Record-setting crowds and unbridled passion for the home team will be the lasting memories of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup of Soccer. No, the tournament isn’t done yet but it may as well be over for the majority of Canadians following it. That’s because Team Canada had its march […]

We finished our first cut of all our forage plots at the Emo Agricultural Research Station last week. We decided to cut the remainder with our haybine despite the fact the weather looked a little questionable for the weekend. My comment was “it’s not calling for a whole lot of […]

As the House of Commons rises for the summer and the 41st Parliament comes to an end in a few short months, it seems fitting to reflect back on the past four years. I’m sure we all remember the historic election results of May 2, 2011 that propelled the NDP […]

EGAN-Born to Shaun and Tessa, nee McFayden, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Hayden Christine, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. on June 18, 2015 at La Verendrye General Hospital.

WOLFRAME-Born to Devin Heil and Travis Wolframe, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Isabelle Bonnie-leu, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz. on June 16, 2015 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

MCGINNIS-Born to Rebecca Smith and Cote McGinnis, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Mila Tate, weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz. on June 15, 2015 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

PLANTE-Born to Jacklynn Hughes and Josh Plante, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a girl, Payton Katherine Eva, weighing 7 lbs. 2 oz. on June 13, 2015 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

Who says there’s nothing to do in Fort Frances? Saturday alone saw the “Relay for Life,” the Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival,” the “Teddy Bears’ Picnic,” and the windup for the older divisions in Fort Frances Youth Soccer all being held. Couchiching also had planned its pow-wow for this past […]

The family of George Cawston announces his passing on Thursday, June 25, 2015. He was united in marriage to the late Betty Jean Armstrong in 1957. George leaves behind his two sons, Rod (Debbi) and Murray (Cindy); and special friend, Sandy Stark, whom he met in late November, 1992. He […]

Betty Mary Ronning was born July 14, 1929 to Francis “Stanley” Beninger and Marjorie Beninger in Barwick, Ont. When she was a young girl, her family moved to Emo, Ont., where she attended school. She married Calvin Fulford in 1947 and was blessed with three children, Ralph, Janet, and Linda. […]

After being a burn survivor for five years, Michael Roach, 29, of Couchiching First Nation, Ont., passed away peacefully in his home on June 25, 2015 after succumbing to his injuries. Parents Pat and Kim and older brother, John, welcomed Mike into the world on Feb. 13, 1986 in Red […]

It is with deep sadness that the family announces the passing of Ethel Angelina McKee at her home on Monday, June 22, 2015. Ethel was born Jan. 24, 1938 in Fort Frances, Ont. to the late Harold and Jennie Scott. She had lived most of her life in Fort Frances, […]