I began thinking about how long I’ve been a swimming official while at the Dryden pool complex on Saturday morning. When my eldest son was eight, I agreed to take a timing course to assist at a swim meet in Fort Frances. Later that year, he was attending a swim […]
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Harper Lee has died and with her has gone my dream to sit with her in her back garden in Monroeville, Ala., under a giant sycamore tree, sipping something cool. I would take notes and she wouldn’t mind because we are old friends; have been together since “To Kill A […]
As a youngster, one of my favourite weekends of the entire winter was when my parents would take me to Winnipeg for the annual Mid-Canada Boat Show, which has taken place over the first weekend in March for years. I used to save up as much money as I could […]
Well, it was a busy week of calves for me! I was just steady moving cattle in and out, and thankfully it was decent temperatures, so it was easier to put calves outside much more quickly than what I sometimes do. Things were going pretty good, and I planned to […]
My entertainment tastes have changed over the years. But they always have fallen into two broad categories: going to fine restaurants and attending live theatre. So for me, the perfect evening always has been going to an excellent theatre production, either preceded by dinner or followed by dessert with friends. […]
Got Muskie fever yet? Well, you should given four Fort High squads are heading off to seek provincial glory next week. The Muskie boys’ hockey team—fresh off its ninth-straight NorWOSSA crown—is heading to the all-Ontarios in Ottawa for a whopping 36th time, although OFSAA success has been hard to come […]
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Gordon Martin announces his passing. Gordon, born May 20, 1959, passed away peacefully, with family by his side, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, Man. at the age of 56. Gordon, also known as “Gordie” […]
Larry Ross Coulson passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016 at the East Kootenay Regional Hospital in Cranbrook, B.C. at the age of 77. Larry was born in Devlin, a small farming community in Northwestern Ontario. He grew up on a farm four miles north of Devlin in Burriss. When […]
Alma Vivian O’Donnell, 91, of 960 First St. E., passed away with her family by her side on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Vivian was born Jan. 26, 1925 in Bergland, Ont. to the late Ted and Annie Oien. She grew up […]
It is with great heartbreak that we announce the passing of Bryson LittleBear Cloud. He came through this world on Monday, Feb. 22, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. He leaves behind his mother, Dacia Cloud; uncle, Lewis Linklater; aunts, April Bruyere and Michelle Bruyere; grandfather, […]
