Lucas Punkari As another racing season was drawing to a close at the Emo Speedway on Saturday evening, most drivers were already looking forward to getting things ready for the 2012 campaign. Though in the case of Street Stock driver Ron Westover, this season was coming to a close quicker […]
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Heather Latter Carlee Jack showed off some of the tomato plants growing in her plot of the community garden last week. Located on Lillie Avenue between Fifth Street and Sixth Street West, the garden has been growing steadily for the past few months with a variety of different plants and […]
Heather Latter Environmental and Facilities superintendent Doug Herr displayed one of the reusable bags given out to customers at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market on Saturday. The promotion by the Town of Fort Frances was called “Saving Our Planet One Bag at a Time.”
Duane Hicks Members of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care special events committee got into the New Orleans’ spirit with masks Monday, as they put together baskets for the upcoming “Mardi Gras” fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 1. The baskets will be prizes for the penny table and silent auction at […]
Lucas Punkari Bryan Gustafson, left, and Darrin Bohonis held up part of their 17.09-pound catch that they reeled in on Sunday during the “Bassin’ for Bucks” event in Sioux Narrows. The pair had a three-day total of 55.91 pounds to capture their first event title.
If I had to choose one month of the 12 to be my favourite, September would be my choice. September seems the most likely candidate, I suppose, so maybe there is no contest. If you run through the months, the obvious ones are eliminated. January because it’s so long and […]
Maybe it was the recent solar flare that messed up the earth’s magnetic field and caused my neck of the woods to suddenly attract wildlife, or maybe it’s just that, yes, I live in the country and this is what happens in the boonies. Or perhaps the Universal Plan was […]
The provincial election is now almost one week old. It is admirable that we have three strong candidates in the riding each hailing from a different urban centre of the riding. I look at Anthony Leek who hails from Emo and Sarah Campbell who lives in Oxdrift as candidates from […]
Books and I have had a special lifelong relationship. And I still treasure my first “readers.” As a little girl of four, I loved “The New Winston Primer” especially the first story I learned to read—“The Rabbits.” There was Peter Rabbit, Mother Rabbit and Baby Rabbit. And they went into […]
We have now passed the 10th anniversary of 9/11. Little did Canadians realize that the event would continue to have an impact on their lives over the next decade. It wasn’t the attack on the World Trade centre building that was going to cause damage. It was the attack on […]
Press Release The Rainy River District OPP Detachment is seeking the assistance of the public in locating Dallis Bluebird, age 37 of Fort Frances. He is described as a First Nation male, approximately 6 feet tall, medium length dark hair, weighing 200 lbs. with a thin build. He was last […]
This week I’m away on naval training with the Canadian Forces. It’s a program offered to parliamentarians to help us better understand what our men and women in uniform do on a day-to-day basis by joining them on the job. I will fill you in on that experience later, but […]
