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 […]
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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 […]
The group pushing to build new tennis courts in Fort Frances is taking the proper tack in not asking—nor expecting—the town to foot the entire bill. Rather, the group wisely is pursuing a variety of grants and even has approached Tennis Canada for funding and other help. The other big […]
Dear editor: When former prime ministers warn that we are losing our freedoms, we should pay attention! Lake of the Woods resident (and former prime minister) John Turner has joined Jean Chrétien, Joe Clark, and Paul Martin in saying that Bill C-51, the anti-terror law, lacks any reasonable oversight mechanism […]
It is with heavy hearts that we, the family, announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Larry James Beaucage, on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at St. Paul’s Hospital in Saskatoon, Sask. from cancer. Larry was born Aug. 29, 1936 in St. Boniface, Man. to Pete and […]
Oda Cain, 92, of Devlin, Ont., passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Oda was born Sept. 21, 1922 in Mecklenburg, Germany. While living in Winnipeg, Man., she met John (Bud) Cain, the love of her life, […]
Jozsef Danku, 78, of Fort Frances, Ont., also known as “Joe the Barber,” passed away peacefully, with his loving wife by his side, on Tuesday, March 3, 2015 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances after a 15-year battle with Alzheimer’s. Joe was born Sept. 7, 1936 in Ofeherto, Hungary […]
