Ontario Works finance people will be meeting with staff here next Tuesday to go over billing changes after the local office went four working days without being able to issue cheques earlier this month. A $100,000 loan from the province put the district’s welfare office back in business last Thursday […]
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After 18 years of making homemade sausages, hams, and bacon in Barwick, Anson Martin, owner of Martin’s Meats, is closing up shop–but not without passing along a few trade secrets first. Martin, with the help of two of his daughters, will be spending the next few months training and teaching […]
Although the fire season doesn’t technically begin until April 1, the Emo Volunteer Fire Department had to be called last Wednesday to handle a grass fire that got out of control. Emo Fire Chief Rob Johnson said a farmer north of Emo was burning some grass off his property when […]
The committee of the whole spent two hours behind closed doors Monday night but Mayor Glenn Witherspoon assured no cuts were made to town personnel as councillors looked to find another $1 million in savings from the 1998 budget. At this stage of the budget process, it was a discussion […]
The tender package went out Monday for a new health centre in Rainy River, with bids to be opened April 8. Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. received written approval from the Ministry of Health for its tender package on Friday, which maxed the project at $6.24 million. The ministry will […]
To suggest that Burriss residents Tom and Shirley Morrish have a little something invested in a “nest egg” isn’t so far from the truth when they talk about the future. In fact, come mid-April, that “nest egg” will have multiplied into a warm and fuzzy instalment of baby chicks, which […]
Gordon Scheifele, a researcher with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, is ready to take his Northern Ontario hemp project one step further, growing more than 120 acres of the plant from Rainy River to Manitoulin Island. Nine different farms in the Rainy River District alone have agreed […]
Carl Wesley William Kocuiba, 21, of 917 Victoria Ave. N., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away as a result of an accident on Monday, March 16, 1998 at Port Arthur General Hospital. He was born May 1, 1976 in Fort France, and had lived all his life here. Carl was proud […]
Mona Evelyn Tompkins, 90, of Emo, Ont., passed away Saturday, March 14, 1998 at the Emo Hospital in Emo. She was born April 30, 1907 in Emo. Mrs. Tompkins had lived in Emo all her life. She was a member of the Knox United Church in Emo, and was a […]
Cameron Todd Ogier, of 1127 Fourth St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, March 13, 1998. He is survived by his parents, Deana and Jason Ogier; one brother; and two sisters.
Hazel Mary Anderson, of Stratton, Ont., passed away Friday, March 13, 1998 in Emo Hospital. She was born in Stratton on Oct. 28, 1904, the daughter of Edward and Sarah Lockhart. She was married to Roy Anderson on Dec. 19, 1922. Roy and Hazel were the first couple to be […]
Willem “Bill” Romyn, 85, of Stratton, Ont., went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Thursday, March 12, 1998 at Emo Hospital in Emo, Ont. Bill was born March 23, 1912 in Zwyndrecht, Netherlands. On Oct. 27, 1933, Bill was united in marriage to Christina DenBoer. In 1950, he […]
