The 104 teams fishing in the third-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship here last weekend may have had the spotlight under the big tent during the weigh-ins but kids hooked on fishing had their share of the glory, too. The second-annual Kids’ Paddle Boat Tournament, a catch-and-release event sponsored by […]
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Does the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship have an impact on the local economy? The answer has been a resounding “yes”–and a positive one at that. Shirley Livingstone, a co-owner of Sunset Country Shell here, spent most of her mornings last week getting up early and making muffins for a […]
With 104 of the best angling teams entered in this year’s Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship–one thing was for certain. It would take three consecutive days of impressive catches to capture the title as the top team–and the $21,000 first-place prize that went along with that prestigious honour. Organizers had […]
Renée Desbiens (Daw), Miss J.A. Electric, is 17 years old and entering grade 12 at Fort Frances High School. She plans on being a registered nurse. Living in Emo with her parents and brother, Ryan, she is bilingual in French and English, which will be handy in years to come. […]
When Susan Affleck of Rainy River first heard about the Relief Fund for Chernobyl Victims in Belarus, she realized what a difference it could make in a child’s life to receive all the health benefits just from visiting this beautiful area. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster, which occurred April 26, 1986, […]
It’s got to get worse before it gets better–that’s the motto Emo Reeve Brian Reid is taking with the road construction on Highway 11/71 between Barwick and Devlin. Motorists travelling west from Fort Frances will encounter stops, slow downs, and large sections of gravel road where asphalt used to be. […]
Wayne L. Raboin, 57, formerly of International Falls, Mn., passed away in Brea, Calif. on Monday, July 28, 1997. He was born in International Falls in November, 1939 and graduated from Falls High School in 1958. He played on the Broncos football team. He also served four years in the […]
In loving memory of Violet Maud Ashley, who passed away in Emo hospital July 23, 1997 after several years of bad health. Having suffered several strokes in Ottawa, she came to Emo in 1989 to make her home with her sister, Lily Rathwell. Violet was the youngest of the Robertson […]
Michael Beninger, 43, of 150 Cedar Cres., Atikokan, Ont., passed away peacefully at McKellar Hospital in Thunder Bay on Sunday, July 20, 1997 after never regaining consciousness following a tragic accident on Friday, July 4, 1997. Michael was born June 28, 1954 in Emo, Ont. where he lived until 1961, […]
According to the Geographic Names Unit of the Surveyor General’s Office, Tait was named after Joseph Tait, MPP for Toronto Centre. Shenston was given the name of F. Shenston from a prominent Brantford family. Roseberry got the name of a British Statesman, Lord Roseberry. Barwick got its name from J. […]
Between the Ripples...Stories of Chapple
During the reign of the great Queen Victoria, settlers, mostly from “Old Ontario”, steamed up the “Queen of Rivers” from Lake of the Woods to the Chapple area. In order to settle Western Canada, the Dominion of Canada passed The Dominion Lands Act in 1883. This Act stated that any […]
Between the Ripples...Stories of Chapple
The requirements for organization as a municipality are written in F. Yeigh’s report: As soon as a township has 100 resident freeholders, a township council, consisting of reeve, deputy reeve and councilors, may be chosen to administer the affairs of the organized settlement. The community which was to become Chapple […]
