Is it just me who wonders… How the “National Football League is coming to Canada” movement manages to exist any more? Throughout my 11 years in Montreal, a city councillor named Gerry Snyder professed — year after monotonous year — that the NFL was soon to expand to Montreal and […]

FEATURED POST The Rainy Lake Readers meeting has been POSTPONED January 28, due to extreme cold. It will be held at 6 p.m. in the Shaw Community Hub of the Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre. New members welcome. Bring your favourite book or author to talk about. Everyone welcome. […]

FEATURED POST St.Mary’s Parish is hosting a Pizza & Game Youth Night for grades 6-8 at St. Mary School Gym on Friday, January 17 from 4- 7 p.m. Admission is a non-perishable food item for a local food bank. Save your empties! The FFMHA U13A Firemen are hosting a bottle […]

Sports fans are about to be subjected to the logic of membership in the Baseball Hall of Fame, which is to say no logic. The 2025 members will be announced next week and the most pressing questions are whether Ichiro Suzuki will be unanimous, and if CC Sabathia will become […]

Dear Editor: I am writing to address a number of misconceptions that were published in last week’s letter from local MP Marcus Powlowski. Mr. Powlowski’s letter was about the November 20 decision of the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario concerning the Township of Emo and Mayor Harold McQuaker. Some of the […]

Dear editor, Re: WHAT ARE YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS FOR 2025? I’m wishing narcissist psychopath – according to Macleans – Trump ‘is allowed to make America and Canada great again’ is not worth the dignity of a reply but I DO take issue with BOTH BORDERLAND PRIDE AND HAROLD McQUAKER […]

After an extended period of cold weather recently, it’s fair to say that we are well into the winter season at this point. Heck, the days are even starting to get longer! Ice fishing is in full swing and conditions are pretty good across area lakes. The new lake trout […]

On December 22, 1972, Jason Scott Allan was born to Patricia Allan in the town of Fort Frances. It is with profound sadness that we announce his peaceful passing on January 6, 2025, at the age of 52. Jason was a man whose heart and kindness touched many. His children […]

As the sun was setting a brilliant orange on January 4, Patricia Lynne Armstrong (Lynne) made her last peaceful journey with her loving family by her side. Lynne, born December 23, 1948, surprised the world with her spark, determination and strong will. Lynne (wife, mom, grandma), filled our lives with […]

Sadly the family announces the passing of Daniel Bluebird, 49, on December 25, 2024, at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. Cremation has taken place and a memorial will take place in the spring. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd., Emo, Ontario.

It is with great sadness that the family of Denyse Cecile DeCaire (nee Ouimet) passed away at the age of 95 on January 4, 2025, in Edmonton, Alberta. She was born on Dec. 20, 1929, in Ste-Rose Laval, Quebec. She is survived by her children Daniel (Rose-Marie), Rachel (David), Carl […]