Local minor hockey officials were surprised to learn of the cover-ups made by Hockey Canada to pay settlements for alleged sexual assault claims without the knowledge of either their insurance company or with public knowledge. No one knew until the Globe and Mail disclosed that the funds had been created […]
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The Waldorf Astoria is in New York’s Midtown Manhattan, at 47 stories the tallest hotel in the world for three decades, and it retains its stature today — if not physically, then cosmetically. I would never have slept there except that’s where the Montreal Expos stayed when I was the […]
When my daughter became an educator, her goal was to save the children of the world. How does one go about such a Herculean task? One child at a time, I told her. My children grew up listening to the music and playful yet thoughtful lyrics of Raffi. Raffi Cavoukian, […]
The Emo Library received a generous donation of $2,500 on behalf of the Emo Thrift Store. This will help offset costs to the library. This donation was made from the proceeds of the thrift shop’s sales.Congratulations to Shelby Rea and Brandon Rea on the birth of their first child. Colson […]
Thursday night definitely wasn’t a drag for anyone who came out to the Allure Drag Show Spectacular. Everyone in attendance was treated to a high-energy presentation put on by the drag king and queens from Thunder Bay. A special favourite was former Fort Frances resident Shaela Vie (Right) who brought […]
The 2022 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship was full of fish, fun, and festivities this past weekend. Ian Waterer and Motei Demers, top left, took the top spot after three days of tournament fishing with 57.63 lbs. Runners up Jeff Gustafson and John Peterson finished less than a pound shy […]
My story is like last week; we need better hay-making weather. The hay that I had cut a week ago on Friday was baled up this Friday and for the first time in my history of hay making, we were leaving ruts in the field. After checking the weather forecast […]
Little Mika was recently rescued from the streets of Emo, at just six weeks old. She’s learning to trust people, and is one of the many cats and kittens currently searching for new homes, through Best for Kitty. If you can share your home with Mika or one of her […]
With another weekend of rain rolling through the district, the Emo Speedway sat silently waiting for its turn to play in the sunshine again. Where last week it looked like we would be able to race up to the minute the cars were supposed to take to the track, this […]
This week we sat down with driver of the #4JR Wissota Modified, Cameron Brown. What is your favourite race track food? My favorite race track food is probably cheeseburgers. At what age did you start racing? I started racing at 14 years old in a dirt go kart, then at […]
By Darren Derendorf
Over the last few weeks of racing a couple other Street Stock drivers have offered some of their good used tires to us since they noticed we are racing on a discontinued model of Hoosier tire. We had initially said we were ok because when both Doug and I bought […]
Just a few facts about some of the most common tree species in our area. Knowing a few more things about these trees helps you to understand how and why they grow the way they do, and why not all trees grow in the same areas. Pines Jack pine produce […]
