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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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 […]
The 20th-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship took place this past weekend on Rainy Lake. It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the tournament started thanks to a group of people in Fort Frances who saw the great smallmouth fishery that exists on Rainy Lake and made it […]
Last week, Canada’s economy was downgraded by the International Monetary Fund, new statistics showed the widespread pain of those who recently have lost their jobs, and the Harper government continued to embarrass us internationally by reneging on a deal to help a country in desperate need. Both the Bank of […]
Kathryn (Kathy) Marjorie Beauchene (nee Advent) passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Monday July 28, 2014 following a lengthy illness. She was born May 6, 1960 to John and Marjorie Advent in Fort Frances, Ont. She attended Morley Central, Barwick, Riverview, and Fort Frances High Schools. She worked […]
It is with profound sorrow that I announce the passing of my daughter, Dee-Anne Kielczewski, 57, of Thunder Bay, Ont., on July 21, 2014. Dee passed away after struggling for eight months with lung cancer. Dee-Anne was born June 19, 1957 in Fort Frances, Ont., the first-born to Bev Dawkins […]
It is with deep sadness that Leslie Janice Armit’s family announces her peaceful passing, with loved ones by her side, on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. She was born March 31, 1944 in Fort Frances, Ont. to the late Roy and […]
Melvin Charles Enge, known as Merlin to family, passed on peacefully to his eternal reward on Wednesday, July 16, 2014. He was born Dec. 20, 1925 in Winnipeg, Man. but moved with his mother, Clara Dimit, and grandparents to Rainy River District at an early age. Working around Pinewood, Ont. […]
