Given a choice, it seems more people will turn up to shell out $12 for a good cause if there is a delicious meal as part of the deal. If that was thinking behind the fish fry in support of the Crossroads community rink held on Mother’s Day at the […]
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Three Muskies have returned home from the all-Ontario badminton showdown in Ajax after impressing the competition with their skills. Natalie Desjardins and Jason Pattison got as far as the ‘B’ flight quarter-finals in mixed doubles action, falling to Megan Gereghty and Roshabh Mehta (Kapuskasing District High School) on Friday. The […]
The summer season has begun in our family and I suspect a lot of other families across the district. For our family, the beginning of summer is marked by putting the boat in the lake and making that first trip to the cabin. The boat was launched Thursday night for […]
Quickly after I mentioned here that I might attempt a trip to southern Italy, a very welcome phone call arrived from Toronto. Johnny Solaryk, our artist and advertising man, was suggesting we make that trip together! He had enjoyed Italy during the Second World War while in Canadian Army uniform, […]
Last week, the CBC and Bell Canada combined to provide one of the most interesting reality show ideas in a while. Going along with “Canadian Idol” or “The Apprentice,” those programs meant to turn you into something different and change your life rather than just give you a big cheque […]
Bill Michl’s recent old-time dance at the Emo Legion raised more than $500 towards his goal of participating in the “Joints in Motion” marathon for the Arthritis Society. Thanks to the many Emo businesses for donating or helping make this fundraiser a success, as well as to “Silver Collection” for […]
Edward Fitzgerald passed away Saturday, May 8, 2004 with his family at his side. Ed was predeceased by his mother, Ellen; father, Edward; and brothers, Reginald and Wilfred. He is survived by his loving wife, Rita (nee Eagan); children Ted (Anne-Marie) of Fort Frances, Ont., Tom (Carol) of Ajax, Ont., […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Lyle Don Morken announces his passing on Wednesday, April 28, 2004. Lyle was born Oct. 20, 1973 in Emo, Ont. He attended school in Barwick, Fort Frances, and Kenora, Ont., and graduated from Beaver Brae Secondary School in Kenora. Lyle was […]
Edna Marie Ossachuk, of 830 Armit Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly Monday, May 10, 2004 at Riverside Health Care Facilities in Fort Frances. Edna was born Aug. 29, 1917 in Hywood, Mn. Edna was predeceased by her husband, John in 1994; one son, John Arthur in 1999; one […]
Allan H. Wickstrom, 87, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Sunday, May 9, 2004 in Thunder Bay, Ont. Allan was born June 19, 1916 in Mora, Sweden. He emigrated to Canada at the age of four and settled in Minnesota. He later moved to Saskatchewan and then to Fort Frances […]
It is with much sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our big brother, “Bill,” on Monday, May 10, 2004 in Fort Frances, Ont. Born William Daniel Bruyere on Sept. 28, 1962 to the late Irvin and Elaine Bruyere, Bill made his home on Couchiching First Nation, where he […]
After working on it for the past five months, town council on Monday night finally passed the 2004 budget it had approved in principle at its April 26 meeting. As previously reported, the budget passed means a tax hike of 14.67 percent for residential, multi-residential, pipeline, and farmland properties, along […]
