“How are you doing?” they say as we pass on the street or in the hall. Since a question requires an answer, I usually say, “Just fine! How are you?” And with that, we go our separate ways. But there is something terribly wrong with that interchange. Often I don’t […]
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Pat Conroy has died. He was a writer who had “great command of the language of the heart,” having penned many books, including “The Prince of Tides” and “The Great Santini,” and always writing the truth of life where childhood is fraught with parents who do harm. He wrote and […]
The March thaw is one of my favourite times of the year around home. The late-season ice fishing is great because we catch some of the biggest walleye, pike, and lake trout of the year (while the ice is still safe, of course) and it’s simply a nice time of […]
I’m crossing my fingers that we don’t get the amount of rain they’re currently predicting on my weather apps. Thankfully there is still some frost so when you are feeding cows, you are not sinking out of sight—but that will happen soon enough. I understand it is going to cool […]
Ahhh, the vagaries of spring—one day you’re sun tanning and then shovelling out from a blizzard practically the next. One sign of spring most everyone looks forward to is the arrival of Daylight Savings Times—the second Sunday in March when the majority of us set our clocks ahead one hour […]
With deep sadness the family announces the sudden passing of Daniel “Kakekoons” Big George on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 in Big Island, Ont. Kakekoons was born July 25, 1958 to the late Robert “Ojibwa” Paypompee and Cecila “Maagomaasomook” Whitefield (nee Big George). Kakekoons entered the Midewin lodge at the age […]
Dorothy Caul, 97, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Funeral arrangements are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Jean Eisenzoph, with her family by her side, on Monday, March 14, 2016 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Jean was born March 13, 1928 in Fort Frances to John “Jack” and Louise Langtry. As a young […]
Irene Herrem passed away in Ottawa, Ont. on the afternoon of March 10, 2016 while receiving the Last Rites of the Catholic Church with her daughter, Paula, by her side. She was born Dec. 11, 1922 to Peter and Alice LaVigne (Perusse) in Rainy River, Ont. The family moved to […]
Frank Kinsella passed away peacefully, with family by his side, on Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at the Kingston General Hospital in Kingston, Ont. He was the beloved husband of Mary Lou (nee DeNoble); much-loved father of Kurt, David (Shelly), Grant, Mary Sheppard (Ted), and Anthony; and cherished grandfather of Benjamin, […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of Dorothy McNabb, 96, of Fort Frances, Ont., announces her passing on Saturday, March 12, 2016. Dorothy was born May 14, 1919 in Rainy River, Ont. to the late Henri and Melina Beauregard. She was a longtime member of the Catholic Women’s […]
