Duane Hicks Emma Stainke carefully chose the pieces of coloured glass to include in the suncatcher she designed during a workshop with instructor Cher Pruys on Monday evening at From the Grind Up here. Pruys later will take the glass and fire it in a kiln, making a fused glass […]
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Duane Hicks Renovations to public bathroom and entranceway to the Fort Frances Museum are underway. Starting last week, Ed Halvorsen Construction is converting the two existing bathrooms located just inside the front entrance into one universal, barrier-free bathroom, among other accessibility-related renovations. The job will be done before the end […]
Duane Hicks A district author and animal adoption advocate has been invited to be a guest at the Winnipeg Humane Society’s 1,001 Donations Telethon on March 24. Emo resident Shannon Carlson, who last year wrote and illustrated the book, “Jack the Husky Gets Rescued,” said the opportunity came about after […]
Dave OgilvieEmo correspondent On the weekend, Lions from Emo, Fort Frances, and all over Northwestern Ontario and eastern Minnesota met in Dryden for the 5M10 District’s annual Mid-winter Convention. During the convention, more than $70,000 was donated to Special Olympics (Canada), the CNIB, Diabetes Canada, and many other charities both […]
Submitted Norbert Bragg checked out his birthday cake during a come-and-go party Sunday afternoon at the Devlin Hall.
It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of Clay Chernaske on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017. Clay was an amazing husband, dad, brother, son, and son-in-law who was loved, is missed tremendously, and always will be remembered and cherished. Clay was born on Oct. 14, 1961 in Fort Frances, […]
It is with broken hearts that we announce the passing of John Ronald Hazel Sr. on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, with his family by his side, at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. John was born on Sept. 28, 1932 in Dauphin, Man. At the age of seven, he […]
After a courageous six-year battle with cancer, and with his family by his side, Greg Perreault left this world and joined his children and family in Heaven on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018 in Winnipeg, Man. Greg was born on Sept. 15, 1952 in Fort Frances, Ont. Greg moved his family […]
Edwina Jeanne (“Eddie”) Frenette, 91, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Saturday morning, Jan. 20, 2018 at Rainycrest Long-Term Care in Fort Frances. Eddie was born just before the Depression of the 1930s in Manitoba. In 1955, she moved to Fort Frances with her husband, […]
With profound sadness we announce the passing of Jessie Enge (nee Hickerson) at the Atikokan General Hospital in Atikokan, Ont. on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2018, a few months shy of her 90th birthday. She was born on April 30, 1928 in Fort Frances, Ont. to William and Helen Hickerson. Jessie […]
With great sadness, the family announces the sudden passing of Rosie Spencer, 73, of Atikokan, Ont. on Friday, Jan. 19, 2018. Rosie was born on Aug. 20, 1944 to the late Jack and Rose Spencer. Rosie as predeceased by her parents, Jack and Rose Spencer; siblings, Hilda Yerxa, Robert Spener, […]
Newspapers across Canada and the United States are evaluating their future. The Fort Frances Times, along with the Daily Bulletin, is no different. In southern Ontario, 40 newspapers ceased publishing in December. Across Canada, almost 75 weekly newspapers closed their doors in 2017. An additional 100 have gone from publishing […]
