Dave Ogilvie Next Friday (June 19) will mark the first “barn” concert of the year. Cornell Farms, which hosts several concerts a summer, is located just 10 minutes west of Fort Frances (on La Vallee Road North one mile north of Highway 11/71. The opening concert, organized by Katherine Williams […]
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Robin McCormick The Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary will host its annual “Strawberry Social” this Friday (June 12) from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the hospital cafeteria. Admission is $3. As always, there will be draws to add to the excitement. Everyone is encouraged to come out and enjoy the afternoon. The […]
Staff A Thunder Bay woman was seriously injured Friday evening when the vehicle she was driving struck a moose, left the roadway, and hit a large rock in the ditch on Highway 11 about 60 km west of Shabaqua, Thunder Bay OPP reported Monday. The woman, 32, was flown to […]
Press Release A $100,000 donation to the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Foundation will touch more than 97,000 lives this year. The gift from Musselwhite Mine will support Emergency and Trauma services at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. “Trauma services are of critical importance, not only to our own […]
Tyson McLean The second meeting of the Emo Beef Club was held Monday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the agricultural research station. We recited the 4-H pledge, then began our meeting with Ross accepting the minutes as read (seconded by Riley). We then went over how to prevent and […]
Press Release Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty is demanding that Minister of Transport John Baird apologize to the people of his riding for callous remarks Baird made regarding the proposed TTC-Bombardier streetcar deal. Rafferty is calling on the government to reconsider its apparent rejection of federal funds for the […]
Dave Ogilvie It’s been a while since the last Country Club tour, but the “visit” to Sweden last Thursday (June 4) was worth the wait. Members of the Emo group were treated to a remarkable afternoon of information, stories, jokes, songs, and delicious food from Sweden. Roughly 50 seniors and […]
Press Release Emo resident and Queen’s University student Allison Williams was among three students to receive a $25,000 fellowship from TD Insurance Meloche Monnex during a ceremony Monday night at the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education annual conference in Hamilton. This marks the 11th year that TD Insurance […]
Dave Ogilvie A large group of friends and relatives gathered at the Emo Legion last Monday (June 1) to watch the 144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (Fort Frances) hold their annual inspection. On hand to review the corps was S/Sgt. Martin Steinbach of International Falls, Mn., who served with […]
Staff The new Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth Centre here has been sitting empty since an altercation there last Wednesday evening that left two staff members injured and two teens facing assault charges. But plans are underway to get the six youths back in the facility, as well as ensure a similar incident […]
Elisabeth Heslop If someone were to mention fermented barley and several inches of foam, the corresponding mental picture might be a golden pint with a towering white head. Try, instead, to picture a small creek flowing through Rainy River First Nations, with white foam floating amid expanding bubbles of gas […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie soccer program features team practice uniforms with the word “one” emblazoned on the front—stressing team over individual. That “one” word, however, stood in the way of the Muskie boys’ goal of advancing out of pool play at the OFSAA ‘AA’ showdown in Hamilton last week as […]
