Born to Daryl and Shanda, nee DeGagne, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Jesse Paul, weighing 8 lbs. 2 oz. on April 1, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Pamela Gibson and Paul Morrison, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby girl, Cassidy Mary Elizabeth, weighing 8 lbs. 6 oz. on April 3, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Born to Reagan McCoy and Angus Jourdain Jr., of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Kian Anthony, weighing 7 lbs. 6 oz. on April 4, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Milt Guba
This Week In Emo

Longtime Emo merchant Gordon Meyers suffered a heart attack earlier this month and he had to have double bypass surgery in Winnipeg on Tuesday. Fortunately, the operation was successful and Gordon is now recovering. His son, Grant, and daughter, Dr. Kim Pearce, have been with Gordon throughout the ordeal. The […]

Allan Cup memories of 1952 are still very strong for many of our fans like Les Helliar of Nestor Falls, who calls me the “editor of nostalgia” and sends in the following notes—along with his disbelief that 50 years have gone by so quickly! He writes: Those of us lucky […]

Parents of an eight-year-old boy with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy will have to wait a bit longer to hear how the Northwest Catholic District School Board will provide wheelchair transportation to the outskirts of Dryden. Education Director John Madigan said a report to be presented at the board’s regular monthly meeting […]

The local curling club said it needs a solid turnout of members at its semi-annual general meeting Wednesday night in order to tie up loose ends—notably the potential impact of a proposed non-smoking bylaw. “We had hoped we would have representatives at the [public meeting] tonight,” club president Bill Gushulak […]

While sporting fewer presenters than the initial meeting April 2, Mayor Glenn Witherspoon and council will get a chance to hear more opinions about a proposed bylaw banning smoking in enclosed public places at a second meeting Tuesday night at the Civic Centre. “As of this morning, we have five […]

Louise Langtry, 101, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Saturday, April 13, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital. She was born Oct. 22, 1900 in Emo, Ont. to the late Charles and Elizabeth Fisher. Mrs. Langtry lived all her life in the […]

Grade eight students and their parents will meet at Fort Frances High School tonight to learn more about what life in high school will be like next year. The meeting will be held in the Fort High cafeteria at 7 p.m. “It’s very similar to the presentations we made to […]

The Sunset Country Ford Atom ‘AA’ Mustangs completed their season with another strong performance—this time against a challenging field at the sixth-annual “Minnesota Meltdown Open” in Minneapolis over the weekend. “It was our first ‘AAA’ competition,” said Mustangs head coach Mark McCaig, whose team finished 2-0-2 in their pool before […]