The Emo community may not have been seated together, but they shared a meal all the same. Volunteers assembled 99 holiday meals for the annual community Christmas dinner at Knox United Church in Emo. Each dinner, complete with turkey, stuffing, and all the fixings, with dainties for dessert, were packed […]
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Dear editor, As a small business we’ve been providing lawn care & snow clearing services for the sister Kennedy centre since 2003. This past spring – during the pandemic lockdown- we were informed that the Town of Fort Frances had decided our lawn care services were no longer required (we […]
Fort Frances native James Fontana has added a creative historical account of local explorer Pierre Gaulthier de Varennes de La Vérendrye.
Natali Trivuncic
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
History has a way of creeping into our everyday lives, whether it is through the street names that we pass by every day or the parks that we grew up playing in. For author James Fontana, it was the name of a hospital that peaked his interest. While growing up, […]
Natali Trivuncic
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
Last year was difficult for many in the community with the COVID-19 pandemic taking most of the blame. Despite a turbulent year, the Mayor of Rainy River, Deb Ewald, said there are many exciting projects to look forward to in 2021. The greenhouse feasibility study is one that has been […]
Emo Mayor Harold McQuaker presented Eileen Bragg with the Emo Senior Citizen of the Year Award for her decades of community service. – Dave Ogilvie photo
Natali Trivuncic
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
Eileen Bragg has been awarded Emo Senior Citizen of the Year for her active volunteer work in the community. In her 81 years, Bragg has been an active member in the community, working as a minister and volunteering at the church when she could no longer do the service and […]
Natali Trivuncic
Staff Writer
Staff Writer
Like most of her community members, Deb Ewald wants to see the end of COVID. But if that’s not possible, she would at least like to have her citizens immunized. “I’d at least like the opportunity sooner than later for my citizens to be able to have the vaccine when […]
The Northwestern Health Unit will be holding an online COVID-19 Public Q&A session, with Medical officer of Health, Dr. Kit Young Hoon this Thursday, Jan. 7 at 1:00 p.m. Residents can pose their COVID-19 questions through a chat. The event will be held over Facebook Live, on the NWHU’s Facebook […]
It is with heavy hearts that we are announcing the passing of Virginia Lydia Cousineau, nee Terry. Mom was 93 and passed on December 26, 2020 in St. Joseph’s Hospice Unit, with her daughters by her side. She was born August 22, 1927 and raised in Fort Frances. Mom was […]
Dear editor, I can’t believe how irresponsible the NWHU is regarding the reluctance to let communities know where Covid is showing up. I have written letters previously to the editor of both the Chronicle Journal and the Fort Frances Times to no avail regarding this. The NWHU medical director, in […]
On Thursday, December 31, 2020 in her 71st year, Mersini Bastas passed away at the LaVerendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born on October 10, 1949 in Pamphila, Lesvos, Greece to Panagiotis and Triantafillo Manolakos. The Manolakos family immigrated to Canada when Mersini was a young teenager, […]
