One of the traditional highlights of the annual Emo Fair each August is the 4-H market steer auction. And this year was no exception. Local 4-H beef club members invest a year of hard work and money to bring a calf to market weight in hopes they will recover their […]
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If there was any doubt as to who the king of the bush is in Rainy River District, those doubts were laid to rest Friday when Kelvin Caul of Devlin emerged on top of the annual loggers’ competition at the Emo Fair for the third-straight year. It also marked the […]
Reading is a valuable activity, whether it’s novels, magazines, comic books, or websites. That’s the message district teachers heard from keynote speaker David Booth during an annual professional development workshop at Fort Frances High School last week. Booth is professor emeritus in education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in […]
Premier Dalton McGuinty’s comments last week that the Ontario government will look into providing help for the forest industry is drawing cautious optimism from local politicians and industry stakeholders. “We’re definitely encouraged by the comments. This recognizes that there is a crisis in Ontario’s forest industry,” said Mark Holmes, manager […]
Delegates from Fort Frances got a chance to give their input to the provincial government on issues ranging from social services to the location of the tourist information centre here at the annual general meeting of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario last week in Toronto. Following the theme, “Creating […]
For the fourth-straight year, the Town of Fort Frances will be receiving money from the Moffat Family Fund to hand out to local groups and service clubs with the aim of helping youth and families. Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig, head of the local Moffat Family Fund committee, confirmed Monday […]
Greg Beller must be doing something right. A relative unknown when the New York Rangers selected him in the sixth round of last month’s NHL entry draft, the Rainy River product turned some heads at the club’s annual prospect camp two weeks ago. He impressed the coaching staff despite being […]
If you think being the Emo Fair Queen is all about gifts, money, and a certain amount of fame, think again. When Emo Fair Queen 2004 Trisha Wilson handed over the crown to her successor, Kayla Lauzon, she also was shedding a mantle of hard work and civic responsibility. “It […]
Coun. Struchan Gilson, who passed away suddenly at his home last Thursday, will be remembered as a man who felt strongly that government should serve the interests of the people, say those who worked with him on town council. On Monday, former mayor Glenn Witherspoon fondly recalled Gilson, 63, whom […]
It was back in 1974 that I first met Struchan Gilson. As part of the Fun in the Sun celebrations, the Fort Frances Jaycees were hosting a water skiing championship. A slalom course had been constructed in front of the dock at Pither’s Point and Struchan showed up as a […]
Last Friday, my son hosted a 25th anniversary party for his long-time friends, Brian and Gail, at his studio. And memories came flooding back. I recalled when he and Brian spent most of their waking hours in the college clay studio. And then when Monica was born, Brian called saying, […]
I remember B.V. (Bert) Holmes as a “hands on” kind of mayor here who would get himself involved immediately in whatever was going on of community interest. He would weigh in and make a substantial difference in his forthright ways. Maybe because of his Miramichi, N.B. background! For instance, Bert […]
