Dear sir: Recently, a letter to the editor was published that purported to be an open letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne. It was, in actual fact, an ill-informed diatribe which unfairly cast the premier as the villain in the author’s fantasy world. The thesis was that Kathleen Wynne only cares […]
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It is with our deepest sorrow that the family of Judy Bruyere announces her peaceful passing on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. With a soft and gentle whisper, her Lord called her name and she was welcomed into the loving arms […]
It is with great sadness that the family announces the passing of Mildred Margaret (MacDonald) Lalond on Monday, Dec. 8, 2014 at her home at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Mildred is survived by her daughter-in-law, Joyce Lalond; grandchildren, Larry Lalond, Mark Lalond, Linda (Mike) Zeyha, and Michelle […]
Keith Bernard Neilson, 84, of Stratton, Ont., peacefully passed away at home, with family by his side, on Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. Keith was a private man who loved his family. He was born Sept. 10, 1930 to Niels Maurice and Stella (Bowman) Neilson on the farm homesteaded by his […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lionel Eugene Robar on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. He was born and raised in Nova Scotia but relocated to Fort Frances, Ont., where he lived out the rest of his life. Left to mourn are his children, David (Dixie) […]
In the summer when I fly to Toronto or Calgary, on a clear day I can look out the airplane window and marvel at the patchwork quilt of crops below me. I have flown to Calgary and, looking down, have marveled at the brilliant yellow canola plants right up next […]
Breaking points. We all have them. And sometimes these breaking points come at times that seem slightly strange, hardly warranted, but it is the accumulated affect usually—the last straw so to speak. I witnessed someone hit that wall during my Christmas shopping (not on my top 10 list of favourite […]
As I watched the thing jettison across my kitchen floor and catapult into the spare room, it reminded me of the “Tasmanian Devil” of the “Looney Tunes” cartoon series I used to watch on television when I was 12 years old. Then the fur ball ricocheted back into the kitchen, […]
“Practice makes perfect.” That’s what your mother said when it was time to sit down at the piano. And what your father said when you first learned to bat a ball. Although they probably didn’t know it, your parents were quoting an old proverb dating back more than 2,000 years. […]
The Emo Agricultural Research Station will be closing for the season this week. I finally finished all my data and took it off to be copied. The reports will be available from me or Emo Feed this week. I encourage everyone to ask questions about the trials since time always […]
A few weeks back, my staff and I uncovered a huge amount of what is known as “lapsed” spending—money approved in the federal budget but never spent—at Veterans’ Affairs Canada. Sadly, this past week we also found the same thing is happening at FedNor—and at the worst possible time. Aside […]
