JOHNSON-Born to Jorma and Heather, nee Dobransky, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Sailo Josephine, weighing 8 lbs. on September 27, 2015 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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Twin suicide bombings at a “peace” rally in Turkey over the weekend killed dozens and injured scores more. In countless other countries, people have to brave death threats in order to cast a ballot—if they even are allowed to vote at all. Here in Canada, election campaigns are not marred […]
Ted Brockie Dear Mike: While I believe the local “zombie walk” is intended as “just a little fun,” it has severe negative repercussions which are anything but a “little bit of fun” to those who suffer from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. These walking, talking “zombies” induce visual and/or auditory hallucinations […]
Mark Gerber Dear editor, We are very privileged in our part of the world. Yes, Thanksgiving Day here in Canada was celebrated and we certainly are very blessed. I just returned from Europe and while there in my country of birth, the official day of “Dank, Buss und Betag” was […]
Christa Little Dear editor: Oct. 18-24 is Canadian Foster Family Week. This week, we honour the foster families across the Kenora-Rainy River districts. Our foster families are essential and without the constant care and commitment they provide, we would not be able to offer the protection that some children in […]
