BOB–Born to Meghan Bob, of Fort Frances, Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation, Ontario, a boy, Quillan James, weighing 8 lbs. 14 oz. on June 18, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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Sadly, the family announces the sudden passing of June Gail Whalen, of Fort Frances, Ont., on Thursday, July 3, 2014 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances at the age of 58. A celebration of June’s life will be held Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 11 a.m. at the Northridge […]
Pauline Ann Grandaw, 84, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Monday morning, June 30, 2014. She was born Jan. 22, 1930, in Chicago, Ill. to Ward and Katherine Zeipen. Pauline graduated from St. Francis de Sales High School in 1947. She worked as a secretary for 12 years before moving […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear father and loving husband, Louis Decaire, of Fort Frances, Ont., on Wednesday, June 25, 2014. He was born July 27, 1927 in St. Boniface, Man. Louis worked for Boise Cascade as a papermaker and retired in September, […]
This week, I would like to offer a bit of a recap of the spring session of Parliament that’s now behind us. New Democrats held the Conservative government of Stephen Harper to account for the weak economic growth we are experiencing in Canada, some bad policies that targeted the most […]
I guess I will continue to complain about the weather. I’m actually getting very concerned about it. The weather not only is wreaking havoc on many homes, cabins, and businesses but it is becoming a very serious condition for our farmers. There currently are a lot of unseeded acres, which […]
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 […]
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.
