A former Devlin resident made her royal debut last week when she accompanied a champion race horse to meet the Queen in Toronto. Sherry McLean, now the assistant farm manager at Gardiner Farms near Toronto, escorted 1995 Queen’s Plate winner “Regal Discovery” to the Festival of Ontario last Wednesday night. […]
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Thanks to a last-minute plea from the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship committee, the town may alter Phase II of the La Verendrye Parkway waterfront development project to be more accommodating to the annual derby. The contentious aspect of the renovation plans is a horseshoe-shaped “green space”—an island consisting of […]
Once upon a time, there was a prominent king. This king was the richest man in the world; consequently, he had everything he wanted. According to the story, when the king was a baby, a procession of ants was seen carrying grains of wheat up the side of his cradle […]
TV’s much-ballyhooed “History of the Vikings” is probably the same as what little we were told in school about those dauntless Norsemen, Eric and Red and Leif the Lucky—only told with more pizzazz in the modern movie manner which turns them into bloodthirsty pirates. Having grown up among our local […]
The Emo Hospital Auxiliary will hold its annual fall tea, bazaar, and bake sale this Friday (Oct. 18) from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Emo Legion. There also will be a bake and penny table, door prize, and fun for everyone. All are cordially invited to come out and support this […]
The 0-6 Muskies have found almost every which way to lose this year. They’ve been blown out (42-0 to Oak Park and 32-7 to St. Paul’s) and they’ve barely missed (21-17 to Grant Park last Friday). They’ve been burned by one-man gangs (three touchdowns by Kenora running back Derek Schelske […]
Charlotte (Dede) Mallory, 80, of 320 Third St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances on Monday, Oct. 14, 2002. She was born Aug. 20, 1922 in Fort William, Ont. to the late Charles Ambrose and Ruth (Ditmars) Gorham. Dede was raised in […]
Thomas Willard “Tom” Fenton, 83, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002 at his residence. He was born Dec. 6, 1918 in Emo, Ont. to the late John and Edna Fenton. Tom grew up in the Burriss area and later moved to Dance Township. He began working […]
Agnes Pearson, 91, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont. and formerly of Stratton, Ont., passed away at her residence on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2002. She was born Dec. 30, 1910 in Blackhawk, Ont. to the late Edward (Ed) and Alma Lee. She grew up […]
Numerous traffic accidents, most caused by icy road conditions, closed the Trans-Canada Highway between Highway 71 and Vermilion Bay on Sunday, Kenora OPP reported. Some 20 tractor-trailer units jackknifed and blocked the highway completely, police said, with tow trucks and cranes attending the scene. None of these accidents resulted in […]
While turkey was the featured menu item in most Thanksgiving feasts, the Borderland Thunder satisfied their appetite with a double serving of Hawk over the weekend. Matt Alexander’s power-play goal in the third period was the difference in a 3-2 Thunder win Saturday night in Nipigon against the Feathermen Hawks […]
A topic of some discussion at the Sept. 23 council meeting, the guidelines for developmental fill will be discussed by councillors Monday. “The town has projects that require excavation and the disposal of dirt, and if someone is building a new business, for instance, they can take advantage of getting […]
