Horsepower high honours were divvied up among a legion of stock car drivers during the Borderland Racing Association’s annual awards Saturday night at the Ukrainian Hall here. Points champions Vic Larson of Dryden (Modified), Ron Westover of Devlin (Street Stock), and Ken Perry of Fort Frances (Mini-Sprints) were recognized for […]
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(In part one last week, Cst. Al MacDonald and I had just left a bush party north of Emo with a teenager under arrest for consuming alcohol under age and creating a disturbance. The time was about midnight. As we headed towards Fort Frances, our passenger’s demeanor underwent a gradual […]
Area tourist operators are gathering at La Place Rendez-Vous here Wednesday for the annual meeting of the North Western Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA). The theme for the conference is “Present Economic Impact and Opportunities for the Future,” and falls at a time when the tourism industry is under pressure from […]
The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture seems to have weathered the worst of the storm and is looking forward to sunny skies in 2004—though not right away. That was the message president Bernie Zimmerman delivered to the members at the RRFA’s annual dinner Saturday night (Oct. 25). “I don’t see […]
After years of being a night-time “Parade of Lights,” the local Business Improvement Association is bringing the Santa Claus parade back into the daylight hours on Saturday, Nov. 22. “One of the reasons we want to do it is we want to create a Christmas environment in the downtown area, […]
Stranger things have happened, but the Muskie senior girls basketball team would be hard-pressed to remember when. A second quarter that saw them held to a meagre two points cost the local side dearly as they fell 37-29 to the St. Ignatius Falcons (Thunder Bay) in the final of the […]
A round-robin showing that carried hope for good things to come ended up meaning as much to the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team as political promises during an election campaign. After finishing fourth with a 5-5 mark in the preliminary round, including a 2-0 sweep over Atikokan, the Muskies dropped […]
Dear Mr. Behan, As owners of one of the units at the RiverWalk Condominium here, we are very disturbed about the negative comments this project is getting. As out-of-area residents, we were pleased to hear a condominium was being built in Fort Frances. We paid our deposit in full. In […]
The looks on their faces said it all. Muskie receiver Kevin Gemmell and cornerback Jason Kellar wore their emotions on their sleeves after last Thursday’s 38-0 quarter-final loss to the top-ranked St. Paul’s Crusaders at Canad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg. It was a combination of frustration at a second-straight winless […]
In the world of pipe bands, the opportunity given to Dr. Bruce Lidkea to play as a member of the Winnipeg Celtic Pipe Band is like being called from St. John’s to suit up with the Toronto Maple Leafs. “It’s an enormous step up,” said Dr. Lidkea. “It’s a big […]
One in nine. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, if you’re a woman living in Canada, those numbers are of critical importance to you because they represent your chances of being diagnosed with breast cancer some time in your life. And one out of every three of those women will […]
They needed volunteers and Emo Toy Library and Resource Centre got them for their fall carnival, which was held Saturday afternoon at the Emo Legion. ETL co-ordinators Jennifer Miedema and April Simmons were quite pleased with the attendance, especially the kiddies, who enjoyed every minute of the event. There was […]
