Hilkka Grouda (nee Kolhemainen), 87, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 6, 2015 at the Extendicare York in Sudbury, Ont. Born in Kerimaki, Finland, Hilkka bravely emigrated to Canada from Helsinki, Finland in 1954 to start her new life in Canada. She soon married Alexis Johnson (predeceased) and began her […]
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Joan Ruth (“Teddy”) Bone, 90, of Burriss, Ont., passed away Saturday, March 14, 2015 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born Oct. 3, 1924 in Edmonton, Alta. to William and Elizabeth Howey, the only daughter of four children. She attended school in Edmonton, but was forced […]
The family sadly announces the sudden passing of Frankie Webb on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born on Feb. 25, 1945 to Madeline and James Webb, the youngest of eight children. Frankie worked at various jobs in the area, including the […]
Mother Nature certainly hasn’t co-operated with “Snoasis 3”—not that a whole lot of people, anxious to give winter the boot, are complaining. Fortunately, organizers are taking it all in stride and even having a little fun with it, unofficially renaming the event “Puddles of Paradise.” With March Break a week […]
The family sadly announces the sudden passing of Frankie Webb on Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. A funeral mass will be held Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Fort Frances, with Fr. Victor De Gagné […]
Susan Carol Livingston, of Winnipeg, Man., passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2015. A celebration of her life will be held Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 2 p.m. at the Victoria Inn in Winnipeg, with a funeral to follow at a later date in Fort Frances, Ont. A complete obituary will […]
I bet everyone is welcoming this weather! The sunshine is great and makes us all feel alive again (or, like a cat, we could just curl up in the sun and sleep). I still have 10 cows to calve and I was hoping to have most of them done by […]
If you could sit down and plan for a community, what would be your most important considerations? As we look to the future, the communities of Rainy River District have to deal with their histories and also with their futures. They do not have the luxury of beginning with a […]
Last week, I travelled with NDP leader Tom Mulcair and several other NDP MPs to the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention in Toronto. It was a great event, where we spoke with a variety of companies and groups, as well as promoted our plan for the mining […]
You remember Jack, don’t you? Jack, the guy who traded his cow for the beans. Not just any beans, of course, but magic beans. These beans were going to change his life; put him on the path to a better place. I suppose they did but at considerable risk to […]
My mother, who was born in 1903, loved school and wanted an education more than anything in the world. Consequently, she was crushed when the doctor said she could not go to school anymore because of her eyes. Even though she had glasses, the doctor said she would ruin her […]
In my column last week, I mentioned that as much as I love bass fishing in Florida, there is a lot of anxiety about competing in tournaments because it’s easy to have bad days down here, as well. In the FLW Tour-opening tournament this past weekend at Lake Toho, I […]
