Wal-Mart will open its doors here in Fort Frances tomorrow at 8 a.m.—an event eagerly-awaited by many and dreaded by a whole lot of others. Like everything else in life, there are two sides to every story, pros and cons, ups and downs, benefits and setbacks. And in precious few […]
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The Township of Emo has named its committees and boards: •Emo-LaVallee Community Centre Board—Tony Bliss (arena manager), Coun. Ken Fisher (chairman), Coun. Geoff Pearce, Gerald Wieringa, Sandie Drennan, Irwin Hughes, Ian Booth, Jim Belluz, and Emo clerk-treasurer Brenda Cooke. •Emo Recreational Council—Coun. Harri Sheloff (chair), Coun. Gary Judson, Carrie Baker, […]
Doom and gloom. That is the easiest way to describe the future for district cattlemen if the U.S. border does not re-open to Canadian live cattle soon. Russell Richards, manager of the Stratton sales barn, reported that despite the discovery of mad cow disease in Alberta last year, they managed […]
Town council agreed Monday night to extend the existing garbage collection contract with Asselin Transportation and Storage Ltd. for an additional nine-month period. This contract is at a rate of $14,025.36 (plus GST) per month. The previous rate was $12,800/month. Council also agreed to a recommendation by Operations and Facilities […]
Ten adventurous students from Rainy River District will be heading out to Costa Rica in March—but this trip down south is no holiday. With the assistance of Canada World Youth, an organization that helps organize informal educational trips for young people around the world, the students will spend 13 days […]
A five-year project to improve Northwestern Ontario’s access to the latest technology in telecommunications was completed last month—and the region already has begun reaping the benefits, said project manager Jim Green. “Our project started out by recognizing there was no competitive broadband in the region,” he explained. “The objective was […]
What do the new Wal-Mart store (which opens tomorrow), Canadian Tire, and other Fort Frances businesses along King’s Highway west of McIrvine Road all have in common? They’re all located on land that once belonged to the Biddeson family—one of the town’s founding families. Bruce Biddeson, now in his 90th […]
Celebrate Heritage Day at the Emo Museum by attending the District Women’s Institute luncheon of hot dishes on Saturday, Feb. 14 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. The usual craft and baking sales also will be held, and there will be a door prize up for grabs. In related news, the Bergland […]
It was an all-Emo final at a 12-team Atom ‘A’ hockey tournament here last weekend. The Esso Leafs, who had finished in fourth place after round-robin play, prevailed in the ‘A’ final with a 6-2 win over the Emo Hawks. Billy Barker led the Leafs’ attack with a hat trick. […]
District cattlemen may have to pay up to three times as much for veterinary services on their farms if the province does not renew the current subsidy program due to expire at the end of March. Kim Jo-Bliss told the annual meeting of the Rainy River Cattemen’s Association last week […]
The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association passed several resolutions at its annual last Wednesday night in Stratton to be brought up at the annual meeting of the provincial association. The first resolution, which was carried, involved questioning why prices for beef are relatively high at the grocery stores while they are […]
The 50 or so people who attended a re-enactment Sunday of the first council meeting of La Vallee Township on Jan. 25, 1904 were entertained and delighted. The program was written by Sheri Stamarski, who also narrated. Ken McKinnon acted as Reeve James McKay, Delbert Barker as George Strachan Sr., […]
