Polly Kingerski passed away peacefully, at the age of 94, on Monday, Sept. 15, 2014 at the Eagle Park Health Centre Facility in Qualicum Beach, B.C. She will be sadly missed by her daughters, Sandy Thompson of Qualicum Beach, B.C. and Donna Suski of Vernon, B.C.; son, Lanny (Barb) Kingerski […]

In loving memory of Betty Jean Munro (nee Bazylewski), who passed away peacefully at home, with her family by her side, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. Betty is survived by her loving husband, Keith Munro; children, Cory Munro (Theresa) and Toby Munro; and grandchildren, Taylor, Kaitlin, and Tyler. She also […]

Ernest Alexander Brunetta, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. The oldest son of Giovanni “John” and Maria, he was born into a large and loving family as Ernesto Allessandro Brunetta on Feb. 24, 1926 in Thunder […]

Walter Christiansen, 94, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances. A memorial service will be held Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.

Betty Jean Munro (Bazylewski), of Dance, Ont., passed away peacefully at home, with her family by her side, on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. A complete obituary will follow.

Ernest Alexander Brunetta, 88, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances. A complete obituary to follow.

Walter Christiansen, 94, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, Nov. 7, 2014 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances. Funeral services are pending, and a complete obituary will follow.

It looks like our weather finally is starting to get a little bit more winter-like this week after quite a few nice days over the past month. Earlier in the week, I got out on Lake of the Woods to film my final TV show of the season and we […]

I am Canadian. I’m not A Canadian or THE Canadian. I am Canadian, in the same way I am brown-eyed and right-handed. I am Canadian. I take great pride in this attribute; not in the sense that being Canadian makes me superior to any other, though it certainly makes me […]

The plane was quiet on the trip home from Toronto. The reality was setting in. The adrenalin that coursed through the veins of the district delegates for a day-and-a-half had dissolved. The delegation had made its case to transfer the Crossroute Forest away from Resolute. The two opposition parties, meanwhile, […]

Wow, here we are–November! This year certainly has slipped past (I think it’s because we always were waiting for better weather!) It was nice that Hallowe’en came and went with decent weather for the trick-or-treaters! Unfortunately, poor Marlee ended up missing all the Hallowe’en fun and spent the day in […]

This past week, Hallowe’en week no less, the Conservatives tabled a new monster 479-page omnibus budget bill. While it contains a few treats, the bill also is chock full of the same old tired tricks. It’s hard to complain that every single page of every single bill tabled by this […]