I admire Willie Nelson. I have loved him from a distance since I was a teenager. I don’t know Willie Nelson; he doesn’t call me at home (an expression my daughters will get). But I love him for the parts of him I have imagined. He shares my birthday so […]
Features
Obviously, everyone has goals. Things they want to accomplish in their lifetime and things they want to accomplish today or next week. But as we live, sometimes our goals become more refined—or even change completely. Take me, for instance. I had my whole life planned at age four. I was […]
Another new year has rolled around—and so have the annual lists of New Year’s resolutions people invariably make when the calendar flips over to a fresh start. There are the common ones, of course: quitting smoking, losing weight, cutting back on alcohol consumption, and exercising more. But while most genuinely […]
Makwa N’doodam, Pizhew N’dinawemaan It is suddenly we announce the passing of our mother, sister, niece, cousin, and friend, Tania Indian, at the age of 36, of Big Island and Big Grassy First Nations. Tania peacefully passed away in her sleep on Jan. 2, 2016 in Big Grassy, and has […]
Joseph James Arthur (“Art”) Benedict Albert, 91, passed away suddenly at home on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2015. He was born Jan. 29, 1924 in Espanola, Ont. Joining the tank corps in 1942 at age 18, illness prevented overseas deployment. He transferred to the medical corps and finished his service at […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Nancy Paulicheko announces her passing, with family by her side, on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2016 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Nancy leaves behind her husband, Nicholas; children, Melissa and husband, Michael Mullin, and their daughter, Charlotte-Mary, Nicole […]
I debated heavily on writing a “Moos” this week, but then remembered how much Nanny waited for Thursday as it was delivery day of “The Big Paper!” It wasn’t that she longed to read the “Moos” but the “big paper” was her source of current local news and events that […]
In two days’ time, we will be into a new year. Having browsed “Facebook,” the thread line of messages being put out by friends is one of hope and well-being for the coming year. The district is prospering with construction of a new gold mine. Meanwhile, new MP Don Rusnak […]
The closing of the year is when many of us look back and take stock of what happened in 2015. The media make lists of the best movies of the year, best songs, most interesting people, and so on. Maybe we should make our own lists for 2015: happiest moment, […]
As we embark on the new year, we all make resolutions or set new goals that will make the upcoming year better than the last. If you’re reading my column, you likely enjoy the outdoors in some form or another, so this week I’m going to give you some ideas […]
Marlene Hayes, 69, of Off Lake, Ont., passed away peacefully, with her husband, Jim, at her side, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 at the Emo Health Centre in Emo, Ont. Marlene was born on Nov. 17, 1946 in Emo to Duncan and Hilda Magill. Marlene married Jim Hayes on March […]
With a heavy heart we say goodbye to a great man, James Bryan Melanson, who passed away suddenly at his Waterloo, Ont. residence on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015 at the age of 64. He was born in 1951 to Paul and Margaret Melanson. Bryan was the loving father of Maryse […]
