Robert Anthony Geerken, 67, of Lac La Croix First Nation, Ont., passed away Saturday, June 4, 2016 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. A wake will be held Friday, June 10, 2016 at 2 p.m., with a traditional service on Saturday, June 11, 2016 at the […]
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CHIEFSON-Born to Samantha Kabatay, of Fort Frances, Ontario and Mitchell Chiefson, of Northwest Bay First Nation, Ontario, twin girls, Mekare Sybelle, weighing 6 lbs 8 oz, and Maharet Francine, weighing 6 lbs 15 oz on April 6, 2016 at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital, Thunder Bay, Ontario.
March 27th, 1992 – May 17th, 2016 He brightened up our lives with his magnetic smile, his undeniable charm and his larger than life personality. He was a legend to his friends and an amazing loving young man to his family.We love you Marek. You will forever be the sunshine […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Frederick Ottertail Sr. announces his sudden passing on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. A traditional wake will be held Monday, June 6, 2016 at the home of Leonard Ottertail in Lac La […]
Premier Kathleen Wynne and Environment minister Glen Murray are going to save the planet with their new “Climate Action Plan.” After the Ontario legislature begins its summer vacation, the “action plan” will be released. They really don’t want any embarrassing questions asked in the House. Well, Ontario residents had better […]
Don Rusnak
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
With May coming to an end, I was extremely happy to be back in the Fort Frances area for the annual Manitou Rapids fish fry. It was a beautiful day, and I want to thank everyone who came out to participate in this spectacular event. It always is great to […]
’Tis the season for gardening. Nurseries and garden centre add-ons at our local stores are bustling with customers armed with big ideas and good intentions. And even if our thumbs aren’t as green as they should or could be, the benefits of gardening are significant. There are the obvious positive […]
Electric fence simplifies the management of an effective and productive grazing system. To be effective, your grazing system relies on you controlling where the livestock will be, not the livestock determining where they will be grazing. An electric fence is easy to erect and very effective at controlling livestock. But […]
Now a couple of weeks into the 2016 open-water walleye season, conditions are changing and walleye are on the move towards where they’ll spend much of the summer. Walleye are the most sought-after fish species across Sunset Country, evident by the fact thousands of anglers visit our region each year […]
If you are travelling around the rural areas, you’ll see most of the cattle now are out enjoying the green grass. The grass has come along quite nicely after getting some of this latest moisture. But it is a wise idea to wait until the grass has a good head-start […]
Ever since last week’s column, I’ve been thinking of my wonderful “Coksi-Pepsi” Grandma and how happy she always seemed to be. And how sad I felt when she passed away suddenly when I was only 17 years old. As a naive teenager, I sometimes was almost jealous of Grandma because […]
After much debate and shenanigans (read “Elbowgate”), the federal government’s bill on assisted dying finally passed in the House of Commons yesterday. But don’t start cheering just yet. First of all, it’s clear Bill C-14 won’t pass the Senate—if it even does at all—prior to this Monday’s deadline (June 6) […]
