(This column was first published 24 years ago. The second “This Side of 60” column ever written). I still remember, after all those years away, going back to Daddy’s grave in upstate New York. And how I dreaded it. How could the fun-loving kind Daddy of my childhood lie beneath […]
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The focus certainly has been on the athletic achievements of local and former residents of late—highlighted by Saturday night’s inaugural induction banquet for the new Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame and, of course, “Duncan Keith Day” back on Aug. 1. But the recent efforts of local young people—far from […]
Rilla RaceChapple Heritage Committee Dear sir: Two weeks ago, Chapple Heritage and Chapple Recreation held a 100-year commemorative picnic at the waterfront park in Barwick. One of the press questions asked of me was, “Was there anyone there that was important or that was not expected.” My answer at the […]
John Thorgrimson Dear editor: We who live in Fort Frances are so lucky to have a new highway going west. We can go the designated 90 clicks on a smooth surface. Then we come to the CNR’s crossing and you had better grab that steering wheel with both hands. The […]
Wendy McLean Dear editor: The Gingrich family from Mine Centre moved their business, Gingrich Woodcrafts Inc., from Mine Centre to the Municipality of La Vallee, increasing their staff from 10 to approximately 30. With the economic downturn in Rainy River District and Fort Frances mill closure, the business has sustained […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of Margaret Anne (“Annie”) Hall announces she passed peacefully on Thursday, July 30, 2015. Annie was born Dec. 4, 1921 in Kennedy, Sask. to John and Margaret Eldridge. Annie moved to Scotland with her mother, Margaret, and brothers at the age of […]
Josephine Margaret MacKenzie (nee Sutherland) passed away peacefully on Sunday, Aug. 2, 2015 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont.. She born Sept. 23, 1924 in N. Oxford Township, Banner, Ont. to George and E. Ruth (Facey) Sutherland. She was the wife of Allan John MacKenzie; and […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sybil Johnson at the age of 98. Sybil Smiley was born Feb. 21, 1917 and grew up in La Vallee, Ont. She trained as a nurse in Winnipeg, Man. Her sense of adventure and her independent spirit led her […]
Colleen MacEachern passed away peacefully on Friday Aug. 7, 2015 surrounded by her loving family. Colleen was born March 28, 1942 in Fort William, Ont. and lived in Emo, Ont. until she was 12. Her family eventually moved to Fort Frances, Ont., where she later attended Fort Frances High School. […]
With great sadness, the family of Wolf Rechlin, 80, of Atikokan, Ont., announces his passing, after a courageous battle with cancer, on Friday, July, 31, 2015 at the Atikokan General Hospital. A celebration of Wolf’s life will be held Saturday, Sept. 5, 2015 at 1 p.m. at the Riverview United […]
A graveside service for Mac O’Neill-Fischer will be held Monday, Aug. 24, 2015 at 11 a.m. at the Emo Cemetery in Emo, Ont. This will be followed by a reception for family and friends at the Northridge Funeral Home in Emo. Online condolences may be offered at www.northridgefuneralhome.com
Margaret Jean Westover, formerly of Sioux Narrows, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015, at the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. She was born July 27, 1927 to Roy and Edna (nee Meyers) Westover in Barwick, Ont. One of 10 children, Margaret grew up on a farm […]
