Lucas Punkari Any coach will tell you that you need to play a game from the start right until the final whistle. That’s the message Muskie girls’ soccer head coach Sarah Noonan relayed to her troops heading into today’s NorWOSSA matches in Kenora after the black-and-gold played the Kenora Broncos […]
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Lucas Punkari With the grandstands now clean, the frontstretch wall painted, and the 3/8-mile dirt oval starting to resemble an actual racing surface, all that’s left to do at the Emo Speedway is for the drivers to start turning laps. Local drivers will get such a chance this Saturday afternoon […]
Dave Ogilvie The Rainy River District Women’s Institute is hosting its annual “Spring Tea” on Friday, May 20 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Knox United Church in Emo. There will be soup, sandwiches, desserts, and coffee/tea, as well as bake tables and a door prize. Admission is $7, with proceeds […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo The pasture season will be upon us shortly. With commodity prices at some of the highest levels we have seen, it is important to realize the full opportunity for your livestock enterprise in these times. What steps have you taken to maximize your pasture […]
Zoey Duncan Kristina Robertson’s chilling performance in Daniel MacIvor’s one-woman play, “See Bob Run,” sent shivers down the spines of those attending the annual “highlights concert” for the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts on Sunday evening at the Townshend Theatre. Robertson later was presented with the Jean […]
Jack Elliott Charles and Carol Fernandes of Elliott Lake, Ont. completed their long walk of Yonge St. on Sunday when they arrived in Rainy River.
Heather Latter Kaya Hammond aimed a miniature crossbow at the target as she tried out one of the children’s activities at the annual Gun and Hobby Show held Saturday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. The event drew at least 500 people, not including the many youngsters who attended, as […]
Lucas Punkari Muskie keeper Nicole Horn held onto the ball as a Kenora Bronco came in from behind during NorWOSSA play here last Wednesday. Both teams were unable to find the back of the net in playing to a 0-0 draw.
Can you imagine a Canada Day without a parade, activities out at Pither’s Point Park, and a fireworks display to culminate the festivities? Fortunately, a group of local residents cannot. They’ve come together in the hope that Canada Day celebrations don’t go the way of the dodo bird here in […]
We opened the cabin last weekend. It had been almost seven months since we left the dock for the last time in 2010. Our hearts were heavy. It was a generous warm fall day and the boat was packed with all the leftover staples from the summer. On Friday evening, […]
“Weeds!” The cry rings out as the relentless wave of yellow washes from fence-row to fence-row. The “lawn-keepers” are out in full force, armed with hand trowels and herbicides. I expect to see them dressed in army fatigues sporting this year’s model of the gas mask. “Another one!” I hear […]
Christopher Robin Atatise was born Feb. 2, 1982 in Fort Frances, Ont. He was raised in Lac La Croix First Nation, and lived in Fort Frances as a young man. He was the eldest son of Phyllis and Richard Pierson. Christopher had an outgoing and friendly personality, and a great […]
