Competing at the elite Sun Life/Husky Oil Grand Prix of Curling bonspiel in Thunder Bay last week, Derek Jackson quickly realized the importance of missed shots. While rinks sometimes can get away with the odd missed shot at local bonspiels, Jackson said even a half-missed shot could very well spell […]
fftimes
While the Muskie volleyball teams had trouble making the trip to Whitefish Bay yesterday through the blizzard to close out their NorWOSSA regular seasons, they had even more trouble on the court. In fact, they probably wish they hadn’t made the trip at all. The senior boys’ made the trip […]
The Emo Wings are still having problems winning a game against the Rockets in Novice hockey action. Chris Mutz scored twice in the third period while Bryan Wayash netted a single to pace the Rockets to a 3-1 victory. Jordan Davis replied for the Wings, also in the third frame. […]
Dr. Albert Bellers’ two sons are left without a team while they await word on whether they can play at the ‘AA’ Atom level in Baudette this season. Greg and Jeremy Beller are still practising with their Baudette team but they remain ineligible to play in the U.S. by the […]
It’s been 80 years since the armistice was signed to end World War One–the so-called war to end all wars. Of course, it wasn’t. In fact, the world was engulfed in an even more deadly and destructive conflict just 21 years later. Korea followed after that, then Vietnam and the […]
The Ontario Clean Water Agency sent away another sample of Atikokan’s water last week to be tested for the Cryptosporidium parasite–and the results came back positive once again. “It was reconfirmed that Cryptosporidium was indeed in the water supply,” OCWA client services rep Peter Fox said yesterday morning. This time, […]
I am writing this letter in response to letters to the editor and accompanying articles which appeared in local papers dealing with the movement of minor hockey players between Rainy River and Baudette, Mn. In their separate letters, a mother and father expressed their views regarding a recent Minnesota hockey […]
Although canoe-building has been practised in the area for many years, kayaks are something few locals have tackled–until now. Since June, Eric Fagerdahl, Owen Johnston, and Mark Kowalchuk have been taking the kayak-making business very seriously. They’re hoping to not only get their business–Rainy Lake Boatworks–off the ground but also […]
It’s been 75 years since “Green’s Furniture” first became a household name in Fort Frances. It all started at 517 Mowat Ave., across the street from its present location, with entrepreneur R.V. “Rusty” Green. The store moved to where it is today in 1948, with Rusty’s son, Van, taking over […]
The Northwestern Health Unit celebrated its 50th anniversary on Monday, Nov. 2, with staff from the Emo office on hand to serve cake and refreshments during a two-hour open house. Gerd O’Sullivan cut the one-layer anniversary cake while staff clerk Loretta LeBlanc helped with the proceedings. Ken Hampton presented O’Sullivan […]
They may not have come back with the top prize but competing at the annual 4-H “Go for the Gold” provincial championships at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto definitely was a golden experience. Stacey Angus, Melissa Brant, Rebecca Cornell, and Angie Teeple represented all of Northern Ontario against […]
In 1943, all 18-year old Fort Frances resident Clora (Dumeney) McEvoy wanted to do was join the Navy and do her part to help in the war effort. But at the insistence of her brother, Frank, who himself was enlisted in the Navy, McEvoy didn’t pursue that route. Instead, she […]
