It is with broken hearts that his family announces the passing of Frank Christian Ludwig Scheibler, 55, of Emo, Ont. Frank passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont., with his family singing and praying around his bedside. […]
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After a short battle with cancer, Donalda Mary McLean (Gregory) passed away peacefully at home. She will be lovingly remembered by her husband, Garry; son, Allan (Kathy); daughters, Linda (Del) and Lori (Bruce); sister, Dianne (Gary); grandsons, Bill, Scott, and Dylan; and nephew, Todd, and niece, Tracy. Memorial services will […]
It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of John Dale Kirk, 65, of Fort Frances, Ont., on Friday, April 8, 2016, with his family by his side, at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. John was born March 21, 1951 in Fort Frances to the late […]
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Alanna Rose Kabatay announces her passing on Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Her family was by her side until the very end. Alanna was born Oct. 1, 1995 in Fort Frances. She lived […]
Arthur Harold Mattson passed away Nov. 20, 2015. He was born on July 6, 1925 to Hjalmar and Jennie (Jaakola) Mattson. The family moved from Shaunavon, Sask. in the fall of 1937 to a Carpenter Township farm. Arthur and his family farmed beef cattle and some grain. Later it was […]
Donald Norman Mason, 82, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at the Rainy Lake Medical Center in International Falls. He was born Dec. 17, 1933 in Fort Frances, Ont. Don was united in marriage to the love of his life, “American Girlfriend” Pamela Morse in 1957. […]
I’d love to say that I’ve been in a warm southern destination for the last four weeks—soaking up the sun while handsome tanned men with six packs fed me fresh cooked seafood and glasses of ice tea. Alas, ’tis not the case. I’ve been right here in my neck of […]
If there is one place in Northwestern Ontario that I wished I spent more time fishing when I was younger, it certainly has to be the Rainy River in early April. Every spring, thousands of walleyes from Lake of the Woods make a run up the 137-km river in pursuit […]
If the current weather trends continue, I hope to be able to both attend Spring Fever Days in Emo and rake and clean my yard by April 22. Looking ahead on my cellphone, 10 days out gives hope that the days will be warmer. I am hoping the lawn will […]
“Kermit” told us it wasn’t easy being green, but it’s even more not easy being two (if you’ll pardon my grammar). Perhaps that is why we have little memory of being two when we reach my age, though I must confess a lot of things fall into the category of […]
Well, April seems to have come in like a Lion! And how about that snow on Friday–quite the April Fool’s Day prank but it seems to want to continue, with more white stuff in the forecast this week. We can’t complain about the yard being sloppy since it is frozen […]
Don Rusnak
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
Member of Parliament
Thunder Bay-Rainy River
On March 16, the federal government took an essential step to grow the middle class and revitalize the Canadian economy. The 2016 budget puts people first and delivers the help that Canadians need now, not a decade from now. It is an essential step to restore prosperity to the middle […]
