Dave Ogilvie The first-annual ‘Stuff a Cruiser” campaign locally, an event created to help area charities and food banks meet the needs of the less fortunate during the holiday season, will be collecting items in Emo this week. There’s going to be a police vehicle parked at Cloverleaf Grocery this […]
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Dave Ogilvie In these days of corporate collapses and bank failures, it is the small home-grown businesses that successfully are finding their niche in the local economy of many Canadian towns. Such is the case for “Injunuity,” a family-run business that made a big impact during Emo’s annual “Holly Daze” […]
Robin McCormick The Emo Ministerial Association presents “A Simple Christmas”—a time to hear the Christmas story and sing some favourite carols—this Sunday at 3 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. A free-will offering will be collected, with the funds to be split between Tyler Romyn and Mathew Beacham. • • • […]
Dan Falloon To the uninitiated, martial arts may give off an air of being the same sport passed down from generation to generation. But it’s not always that way. The local Fort Frances Wado Kai Club places a strong emphasis on constant evolution and lifelong learning, according to Sensei Chris […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers certainly conquered the first half of the SIJHL season—emerging atop the six-team loop at the midway point. Granted, the expansion Wisconsin Wilderness are just a point behind with two games in hand, but the local Junior ‘A’ squad still is a force to be […]
Dan Falloon Fort Frances Aquanaut Adam Stromberg had a solid showing at the annual Prairie Winter Invitational in Winnipeg over the weekend, notching a gold medal for the local swim club. The 12-year-old’s golden showing came in the 50m free, which he won in a time of 28.74 seconds. Stromberg […]
Staff Set to face Thistles in Kenora After practising for the last two months, the Fort Frances Thunderhawks are looking forward to their first game action when they visit the Kenora Thistles on Friday night. The Thistles opened the season with a 3-0 win over Manitoba’s Southeast Prairie Thunder back […]
Staff The Border Skate Club needs help to get four-time world champion Kurt Browning to visit here. The local club has entered the “Show It Off For Skate Canada” contest, in which entrants must use Skate Canada’s new logo in a creative fashion. The grand prize is a one-day skating […]
Press Release The Fort Frances Snipers edged the Kenora Thistles 2-1 on Saturday at the Memorial Sports Centre. Ian Tookenay, with a short-handed marker in the first period, and Jon Busch, with a power-play goal in the third, scored for the local Atom ‘AA’ squad. Matthew Booth earned the win […]
Staff A local contingent of youth bowlers proved to be successful at the provincial round of the Northern Ontario Youth Challenge in Sturgeon Falls (near North Bay) over the weekend. The Sunset Country boys’ squad ended up winning the competition, racking up 23 points to narrowly edge out Gold Belt […]
Staff It was a bit of a reversal for the Muskie junior boys’ basketball team at their home tournament over the weekend. After romping their way to gold last year, the black-and-gold—hit by a plethora of promotions to the senior squad—finished winless this time around. In their first action of […]
Dan Falloon The Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team already is on track—and the NorWOSSA season hasn’t even started yet. Head coach Jason Cain is thrilled with how his squad is looking in practice so far this year. The black-and-gold have a solid foundation to work with as the seven returning […]
