Hello, this is “Rapid Robert,” the old guy with the plaid tam, writing again after a long dry spell. People give me trouble if I don’t write occasionally. My subject this time around is about the Emo hospital, “Care Close to Home,” the doctors who treat the patients, and the […]
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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said to unto […]
The strike between the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. and its radio and television technicians is threatening the Jan. 5 broadcast of “Hockey Day in Canada”—an annual program that was to feature Fort Frances as one of its satellite towns this year. If a deal is not reached by midnight Thursday (Dec. […]
Emo has a major landfill site in the works. While it’s all still in the planning stages, the Biomass Waste Recovery Committee wants environmental and engineering assessments started soon. “It’ll probably be another couple of years to see if it’s feasible,” Emo Coun. Gary Judson said. “I think this could […]
The fate of Alberton Central School isn’t any clearer after a sub-committee pleaded with the Rainy River District School Board on Tuesdsay night not to close their school. “The board cannot deny that Alberton parents want the school to stay open,” said Andrew Gerber, who along with Gary Durbin and […]






