It is with sadness that the family of Theodorus Johannes Duivenvoorden announces his passing on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015, at the age of 90, at the Grandview Lodge in Thunder Bay, Ont. Funeral mass will be held Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 at 11 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in […]
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As I walked through my front door Friday afternoon, my wife asked me if I was aware of what was unfolding in Paris. Earlier in the day, I had stopped following the news feed and was not aware of the attacks in the “City of Lights.” Afterwards, we discovered eight […]
If you want your problems to feel small and insignificant, walk outside on a dark, moonless night and become a star-gazer. Find Casseopia in her stretched out ‘W’ and be reminded of her wicked tale—of a mother’s love gone wrong, a mother banned to the night’s sky for all eternity […]
We are very pleased that all the plowing has been completed at the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS)! I’ve also finished all the data for the cereal trials but haven’t started on the forages yet. I have two project reports that I’m working on currently, so my time is pretty […]
Across Northwestern Ontario, it remains unclear what’s going to happen to our moose population. The southern part of the region has seen a major reduction in moose numbers over the past couple of decades while populations in the north seem to be hanging in there. Because of this uncertainty about […]
“When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock/And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin turkey-cock . . . O, it’s then’s the times a feller is a-feelin’ at his best.” As a girl in upstate New York, I experienced James Whitcomb Riley’s […]
Marina Gerber Dear editor: I applaud the groups of “lay ecologists” who get together to pick up other people’s garbage from roadsides. Actually, I’ve “adopted” a small stretch of “our” road myself and on my garbage walk last week, I picked up 18-20 pieces of garbage in about that many […]
Patricia Margaret George passed away suddenly on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2015 in Hull, Que. She was born Sept. 17, 1946 in Fort Frances, Ont. to the late Edward and Agnes (Calder) George. On Dec. 5, 1971, she welcomed her only child, Christopher John Robert, into the world. Pat graduated from […]
Donald Lawrence Legaree, of Atikokan, Ont., passed away after a brief illness on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015 with members of his family at his side. Born Dec. 26, 1934 in Fort Frances, Ont., Don was raised during the depression and war years. While times were tough, his mother raised Don […]
“Legend says, Hunters don’t die . . . they just go deeper into the woods.” It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Guy Simmons, 62, of Emo, Ont., on Friday, Nov. 13, 2015. Guy was born Oct 22, 1953 in Churchill, Man. to William and Nellie […]
Dorothy (Eberly) Steiner, of Stratton, Ont., peacefully passed on, at home, to her eternal reward on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, at age 88 years, nine months, and nine days. She was born Feb. 5, 1927 to Clayton and Carrie Eberly at Dalton, Ohio. Early in her life, Dorothy accepted Christ […]
The terrorist attacks like the ones that rocked Paris on Friday night, and the bombing of a Russian airliner over the Sinai Peninsula two weeks ago, are unleashed with one goal in mind: to spread fear. The economic fallout often is immediate—and potentially devastating—if that fear prevents people from travelling […]
