Dear editor: I’m amazed at how many people I still see talking on the phone or looking down at their lap texting while driving. To the people on the phone, I would have to ask, “Do you feel you’re so important that the laws that apply to everyone else don’t […]
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Mrs. Alice Lilian Gilbert, 82, passed away Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. Alice was born Nov. 12, 1932 in Fort Frances, Ont.; she enjoyed remembering the fun she had as a child there with her friends and family. As […]
Keith Milton Lockhart, son of George Edward Lockhart and Florence Gamsby, passed away Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015. Born on April 9, 1928 in Stratton, Ont., he attended Morley Consolidated School and Fort Frances High School. He started his career as a radio announcer in Fort Frances, moved to Thunder Bay […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Elra (Sonny) Delbert Selman announces his sudden passing on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. Elra was born Thursday, Jan. 27, 1944 to the late Delbert and Cora Selman. He worked at Busch’s Machine and Welding shop until his retirement in 2009. Elra […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Jack Curtis, a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed, away peacefully, with his family by his side, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. He was born May 21, 1936 in Emo, Ont. to […]
It is with deep sadness that the family of Elizabeth Lucy Kapac announces her passing, at the age of 91, on Monday, Jan. 26, 2015 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. Elizabeth was born in Fort Frances in 1924 to Ann and George Demetruk, and lived in the […]
Word has been received that Ronald Kent Eggett, 76, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 peacefully at his home in Taft, Calif. He is survived by his son, John (Debbie) of Grayson, Sask., grandsons, Jereme (Melissa) and Tyler, both of Vancouver, B.C., and granddaughter, Carlee (Scott) Mixon and great-grandson, Colton, […]
Wanda Duffy, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. A memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 at 1 p.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances, with Fr. Victor De Gagné officiating. A complete […]
It is with deep sadness that the family announces the passing of Elra (Sonny) Selman at his residence on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015 from 2-4 p.m. at the Devlin Hall in Devlin, Ont. A complete obituary will follow. Online […]
I love breakfast out. I love it better than any other meal that I may choose for a meal out, where someone else prepares the food and is responsible for cleanup. Breakfast is the “fun-est” meal of the day, or so I claimed as a youngster despite being told repeatedly […]
Are we losing some of our common sense? I wonder when I see communities and the public in fear of offending or allowing some risk. Today, many of the things that I did growing up now are considered dangerous and should be banned. I must be lucky to have survived […]
I think we all are welcoming the milder temperatures these days, animals included. The cows are taking their time walking across the open stretch coming home for water—instead of running and shaking their heads because the wind and air was bitterly cold. The deer also are moving around—possibly because of […]
