TEREMCHUK-Born to Nathan and Nicole, nee Wishart, of New Lowell, Ontario, a girl, Poppy Elizabeth, weighing 6 lbs. 1 oz. on October 21, 2014. She was welcomed by grandparents Bill and Victoria Wishart and Auntie Kristen.

It’s great to see French Immersion has been resurrected here after the Northwest Catholic School Board began phasing it out almost a decade ago. Being bilingual in both official languages obviously is a tremendous asset in a country like Canada—opening doors to future employment opportunities and having a crucial leg […]

Dear Mike: Your heading, “Worthless sham,” more aptly describes [last week’s] editorial column than the message therein. Great column if, in fact, Mr. Harper calls an early election and contravenes his fixed date section of the Canada Elections Act. Then it would be a perfect time to print the column […]

Rosie Annie (Kolyser) Roe passed away Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015 at the age of 105. Rose was predeceased by her husband, Eric Roe; parents, John and Lena Kolyser; and all of her siblings. She is survived by her nephews, Les Ivall and Frank Books (Carla) of Rainy River, Ont.; and […]

It is with deep and profound sorrow that the family of Madeline Tucker announces she has joined our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, at the heavenly banquet. She passed peacefully, surrounded by her loving family, on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. […]

Maxine Mary Ronald passed away Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015 at the West Island Palliative Care Residence in Kirkland, Que. Maxine was born July 13, 1924 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Francis Boileau and Irene Saunders. After her father’s early death, her mother, Irene, married Hugh Fleming and during the following […]

Sadly, Nevin Roger Bonot, 64, of Devlin, Ont., passed away Monday, Feb. 2, 2015 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. Nevin was born in 1950 to the late Art and Dorothy Bonot. He attended school in Emo, Ont., then went to Fort Frances for high school […]

It is with broken hearts that the family of Wanda Mae Duffy announces her passing on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 in Thunder Bay, Ont. Wanda was born Jan. 18, 1958 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Joe and Dorothy Dokuchie. She lived in Fort Frances all of her life. Wanda became […]

Our mother, Mrs. Zinaida (Zina) Smutylo, 90, formally a long-time resident of Nipigon, Ont., passed away Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. due to complications arising from surgery to repair a broken hip. Mom recently was a resident of Rainycrest […]

Charles (Chuck) Kendall Hanson, 80, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Born Jan. 2, 1935 in Fort Frances, he was the son of the late C. Kendall and Ellen Hanson (nee Mikkelson). An avid outdoorsman, Chuck grew up between his […]

Steven James Krahn was born in Fort Frances, Ont. on Sunday, Jan. 30, 1994. Twenty-one years ago, on Thursday, Feb. 3, the doctor sent us by air ambulance to Winnipeg, Man. to get his heart checked. Then on Friday, Feb. 4, they sent us to Toronto, Ont. for heart surgery. […]

Zinaida (Zina) Smutylo, 90, of Fort Frances, Ont., formally of Nipigon, Ont., passed away Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. Funeral arrangements in care of Elliott Funeral Home Ltd., Nipigon, Ontario. A complete obituary will follow.