searched to find the right space […]
