Submitted Donald Young School students in Emo rehearsed a scene from their upcoming musical production, “Aladdin,” which will be presented there May 9-11. Admission is $10 for adults and $6 for seniors and students, with tickets being sold at the door.
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Lucas Punkari Amy Penner fought for the ball with a member of the Rainy River Owls here last Tuesday afternoon as the Muskie girls’ soccer team battled to a 4-0 win in the exhibition tilt.
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo A lot of herds are finished calving and it is now time to think about re-breeding the herd. What breed should you use, when should the bull be put in with the herd, how many, and what age should the bulls be? Many producers […]
Last week, I joined my caucus colleagues in making the decision not to defeat the Liberal government over the 2012 budget. It was a difficult decision to make, but I firmly believe we made the right decision. After reviewing the hundreds of responses to my budget survey, dozens of letters, […]
It was another eventful week in Ottawa, with more misspending our tax dollars, the prime minister backtracking on his promise to end Canada’s military commitment in Afghanistan by 2014, and a floor crossing to boot. Yet another example of Conservative incompetence and mismanagement came to light this past week stemming […]
Don Cumming received a very special award from the Canadian Community Newspapers Association last Thursday evening at the Royal York Hotel. He was the recipient of the “Gold Quill” Award, which is bestowed upon individuals who have worked within the newspaper years for 50 years and have been involved in […]
Since the season is closed for everybody’s favourite fish for a few more weeks, other less popular species get a little more pressure than they might throughout the rest of the open-water season. Until the third Saturday in May when we can all start chasing walleyes again, lake trout, pike, […]
It’s not very often you get the chance to talk with someone who was a member of a championship squad from 60 years ago, let alone from the most celebrated team in Fort Frances hockey history. So when I found out that former Fort Frances Canadians’ blueliner, and 1952 Allan […]
Dear Mike: The Celebrating Diversity committee here has been doing a fantastic job presenting the “Respect” campaign around town, informing our community of the importance of respect. Some of the directors here at Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. had an opportunity to receive this free presentation and we found it […]
Dear editor: There is an old story about a wagon full of hay getting stuck in the Holland Tunnel. Everyone from the mayor to the townspeople stood around watching while the engineers and planners discussed how to dislodge the wagon wedged quite firmly in the tunnel. After many hours of […]
Dear editor: I would like to respond to David M. Bourgeault’s letter, “Ditch the hype,” from the April 18, 2012 edition of the Times. David asserted that I was exaggerating the effect, or cost, to individuals under age 54 from the OAS changes announced by the Harper Conservatives. I deny […]
Eric Ernest Brandrick, 91, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 29, 2012. Eric was born Jan. 4, 1921 in Duck Lake, Sask. to Ivan and Sarah Brandrick. In the spring of 1928, his parents moved the family to Rainy River District, settling in Burriss, Ont., where […]
