Duane Hicks Are you the type to save a life? District residents once again are being encouraged to give the “gift of life” here next month when Canadian Blood Services (CBS) holds its annual fall blood donor clinic at Fort Frances High School. The two-day clinic will run Wednesday, Sept. […]
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Press Release The second-annual Northwest Response Forum will be held Sept. 28-30 in Dryden. This three-day forum also will provide the venue for dialogue, networking, and exploration of partnerships to develop a local and regional disaster management plan. This conference will provide opportunities for anyone involved with, or interested in, […]
Robin McCormick It’s likely everyone’s worse fear that their child, grandchild, or any child goes missing. At the Emo Fair this year, the Masons’ Manitou Lodge (Emo), Ionic Lodge (Rainy River), and Granite Lodge (Fort Frances) are offering a free child identification program that can aid in the finding of […]
Dave Ogilvie Murray and R.J. McDonald have been selected as one of the two finalists in a Canadian Cattlemen’s Association’s contest, “Cattle Showcase,” which celebrates the generations working together on the farm! They now need everyone to help them become the winners of this exciting contest. The winning family receives […]
Bob Oak It all started when Lyle Bush and I went to a stock car race in Florida in November, 1949 that was held on a quarter-mile track in a huge, shallow gravel pit. Because of space limitations, the pits were in the centre of the track and that worked […]
Anthony Leek Isolated showers were all over the region Saturday as the Emo Speedway prepared for another weekend of stock car racing in the three classes of WISSOTA Modifieds, WISSOTA Midwest Modifieds, and Street Stocks. A light rain hit the track shortly after 6:30 p.m. and stuck around until 7:15. […]
Dan Falloon Sponsors’ logos are commonplace in the world of auto racing. But one logo displayed by Jamie Davis’ car at the Emo Speedway this weekend won’t be of a sponsor. Rather, it will be the other way around. Davis’ car will bear the logo of the Riverside Foundation for […]
Staff Rob Gavel proved that silver can turn to gold after all. Gavel finished second in each of his runs in the youth class (age 14-24) at the Emo Motocross event Saturday, but his 44 total points were good enough to nab the gold medal when all was said and […]
Staff It’s already that time of year again to get all those budding Sidney Crosbys and Hayley Wickenheisers signed up for the 2010-11 minor hockey season. The Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association will hold registration for all leagues on Monday, Aug. 30 and Tuesday, Aug. 31 from 6-10 p.m. at […]
A long week-and-a-half of hockey has come to an end for me. A good experience, I believe, for all was had at the HNO U-16 POE tournament. It saw six teams from the Ontario branches that fall under Hockey Canada bring their top 1995-born players to showcase them for the […]
Peggy Revell Toy lending libraries services provided by “Best Start” hubs across Rainy River District will cease to exist as of September. This change comes two years after the Ministry of Children and Youth Services re-did the service contract for “Best Start” hubs—and toy lending libraries were excluded from this, […]
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It’s probably not too hard to figure out who Fort Frances’ strongest man is. There’s a new sheriff of strong in town after Luke Skaarup, originally from near Nolalu (about 50 km southwest of Thunder Bay) moved here last month from Cambridge, Ont. to become a regional manager for Union […]
