It is with great sadness that the family of Winona Eloise Barker announces her passing on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born May 1, 1936 in Burriss, Ont. She was adopted by Heman and Hestor Lennox, growing up in Burriss. On […]
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John Handberg, 68, of Nickle Lake passed away Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances. A complete obituary will follow.
John Bueckert, 54, joined his brothers, David and Pete, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014. His finals days were spent surrounded by family and friends. John’s life might seem short to some but the quality of existence that was so important to John far exceeds the quantity of time one lives. […]
Elda (Ilda) Kennedy (nee Lind) passed away Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 at her home at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born Sept. 18, 1922 in Rainy River, Ont. She was married to Edwin Kennedy in 1943 and became the mother of six stepchildren, Alan Kennedy, Vivian […]
John Handberg, 68, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Funeral services are pending and a complete obituary will follow.
Growth is important. My son was 19-and-a-half inches long when he was born—a very appropriate size for a newborn. But he had to grow! He grew to be six feet tall. Then he stopped growing and that was good! What if he had gone on–seven feet, eight feet, nine feet. […]
Funny how minus-20 and minus-25 feels warm compared to minus-40 and minus-50! No complaints but I will take some warmer days and nights! I notice the cows mostly sleep on warmer nights. But when it was cold, they seemed to be up eating—trying to stay warm and likely keep their […]
The Stupor Bowl—that pretty well wraps it up. There were some entertaining commercials, enthusiastic fans, and even a decent half-time show—sans a costume malfunction. The colour commentary, as usual, was pretty inane. Too bad there wasn’t a football game to go with it all. Like most, I was mystified at […]
This past week, the Ontario Liberal government announced it intends to raise the minimum wage to $11 an hour. The raise, if passed, would see an increase in the minimum wage by 75 cents and would be the first the province has seen since 2010. It also would ensure future […]
Give a child a mountain of dirt or snow and a group of children can be amused for months. In climbing to the top of a dirt pile, the only one disappointed is the washerwoman who has to clean ground-in dirt. When climbing to the top of snow piles, even […]
I’m not a fan of winter. I suppose I was an enthusiast at one time, when building snow forts was obligatory, throwing snowballs unavoidable, and careening down the hill on a long wooden toboggan or aluminum flying saucer was requisite—all part of the natural rights and privileges of childhood. But […]
This week past was a tough one. On Friday, the Veterans Affairs office in Thunder Bay closed its doors for the final time. It was an undignified slap-in-the-face to local veterans and those across the country. Over the past year, NDP MPs joined with the Public Service Alliance of Canada […]
