In what has become a December tradition over the past eight or nine years, some friends and I from Kenora made our annual trip up to Red Lake last week for a late-season moose hunt. We’ve had quite a bit of success over the years—always being able to use our […]
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The Ontario Soil & Crop Improvement Association offers free biosecurity workshops for producers. The Biosecurity workshops are a good place to start addressing your on-farm biosecurity program. The workshops have been developed as commodity-specific workshops, in addition to a generic livestock biosecurity workshop. Currently, there are beef, goat and sheep […]
Sports fans love a heated rivalry—and the annual clashes between the Muskie boys’ hockey team and International Falls Broncos each winter certainly fit that bill. And clearly a lot of people would love to see these exhibition showdowns resume. Trouble is, too often it was the “fans”—to use that term […]
Diane Maxey Dear editor: I am so proud of the Fort Frances Choraliers! What absolutely fantastic performances they gave at Rainycrest, the New Beginnings Fellowship Church in Fort Frances, and at the Zion Lutheran Church in International Falls. The balance of sound and the professionalism was second to none! It […]
John Kotnik Dear Mike: Many Junior ‘A’ teams in Canada are privately-owned and financed. The Fort Frances Lakers, for one, are a community-owned and operated team that depends on the community to operate. Such operating costs are not cheap. Without a volunteer board of directors, the sponsors, and a very […]
Glenn Witherspoon Dear editor: Sports rivalry . . . does it exist locally? Apparently not in the eyes or thoughts of our local high school principal, Peggy Keffer. She claims her administration, including the Muskie boys’ hockey coach and athletic director, do not want to play the International Falls Broncos […]
It is with great sadness that the Oakes family announces the sudden passing of Rhoda Leigh Oakes, 47, on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. Born March 22, 1968 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Judy and Byrtle Kozachenko, Rhoda lived in North Branch, Ont., attending Rainy River High School before returning to […]
It is with great sadness we announce that, after a long and courageous battle, Lyle Allan Hanninen passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015 with his family by his side. Lyle was born in Powell River, B.C. on Oct. 9, 1956 to Raymond and Margaret Hanninen. He lived for a […]
It’s with great sorrow and heavy hearts that the Yerxa family sadly announces the passing of Peggy Frances Yerxa, 43, of 1014 Scott St., Fort Frances, Ont., formerly of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., on Monday, Dec. 7, 2015 at her residence. Peggy was born Nov. 14, 1972 in Fort Frances. […]
At the end of my fingertips, every day, there is a story. I see, I feel, I think, I write. I could take the next 500 words to expound on what I feel about the media’s obsession with terrorism. I could take the next 510 words to paint a picture […]
It’s hard to believe Christmas is fast-approaching when the weather feels like we should be preparing our planting equipment! In fact, I had to keep taking off clothes while I finished putting up my outdoor lights this weekend. My only complaint is that I’m thinking all my cords and ornaments […]
A few years ago, Kenora angler Jason Tait had a revelation when he looked at the bottom of his boat while fishing and noticed a pile of used soft plastics that were destined for the garbage can. With the excellent bass and walleye fishing we have right across Sunset Country, […]
