When I was a little kid, I wanted to be an animal keeper when I grew up and have an animal farm. That was going to be my life’s work—taking care of animals. Maybe that dream was a spin-off of the “animal hospital” my mother always talked about. She said […]
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We are at the whim of the weather. Emergency planners across Rainy River District have gone to extreme lengths to protect property and infrastructure over these past two weeks. And as the water has risen, everyone is looking at the skies—wondering if the darkening clouds are the precursor to more […]
I used to work for a lawyer for a good many years, and aside from preparing wills and dealing with corporate paperwork, my job was administering the financial details of estates. And as such, I had regular dealings with financial institutions. As a result of these “regular dealings,” I had […]
Some people form their goals in their minds and never write them down. Others live happily without formulating clear-cut goals. And still others write their goals. Some even put goals on their bathroom mirror or write them on post-it notes on their computer screens. I easily could be called the […]
Now that the ark has been parked back in the garage, and the animals mostly have stopped travelling in pairs, local golf courses can get back to normal business. That’s good news out at Kitchen Creek, which has three major tournaments occurring in the next couple of weeks. The RBC […]
SANDELOVICH–Born to Tiffany Whalen and Jarid Sandelovich, of Fort Frances, Ontario, a boy, Liam James, weighing 7 lbs. 14 oz. on June 20, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
Dear editor: As a community member of Rainy River First Nation, I am still waiting for information on potential environmental impacts of the proposed Blackhawk mine on our lands of Rainy River First Nation. As most people are aware, we are located about 12 miles south of the proposed Blackhawk […]
John Makarchuk passed away Friday, June 27, 2014. John was born June 13, 1933 and raised in Fort Frances in Northwestern Ontario (God’s Country, according to him) and had many stories, both funny and sad, about life there. When he was 24, John ventured east to North Bay, Ont. for […]
Patricia Larson, born to John and Henrietta McCoy on March 13, 1971, passed away peacefully at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont., with family by her side, on Thursday, June 26, 2014. She married Lawrence (Lard) Larson on Aug. 2, 1996. Her loves were her nieces and […]
Adeline Gertrude (Gallant) McCormick was born Sept. 1, 1931 in Angusville, Man. to Frank and Bertha Gallant. Her life ended peacefully, with her family at her side, on Saturday, June 21, 2014 at the Atikokan General Hospital in Atikokan, Ont. after a short illness. Adeline completed her education in Angusville, […]
