Lucas Punkari With the opening games of the NorWOSSA regular season just two weeks away, the Muskie boys’ and girls’ soccer teams are getting a chance to show what they have in a number of pre-season exhibition matches. After hosting the Rainy River Owls yesterday afternoon, the boys will travel […]
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Lucas Punkari The Muskie badminton season came to an end last Wednesday at the NWOSSAA playoffs in Thunder Bay. With a berth at this year’s all-Ontario championships on the line, the boys’ doubles team of Bryson Skirten and Andre Emond finished fourth in the six-team round-robin with a 2-3 record. […]
Heather Latter Jerry Wu, a Fort Frances High School student and Emergency Medical Responder (EMR), had a chance to practise chest compressions on “METIman” at La Verendrye Hospital last week while local paramedic John Beaton assisted. The $58,000 simulator mannequin, which provides a realistic educational and training opportunity, is one […]
Heather Latter Sydney Anderson, right, and Iva-Jo Andy, Grade 1 students in Carla Harris’ class at St. Michael’s School here, decorated brown paper bags on Monday in conjunction with “Earth Day” (April 22) that will be used by customers at Einar’s Foods.
Dave Loney, left, representing the late Maurice MacMillan, along with Chapple Reeve Peter Van Heyst, Linda Hamilton (Ontario Trillium Foundation), Emo Mayor Vince Sheppard, Chapple Coun. Rilla Race, La Vallee Coun. Freeda Carmody, and librarian Shirley Sheppard took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday in front of the newly-renovated Emo […]
Lucas Punkari Erika Moffitt worked on her volleying skills last Thursday afternoon as she and the rest of the Muskie girls’ soccer team continued practising for the upcoming NorWOSSA season, which gets underway here May 9.
It appears local MP John Rafferty has seen the light. His reward? A position in the shadow cabinet of NDP leader Thomas Mulcair as the critic for the Northern Ontario Economic Development Initiative (better known as FedNor)—a key responsibility for our region given the recent Tory cuts to the program […]
Well, Mother Nature co-operated for part of Spring Fever Days in Emo! Friday was beautiful and it was nice to see our little town buzzing along. Unfortunately, the weather Saturday wasn’t so great and it certainly made it a long, hard day for the workers at the sales barn in […]
Leave it to me to make a mountain out of a molehill. I may be free of guilt trips and voyages to “regret-ville,” but I certainly haven’t conquered my anxiety when it comes to stepping outside my comfort zone and away from my neck of the woods. I had best […]
Sunday was Earth Day. I hadn’t paid much attention to the day until I watched the news on CBC that evening and saw the parades and people working to cleaning up waterways and parks across Canada. People also planted trees along roadways and replaced fallen trees in parks. In my […]
Local business is the backbone of our community yet sometimes we forget the significant impact our purchasing decisions can have. By purchasing goods at local shops, farmers’ markets, and craft shows, or other items that have been produced in our region, we help keep jobs in our communities. This money […]
Even though Parliament wasn’t sitting, it was quite an eventful week in Ottawa with two new appointments for me and a shadow cabinet announcement by NDP leader Tom Mulcair. It was a great honour to learn that Tom has appointed me to be our caucus critic for the Northern Ontario […]
