It is with profound sadness that our family announces the passing of Annie Grabowski, 90, wife of the late Edward Grabowski, on Monday, December 2nd, 2013 at Riverside Health Care Facility in Fort Frances, ON. She will be lovingly remembered and greatly missed by her son Ron and wife Diane […]
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Mr. David Lerman passed away Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013 at the age 102 after a brief illness. He was born Nov. 27, 1911 in Winnipeg, Man. from immigrant parents Rebecca and Gedali Lerman, who predeceased him. He was predeceased by his three brothers, Morris, Max, and Alex, and one sister, […]
Katherine Buffington, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. Funeral services will be held Monday, Dec. 9, 2013 at 2 p.m. at Knox United Church in Fort Frances. A complete obituary to follow.
David Lerman, 102, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013 at 11 a.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances. In memoriam donations may be made to the Rainycrest Auxilary, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., […]
It is with great sadness in their hearts that the family of Dennis “Spig” Perreault announces his passing on Monday, Nov. 25, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Dennis was born Feb. 13, 1946 to George and Teresa Perreault. On Nov. 5, 1966, Dennis married his […]
The town is taking a proactive approach to our current economic woes by hiring Twist Marketing of Calgary to help establish a unified brand across Fort Frances. Notwithstanding that it is almost 2014 and we’re only now getting around to finding a “brand,” any effort to move our community forward […]
Dear editor: In response to the so-called victorious win of our township council in getting the provincial government to “allow” us, the ratepayers and residents of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, to pick up the financial losses of Caliper Lake Provincial Park for the foreseeable future. The council voted to run this […]
Do you fist bump or shake someone’s hand when you meet them. In sports, you often see players bumping each other’s hands with a closed fist on a successful play or goal. They are not getting ready to fight. Michelle and Barack Obama bumped fists in Minneapolis and now regularly […]
It’s November. And where I am (which is not where you are, I realize), it is warm and quiet outside. The leaves, for the most part, have fallen from the trees and are resting on the forest floor while transforming themselves into something else. The leaves in October have a […]
I don’t know what it is lately but I’m craving an old-fashioned life. Maybe it’s the rabbit race and pace of working so much in order to make ends meet that is the red flag for me. Perhaps it’s the impending materialistic-driven holiday season, and my sense of not wanting […]
On Nov. 19, I introduced Bill 132, an amendment to the Energy Consumer Protection Act, which would ban private, fixed-rate electricity contracts for residential customers. This bill, which now has passed second reading, was the culmination of years of work, both as a constituency assistant and as your MPP. We […]
My fishing buddies, Jamie Bruce and Sean McAughey, are about as hard-core as it gets for getting out on the water or on the ice. They don’t let weather conditions stop them and every free day they have, they find someplace to wet a line. In fact, they’ve been on […]
