It is with great sadness that the family of Bruce Johnson Caldwell, 96, announces that he passed away peacefully at La Verendrye Hospital on Wednesday, August 3, 2022, with his wife Lois at his side. This great man, husband, father, friend, and mentor was born on April 24, 1926 in […]
Daniel Adam
Daniel Adam is a summer reporter/photographer from Winnipeg. A pair of Creative Communications job placements saw him working with the Jets and Blue Bombers. He has close ties to Emo where he lives during the summer.
The path to royalty isn’t all work and no play for the Emo Fair Queen contestants. Throughout the summer, contestants Addison Brown, Valentina Busch, Mckenna Mc-Tavish and Mickenna Ryll have been engaging in an active-living challenge, to bike, walk, swim, paddle or play their way through two kilometres per day, […]
Farmers and friends from across the District joined in on last Thursday’s Soil & Crop Tour, beginning with John and Jacob Gerber’s potatoes near Fort Frances, and moving west as far as Timo Brielmann’s. Other stops included Micha Gerber’s corn, Mark Husser’s grain corn, and Jeff Pollard’s cover crops/alternative feed. […]
By Robin McCormick
Devlin Correspondent
Devlin Correspondent
United Church Minister Reverend Frances Flook will tell you that her favourite Bible scripture is 1 Corinthians 13: “Love is patient and love is kind.” She has been a beloved part of the communities of Emo and Devlin for 25 years but is about to embark on a new adventure. […]
By Daniel Adam
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Carina Mack facilitates equine-assisted learning at Freedom Center Life Skills just outside Emo. This summer, she’s received two groups of kids aged 7-12 from the United Native Friendship Centre (UNFC). The groups visit once a week, on Tuesday and Thursday mornings respectively for about an hour. There, kids get to […]
By Daniel Adam
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Fort Frances resident Ryan Daw does precision laser engraving on surfaces like tile, wood, or metal. He says he has about 45 pieces of work on display at the Fine Line Art Gallery. “People like to think of me as an artist, I like to think of myself as more […]
By Daniel Adam
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Staff Writer
dadam@fortfrances.com
Julie Lutz’s mother, Edith Renberg, died in 1985. Lutz is now making sure her mom’s legacy of sculpting and painting is remembered by submitting some of her creations to the Fine Line Art Gallery. “She’d be pleased to know her work is on display,” said Lutz. Lutz says Renberg was […]
Staff
It’s no secret that rural communities in northern Ontario are struggling to find healthcare workers. Thunder Bay–Rainy River MP Marcus Powlowski says he is planning on making recommendations to the federal government to “immediately address the doctor shortages plaguing rural northwestern Ontario and other parts of the country.” Powlowski, who […]
Staff
The Tbaytel for Good Community Fund provides financial support to schools, community groups, not-for-profit organizations, and charities whose activities match Tbaytel’s own priorities. As a part of the fund, Tbaytel announced Monday that it will again award three $10,000 grants this year. “We’re so excited to see what amazing ideas […]
Staff
An estimated total of $150.2 million in provincial funding is going toward bringing high-speed Internet to the Rainy River District and surrounding area. As part of the Ontario government’s recently-announced eight signed agreements, Greg Rickford, Kenora–Rainy River MPP announced signed agreements with two internet service providers Friday. A press release […]
Anxiety can be a living breathing organism moving through our body as if skateboarding in our veins, not afraid of collisions or falls, not concerned with injury it may bring to its host. Anxiety and I are well acquainted, are on a first name basis. I wish that weren’t so. […]
Elections bring the opportunity to reinvigorate the community. They bring ideas forward to create new strength in a community to attract new citizens, new businesses, and recognize new opportunities. It is time for a new generation to step forward and begin taking the reins to direct the future of Fort […]
