More than 100 delegates, volunteers, and residents attended sessions and a luncheon last Wednesday afternoon at the Emo/La Vallee Arena as part of the World Health Organization’s 11th International and 5th National Conference on Safe Communities. The arena was decorated with safety-themed posters by students from Donald Young School, toy […]
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Muskie Simone Desjardins’ trip to the all-Ontario badminton showdown in Sudbury last week—where she earned the bronze medal in the ‘C’ flight—was both an eye-opener and learning experience. “I’m really happy with how far I got. I never expected it. I thought it was going to be a lot harder,” […]
The balloons and streamers are gone, foreign delegates are back in their home countries, and volunteers are taking a much-needed break. But those involved in organizing the World Health Organization’s 11th International and 5th National Conference on Safe Communities here agreed it was an overwhelming success. “It went very well […]
Born to Joel and Joelle, nee Baumann, of Emo, Ont., a baby girl, Rachel Grace, weighing 7 lbs. 14 oz. on April 30, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
Before the Fort Frances Canadians could grab their hockey sticks and start swinging, they needed the recreational council behind them and that implied some cash and ownership as well as considerable responsibility. Our senior hockey players mostly had been good juniors before the war when names like the Jaycees, Kaycees, […]
We all have our favourite stores—the grocery store, a special clothing store, a favourite bookstore. I especially like shopping at K-Mart. I buy videotapes and video players. Office supplies and kitchen supplies. Martha Stewart sheets and towels. Lubriderm and Healing Garden bath products. K-Mart combines quality with good prices, and […]
Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
The 32nd-annual Manitou fish fry is coming up this Friday (May 17) at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre just west of Barwick. A plaque commemorating the national historic significance of the centre will be unveiled in a ceremony getting underway there at 1:30 p.m. Those attending are reminded to wear warm, […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
Far be it for me to attempt a social critique on what passes for entertainment on TV these days, but watching and reading recent promos during the cavalcade of May sweeps finally prompted me to put fingers to keyboard and write about the biggest sports-related freak show out there. To […]
Parents of babies and toddlers are encouraged to drop by the Fort Frances Public Library on Thursday (May 16) for “A Taste of Mother Goose”—a preview of its early literacy program. The event takes place downstairs in the children’s department beginning at 6 p.m., and is open for parents of […]
