Fort Frances Youth Soccer wrapped a season that was both significant and at times difficult on Saturday, but organizers didn’t catch any breaks on the last day of the year. “We lost our trophies! We don’t know where they are,” laughed vice president Tara Redford. “So our goal for next […]
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Representatives from Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. were on hand at the 20th annual Strawberry Social in Emo on Friday to honour the Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary. “Thanks to all members for the outstanding dedication to your local hospital and also to health care in the Rainy River District,” […]
With soccer being one of the fastest growing sports in Canada it should be no surprise that children in the community of Emo have been bitten by the soccer bug. In three short season’s the Emo soccer league has doubled in size and developed a first-class reputation. “It’s great to […]
Several local children traveled to Thunder Bay last weekend to join a hundred other young boys and girls aged five to nine from Northwestern Ontario at the Chevrolet Safe and Fun hockey festival. The festival, currently in its ninth year, rotates throughout the nation bringing in hundreds of hockey loving […]
Dear sir: Not being a politician, not ever having joined a political party, and most of all never having been in politics, I have to ask this question: Does anyone out there actually know what ‘political correctness’ is? I mean, if we were to take the lead by example from those […]
Dear editor, Celiac disease is becoming recognized in the district as a debilitating health problem including both children and adults. Celiac disease, now known to be hereditary, is caused by a gluten antigen in various grains, mostly wheat. Now the headline news today is a weight reduction prescription, used extensively […]
Dear sir: It is reported that Veteran Affairs Minister Greg Thompson has referred to a promise made by Prime Minister Stephen Harper as a “silly promise”. In a letter dated June 28, 2005, Harper said: “A Conservative government would immediately extend the Veterans Independence Program services to widows of all […]
To the editor: Can the people who took our mommy’s bike please bring it back. We ride our bikes to get ice cream and go to the park and to go swimming, now we can’t do anything fun. Mommy’s bike is mostly red, with black and white and silver. It […]
The announcement that a 12 bed youth detention centre was to be built in Fort Frances came as a surprise to most residents. The commitment by the Children and Youth Services Minister to build the facility is a welcome note. The communities of Fort Frances and Couchiching First Nation began […]
The Swedish Singers are coming to International Falls as part of their third U.S. tour. This outstanding 50-voice Lutheran youth choir will appear Monday, June 25 at 7 p.m. at the Evangelical Covenant Church. The choir is made up of high school- and college-age students coming from Hassleholm, a city […]
The Rainy River District Palliative Care Volunteers are pleased to inform you that we will be holding a Butterfly Release Service on Sunday, July 15, 2007 at the Legion Park in Fort Frances. The release of butterflies comes from an American Indian Legend that believes that if anyone desires a […]
NDP leader Howard Hampton said last week that though the McGuinty Liberals talk the big talk on co-generation and small-scale energy production, they have broken their promise—made two years ago—to hire a co-generation facilitator. Hampton was responding to an announcement made last week by Energy minister Dwight Duncan that the […]
