JOHNSON-Born to Jessica Taggart and Tucker Johnson of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Layla Marie, weighing 6 lbs. 12 oz. on July 29, 2015 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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Premier Kathleen Wynne unveiled the Ontario Retirement Pension Plan (ORPP) yesterday. The plan will be phased in over time. It will not be fully implemented until 2020. Benefits will begin being paid out in 2022. This was Wynne’s election issue and comes with opposition from the governing federal Conservatives. Polls […]
Like most couples, my husband and I had many differences and many similarities. We grew up in different countries and a continent apart. But, we both grew up on farms. Howard had a natural love of adventure and sometimes lived quite dangerously. He wanted to try everything—at least once! And […]
Colleen MacEachern passed away peacefully on Aug. 7 2015, surrounded by her loving family. Colleen was born on March 28, 1942 in Fort William, ON, and lived in Emo, ON until she was 12. Her family eventually moved to Fort Frances, ON, where she later attended Fort Frances High School. […]
The family of Marvin (Melvin) Mainville sadly announces his death from natural causes on July 11, 2015 in Regina, SK. He was born on Sept. 17, 1942 in Fort Frances. He was raised by his grandparents Joseph and Josephine Mainville on Couchiching First Nation. He spent many years working as […]
It’s vacation time and Rainy River is full of family members that haven’t been back for years. They clutter the tables at the Bakery and some even have the nerve to crowd their way into the debating table. No decorum whatsoever. But honestly it’s great to see so many coming […]
It is either the 115th or the 116th annual Rainy River Valley Agriculture Society fair. It is unclear if the fair began in 1900 or 1901. The fair continues to be a tradition in the Rainy River District. Back then, Emo boomed at fair time as it does today. When […]
We finally finished haying last week! Well, I don’t know if you can call it finished since we had to leave more in the field because of the wet spots and there was actually a small chunk that I couldn’t even access. I tested the path with the four-wheeler and […]
It is with great sadness and sorrow that the Stewart family announces the passing of Neal Lars Stewart, of Mine Centre, Ont., on Monday, Aug. 3, 2015 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. at the age of 44 due to complications of cancer. Neal […]
From the Stewardship Youth Rangers
We, the Stewardship Youth Ranger (SYR) teams in Fort Frances, had a rewarding third week in our Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry summer employment program! We started the week off at the Oak Grove near the mouth of Rainy River—the most northerly oak ecosystem in North America! We helped […]
