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 […]
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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 […]
Ruth Margaret Rogoza, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. Funeral arrangements are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
With heavy hearts, the family of Olaf John Mosley announces his passing on Monday, July 28, 2014 with his family by his side. Olaf (Butch) was born to Guro (Uttigar) and Ole Mosley on Feb. 24, 1925 in Fort Frances, Ont. The fourth child of five born to Norweigan immigrants, […]
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 […]
The first time I saw the prairie, I was struck by the vastness. It went on and on and on. My husband-to-be had taken me to his home province of Saskatchewan to meet his parents. On the way, he stopped at some farmland he owned to check the crops. He […]
Well, last week was ruined by the crazy amounts of rain that fell across the district late Monday night. We had 2.5 inches, which left windrows of hay in standing water, while my west-end friends saw five inches of rain and fields that looked like lakes. The water is not […]
I’ve become a “sleep geek.” In fact, most of the time I get enough good sleep (seven-eight hours most nights) that I can wake up on my own at a predetermined hour without an alarm clock going off first. Of course, that is if I’m not stirred from my biorhythmic […]
Volunteers help make the world go around. And as we examine all the activities that take place in a year across Rainy River District, it would be difficult to measure the value volunteers contribute to the economy. One only has to follow the Fort Frances or Emo minor hockey programs […]
I said good-bye to my pony last week—a task I had been procrastinating about for months, maybe even a year. Just a few weeks ago, we were commenting on Forewarned’s rotund belly and sleek coat, and wondering if he might be able to do another winter (because winters are very […]
