I’m an introvert. I pretend I’m not; have covered up that truth pretty well over the years—often over-compensating for the quiet I love best while keeping hidden my need for silence and alone time. My generation were told early on in life that only the bold would succeed, pointing to […]
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There is a deeply-tragic series of events that has led to economic exclusion and physical endangerment of the people of the Grassy Narrows and Wabaseemoong First Nations on their own territory. It is completely unacceptable and the fault for this lies exclusively with the Crown. As we all know, relations […]
Some people feel old at 80, others at 40, and others at 50. There was only one time in my whole life when I felt “old.” That was on my 25th birthday. How did I ever go from being the youngest person in the class–too young to hear the other […]
As has been the case for the past 15 years, the past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind for me. The week in Fort Frances for the Canadian Bass Championship was hectic to say the least. Then I spent most of last week guiding clients on Lake of the […]
I posted this last week on my Facebook timeline, but it deserves a second viewing for those of you not on my Facebook list of “friends” (it’s such an exclusive club—not). Every single person who stood up at the Baltimore Ravens’ training camp last week and gave a standing ovation […]
As I left work last Friday, I quickly called the kids over to take a look at what I was seeing on the computer! Of course, it was a weather site and it predicted nice weather for the next week (well, it did say a slight chance of 1-3 mm […]
Dear editor: As a member of the La Verendrye General Hospital Auxiliary, I had the opportunity to spend most of the last two weekends in July under the big tent at the Sorting Gap Marina and I want to commend the organizers and workers of both the “Harmony of Nations” […]
Annette Mary Hayka, 67, passed away after her battle with cancer on Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. She was born March 7, 1947 in Fort Frances, Ont. Annette is survived by her daughter, Vanassa; son-in-law, Robert Wood; son, Kevin and his wife, Hedy; grandsons, Ian (Sarah) Selman and their daughter, Ella […]
With great sadness, the family of Ruth Margaret Rogoza announces her passing into the loving arms of our heavenly Father, with her family at her side, on Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Mom was born Feb. 15, 1928 in Blue Township, Sleeman, Ont. […]
Sadly, the family announces the passing of Edith Seguin, of Pinewood, Ont., on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014 at the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. at the age of 86. Edith was born Oct. 12, 1927 in Deerlock, Ont. to Erwin and Katherin Strom. She was united in […]
The future of the Emo Agricultural Research Station has been on shaky ground for some time over fears the University of Guelph will cut its funding as a cost-saving measure. Given the important role EARS plays in the district, however, all efforts must be made to prevent that from happening—or […]
