Concerns over where their children would be sent, traffic issues, and the transition year during construction were discussed as parents at Sixth Street and Alexander MacKenzie schools met with the Rainy River District School Board last week. Parents at Alberton Central will have their chance to discuss the fate of […]
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Ontario P.C. leadership hopeful Jim Flaherty discussed his support for the medical school in Thunder Bay, and a review of the spring bear hunt, during a stop on his “Bright Ideas Budget tour” here Saturday. Flaherty, one of five candidates seeking to succeed Premier Mike Harris next month, was at […]
While Alberton Reeve John Milling was enjoying a vacation in sunnier climes, council chambers there and in Emo also generated heat during discussions on the proposed smoking ban bylaw last week. In last week’s Times, Reeve Milling, expressing his personal opinion, wrote in support of the smoking bylaw recommended by […]
This year’s Northern Ontario men’s curling playdowns in Kapuskasing definitely had a family feel to it for longtime local curler Rob Sinclair. Sinclair found himself watching his son, Rob, who played third with Ron Rosengren’s Fort William rink, and son-in-law Lorne Jackson, skip of the Fort Frances entry, vying for […]
The Emo Christian Reformed Church Y.P.S. hosted its annual Valentine’s supper at the fellowship hall last Thursday evening, with 34 couples in attendance. Fantastic decorations enhanced the facility, including an archway of white and pink balloons that welcomed all the sweethearts. Alicia Boven and Leah Veldhuisen greeted the guests at […]
The local Taggs Bantam ‘AA’ team faced their toughest challenge to date last weekend in Brandon—and responded by fighting fire with fire. Taggs battled among seven of their top peers in Western Canada at the annual Tournament of Champions to finish with a 2-2 record, missing a playoff berth by […]
Emo council threw its support behind the first-annual Emo Walleye Classic tournament coming up May 30-June 1. The organizing committee had asked that the tournament be considered a community event, and Emo council happily agreed. “I think it’s going to be a great event for our community,” Reeve Russ Fortier […]
“We need lots more.” That’s what Diane Maxey, volunteer co-ordinator for the World Health Organization’s 11th-annual Conference on Safe Communities here in May, said in her search for volunteers to help out with the district-wide event. “We have many confirmed, but any additional people should contact me and get their […]
When three new banks descended on this town within the same week and we could savour our own “gold rush,” everyone here realized we had somehow or other struck it rich! Else, why this financial flurry, or what’s going on here anyway? By then, of course, everyone was starting to […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
Looking at gender in sports has always been a pretty thorny issue. If someone uses the term “lady” or “girls,” it might be taken the wrong way. I think the one dominant observation I’ve heard firsthand from people after watching girls play hockey has been, “It’s not bad, but it’s […]
