Dan Falloon There will be some horsing around at the Emo Fairgrounds this weekend as the Borderland Quarter Horse Association will hold its annual show this Friday through Sunday. Action will begin early, commencing at 9 a.m. on both Friday and Saturday and kicking off at 8 a.m. on Sunday, […]
fftimes
Dan Falloon It’s just a scheduling quirk, but either the second or third-place team from the Rainy River District Fastball League will suffer defeat in only the second playoff game for both teams. The Fort Frances-based Sight & Sound Wolves, who finished the regular season in third place, will visit […]
Press Release After a five-year hiatus, the Winnipeg Super Trucks are returning to the Emo Speedway by popular demand! Back in 2005, fans were thrilled and dazzled by three-wide racing and a feature event that had everyone on their feet cheering. On Saturday, Aug. 7, the action returns to the […]
Bryce Forbes Eight-year-old Mackenzie Azevedo enjoyed her time spraying down fellow kids at the new Emo Spray Park yesterday. Although the spray park has been open since July 25, yesterday marked the official grand opening, complete with a barbecue and speeches from dignitaries like local MPP Howard Hampton.
Peggy Revell John Rowsell, head of research at the New Liskeard Agricultural Research Station, explained what sort of results and data researchers are collecting at one of the trial plots during during last Wednesday’s open house at the Emo Agricultural Research Station. Those who turned out for the evening were […]
Dan Falloon The crew of Peter Engberg’s “Wing-n-it” adjusted to the angle that the boat took while making a turn during the Rendezvous Yacht Club’s Wednesday night racing action last week. Jack Bartlett’s “Mad Hatter” won the race, comprised of six boats and John LePine’s sailboard.
When a Wal-Mart looks at locating into a community such as Fort Frances, they go to a market research company that uses Stats Canada data that is compiled from the census, among other sources. The market research company will develop the full demographic breakdown of the community—age, sex, income levels, […]
As long as I can remember, I’ve tried to do two or three things at a time. Watching television and writing checks. Mopping the floor then stopping to file papers. Entering data in my Quicken accounts, but stopping to make a social telephone call. Sitting down to read a book […]
Well, I think most of my broken stuff is fixed! I said “most” cause as I was trying to get my lawn cut yesterday I blew a tire. It was the second tire of the day cause a tire blew when hauling a load of hay as well. It has […]
The gene pool have been visiting in force these past weeks. The questions and methods of weaseling desires out of the grandparents are sophisticated enough to put most espionage agencies to shame. For example: “Lala, how come you don’t have a cat or a dog?” asked ‘She who we cannot […]
Eating a third, frozen chocolate chip cookie from a Ziplock baggie in the freezer did not help me decide what to write about this week. But it did convince me that my diet vows are, at times, pointless drivel—particularly the one I made last night in front of my daughter […]
My birthday announcement appeared in last Wednesday’s paper. It noted that I wasn’t acting my age. I like to fish, and my partner, John Maffei, and I had a ball roaring across the lake in his bass boat with the throttle pushed all the way down and the motor guzzling […]
