Lucas Punkari With his time in the OHL having come to an end last Monday night, it’s just starting to sink in for Emo native Luke Judson that he won’t be suiting up for the Belleville Bulls again after spending the last five seasons with the team. “There’s a whole […]
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Duane Hicks Angela Huang got a good look at a “korovai,” a traditional Ukrainian wedding bread, last Thursday during a reception for the “Ukrainian Connection” exhibit at the Fort Frances Museum. The museum was very busy as people came through the doors to check out the exhibit, enjoy refreshments, and […]
Heather Latter J.W. Walker students Chris Silver and Brett Hahkala explained their “Hurry Hard” science project to judge Hope Mosbeck there on Thursday. The pair placed second in the intermediate division, moving them on to the regional science fair taking place at Robert Moore School on April 21. Also headed […]
Heather Latter Emily Gerber stocked shelves full of spring flowers from Lowey’s Greenhouse and Market Gardens during the Easter Market at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market building on McIrvine Road here last Thursday afternoon. The market ran again Saturday, with many vendors on hand selling their wares.
Lucas Punkari Wilderness captain Andrew Anderson stuck his stick out at the last possible moment to prevent Fort Frances Lakers’ forward Adam Wensley from getting a shot on Tanner Milliron during the late stages of Wisconsin’s 1-0 win here Monday night in Game 6 of the SIJHL final.
Word that town council is disbanding two committees due to lack of public interest is troubling news, indeed. Despite several calls for residents to fill vacancies on the Children’s Complex and Recreation Advisory committees, no applications came forward and the town was left with little choice but to dissolve them. […]
Auditor General Michael Ferguson tabled a scathing report in Parliament last week that said the Harper Conservatives did not conduct an open and fair selection process for replacing the aging CF-18 fighters. It also noted the government did not know how much the new F-35 would cost when it was […]
There is some thought today that computers, smartphones, iPods, and iPads have isolated people who seldom talk with each other any more. There are now more cellphones in the world than there have ever been landlines. In some households, the landlines have disappeared and all that remains are the cellphones […]
Last week, our region’s tourism industry was blindsided by news that the three provincially-funded tourist information centres in our region would close permanently this spring. This decision is unacceptable, misguided, and needs to be reversed immediately—and I am fully committed to fighting this decision using all means necessary. The Ministry […]
On Saturday, my college kid and I filled 126 plastic eggs with goodies and hid them outside in the farmyard. The little peppers and their moms, along with my parents, were expected for Easter dinner that night and the first-annual “Granny’s Easter Egg Hunt.” Easter this year was an extra […]
Spring is such a wonderful time of the year! As I write, the birds are warbling, the sun is shining, a stray crow is cawing, the trees are greening, the doors are open, and my back door flower garden is aglow with color–pink hyacinths, yellow pansies, purple phlox, and bright […]
By Melanie MathiesonThe Gardening Guru
