Sometime before my favourite country singer, the late Johnny Horton, made his fortune doing tunes like “North to Alaska” and “The Battle of New Orleans,” a local group decided to make its mark, too. They would take a ride down the mighty Mississippi and see its southern terminus to try […]
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This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
A pioneer of our community, Hilda Alberts, passed away Sunday, Jan. 27 at the Emo Hospital. A celebration of her life was held last Thursday (Jan. 31) at St. George’s Anglican Church in Emo. A reception followed at the Golden Age Manor, where she had resided. On Friday morning at […]
Cecil Donavan Westover, 59, of Barwick, Ont., passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002 at Emo Hospital in Emo, Ont. Cecil was born Aug. 21, 1942 in Fort Frances, Ont. He joined the Canadian National Railway in 1966 as a conductor. He loved the outdoors and animals. He is survived […]
It is with deep regret the family of Ed Sivonen of Fort Frances, ON announce his passing on Tuesday, January 29, 2002 at the age of 78. Ed will be sadly missed by his six children, Gary (Susan) Sivonen of Winnipeg, Nancy (Brian) Allan of Devlin, Judy (Doug) Sivonen of […]
The school closure process will continue tonight as the Rainy River District School Board is expected to pass “Intent to Close” motions for three elementary schools. But while Alexander MacKenzie and Sixth Street School sub-committees both recommended closing their schools in favour of an expanded J.W. Walker, Alberton Central parents […]
Spectators attending the first-ever Superior International Junior Hockey League all-star game tonight can dig into some free burgers, pop, and hot chocolate beforehand at the Memorial Sports Centre lobby. The local M&M Meat Shops will be holding its second “tailgate” party of the season to help ring in the game. […]
The Northern Ontario Recycle Association board and the City of Dryden are scheduled to meet with a provincial rep tomorrow in Thunder Bay to discuss NORA’s financial woes. “We made an appeal to the government for some involvement,” NORA board chair Dennis Brown, who also is the mayor of Atikokan, […]
Spring could be popping up around town any day now as pots full of crocuses go on sale this week in support of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (Northwest District). Pots with five or six imported Dutch Crocus bulbs can be picked up at the Fort Frances Volunteer […]
The Muskie boys’ hockey team couldn’t stay close for a third-straight game, coming out on the short end of an 8-1 score to the host Kenora Broncos on Friday night. The black-and-gold fell to 1-7-2 on the NorWOSSA season and lost ground on the Sioux Lookout Warriors (2-9-1) for the […]
Three days before the Superior International Junior Hockey League’s inaugural all-star game here, Kevin Webb put on an all-star worthy performance of his own. The Borderland Thunder forward scored four goals to lead his team to a 9-3 dumping of the Thunder Bay Snowplowing Wolves here yesterday afternoon. The Thunder […]
Last night’s Super Bowl wasn’t the only close finish of the weekend in New Orleans. Muskie Adam McTavish and his Canadian national football team were involved in one of the closest finishes at the Global Junior Cham-pionship VI there. Playing the United States in the final, Canada fought back from […]
Although about three weeks later than expected, nominations forms are now available for the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s seventh-annual business awards. “Unfortunately, we had a few delays with sponsor confirmation this year but we’re on track,” Chamber co-ordinator Dawn Booth said. “Everything is set to go as normal.” Nomination […]
