The launch of Riverside Foundation for Health Care here last week can be described in two words–big success. About 240 people raised more than $24,000 for local health care at the Foundation’s kickoff dinner/dance Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous. The money raised stemmed from ticket sales, donations, lapel pin […]
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Disagreement over the “process” has sent the proposal for a District Social Services Administration Board back to the drawing board rather than on to the province. And once again, the issue of representation on the board is one of the major stumbling blocks. After a 90-minute debate Monday night, the […]
The community of Emo is getting behind Jack and June Winik by holding a benefit shower for the couple next Monday from 7-9 p.m. at the Emo Legion. The Winik’s home and their belongings were destroyed by a fire Feb. 16. Both of them were away from the house when […]
Rural residents got a chance to voice their concerns to the official opposition earlier this week during round-table sessions at the Emo ag office with Liberal MPPs Frank Miclash (Kenora), Pat Hoy (agriculture critic), and John Cleary (rural affairs critic). Miclash, who’s riding has been amalgamated with Rainy River for […]
It’s either sink or swim for building a new kill plant when the abattoir steering committee presents its information on the subject March 23 at Our Lady of The Way School in Stratton at 7:30 p.m. The committee has spent the better part of the past year finding facts and […]
In one way, I love the Winter Olympics; and it was a mountain-top experience going to Nagano, Japan at the end of every day last month for an incredible show of athletic skill. But in another way, I hate those competitions. Somehow, I just can’t stand all that loss and […]
Joseph Elmer Wilson, 83, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, March 2, 1998 at his residence. Joe was born July 18, 1914 to the late William Wilson and Margaret Wilson (nee Watson). He was born and raised in the Fort Frances […]
Joseph Elmer Wilson, 83, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, March 2, 1998 at his residence. Joe was born July 18, 1914 to the late William Wilson and Margaret Wilson (nee Watson). Joe was born and raised in the Fort Frances […]
Ronald David Jourdain, 53, long-time resident of Vancouver, B.C., passed away unexpectedly there Saturday, Feb. 28, 1998. Ronald was born Dec. 26, 1944 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Lillian Jourdain of Couchiching First Nation, Ont. He was raised in Couchiching but later moved to Vancouver in his youth, where he […]
Lily Louisa Taylor, 96, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Saturday, Feb. 28, 1998 at La Verendrye General Hospital. She was born April 15, 1901 in Bristol, England to the late Alfred and Julia Denford. Mrs. Taylor came to Canada in 1924 […]
Michal “Mike” Kepinski, 76, of 936 Portage Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, Feb. 27, 1998 at La Verendrye General Hospital. He was born April 27, 1921 in Zabin, Poland. Mr. Kepinski came to Canada on Nov. 24, 1950 and later settled in Fort Frances. He had worked as […]
Andrew Roy Hogan, 81, of 607 Armit Ave., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1998 at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances. Andy was born March 24, 1916 in International Falls, Mn. to William and Senja Hogan of Emo, Ont. His father was a pioneering entrepreneur […]
