David M. Bourgeault Dear Mike: For several years now, I have followed the antics of our premier and her gang in charge at Queen’s Park. Mismanagement seems to be the order of the day and, in fact, has been much more prevalent when they are dealing with the Ontario Hydro […]
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Florence Hill, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. A memorial service will be held Friday, Jan. 15, 2016 at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Anglican Church in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.
Marshall Isaac Jourdain, 67, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., passed away peacefully, with his family by his side, on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016 at Riverside Health Care Facilities. Marshall was born on March 11, 1948 in Fort Frances, Ont. to the late Armand and Ivaline Jourdain. He is survived by […]
The family of Eunice Mildred Hamilton (nee Leverance), 94, sadly announces her passing on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in Fort Frances, Ont. Eunice was born on May 4, 1921 in Fort Frances, the oldest of three children. She lived in Fort Frances, except during the war years, until 1949. She […]
William Ernest Joseph Miller, 55, of Ann Arbor, Mich. passed away on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2015 at the University of Michigan Hospital. He was born in Brampton, Ont. to the late Joseph and Zita Chartrand Miller, and was the husband of Kelly Geraldine Douglas Miller. In addition to his wife, […]
Ethel A. Raper, of Brechin, Ont., passed away Wednesday Jan. 6, 2016 at the age of 76 at the Lakeview Manor in Beaverton, Ont. She was the beloved wife of Howard Raper; loving mother of Heather Shier, Edward Raper, Stanley Raper, Betty Lapierre, Barbara Raper, and Cynthia Bartlett; and loved […]
Lillian Idella Newman, 86, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Lillian was born Oct. 5, 1929 in Flom Township, Mn. to the late Helmer and Ida Larson. After graduating from Twin Valley High School, she worked in International […]
I finished my gift shopping two days before Christmas and on the evening of Dec. 23, I wrapped presents like the dickens. At 9 a.m. on Christmas Eve, I started my holiday baking. But despite my best efforts, only my world-famous butter tarts and homemade chocolate truffles rolled off the […]
Most times I can sit down at my computer and have no problem writing you a story about life here north of Emo or the current events of the Emo Agricultural Research Station. But I’m still struggling with what I should be doing, saying, or writing. With the sudden loss […]
The holidays are something I look forward to every year for a number of reasons. We get to spend some time with friends and family that we might not get to see a lot of throughout the rest of the year, we generally eat pretty good, and most folks take […]
My mother, who likes to read, was reminiscing Saturday evening about coming to Fort Frances to attend high school. Up until then, her family had lived in Hudson, Ont., where her father was the stationmaster. The library in that community back in the early 1940s was a small bookshelf, and […]
As a result of higher cattle prices, the Beef Farmers of Ontario membership expressed concerns about the compensation fund of the Beef Cattle Financial Protection Program and its ability to protect farmers in a default payment situation. The purpose of the program, established in 1984, is to reduce the risk […]
