VELDHUISEN–Born to Joel and Kaitlyn, nee Ferris, of Emo, Ontario, a girl, Rhyan Jenelle, weighing 8 lbs. 12 oz. on September 19, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.
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It is with great sorrow that the family of Margaret Mary McPherson announces her passing, with family by her side, on Friday Sept. 27, 2013 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. Visitation will be held Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013 at 7 p.m. at Green Funeral Home […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Iris Melville, of Fort Frances, Ont., announces her passing on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances.
A year ago, I wrote a column about the Rendez-Vous Yacht Club’s annual fall cruise and ended it with “Hurry up Spring, 2013 so we can go sailing again.” Here I am, fresh off the lake from the 2013 fall cruise and dumbfounded by the rushing river of time that […]
It is looking to be a busy week across the district! A cattle sale is set for this Saturday at the Stratton sales barn, which means many producers are trying to round up cattle a little closer to home and sort out which will stay and which will go! We […]
The second-last Sunset Country bass tournament of the year took place last weekend at Shoal Lake as 37 teams participated in the annual Last Chance Bass Classic. Shoal Lake is one of the best bass fisheries we have in Northwestern Ontario because of its clear water and relative remoteness. My […]
The SIJHL regular season left the starting blocks last Friday night, with the Fort Frances Lakers leading the charge. The Lakers earned a split of their opening two-game homestand—losing 4-3 to the Thunder Bay North Stars on Friday before dumping the expansion English River Miners 12-2 on Saturday. While it […]
This past week, I was happy to accept two new responsibilities in Ottawa. Following the New Democrat caucus retreat last week, I was asked by NDP leader Tom Mulcair to serve as our critic for forestry and to sit as a member of the Veterans Affairs committee. It has been […]
Occasionally there are questions about whether soil sample values can change depending on the weather in a given year, or the time of year the sample was taken. There is no easy answer. Soil test values do vary over time. But for most soil tests, the variation is relatively small […]
There aren’t many perfect people in the world, if any. We all seem to have our faults. But in my lifetime, I’ve had the privilege to have close connections to a few “near perfect” people. The first one was my father, Nicholas Gingerich. My father wasn’t rich or well-educated, but […]
