With her son by her side, Vi Atamaniuk passed away peacefully on Friday, June 30, 2017 at the Lake of the Woods Hospital in Kenora, Ont. at the age of 85. She is survived by her son, Kevin (Laura) Atamaniuk and granddaughters, Casey and Neely; sister, Margaret Kreger; niece, Audrey […]
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Sadly, the family announces the sudden passing of Sheila Ann Kirkrude, 49, of Rainy River First Nations on Saturday, July 8, 2017. Sheila was born on Dec. 11, 1967 in Rainy River, Ont. to Alvin Copenace and Florence Gibbins. She spent her early work life as a Junior Forest Ranger […]
Sadly, the family announces the sudden passing of Gary Wallen, 72, of Burnsville, Mn. on Sunday, June 25, 2017 at Burditt (Clearwater) Lake, Ont. Gary was born on May 17, 1945 in Fort Frances, Ont. He was a graduate of International Falls High School and St. Cloud State University. Gary […]
A celebration of the life of Darlene Draper was held Thursday, July 6, 2017 at the Calvary Baptist Church in Emo, Ont. after her passing on Thursday, June 29, 2017 at the Emo Health Centre. She was born on July 17, 1928 to William and Maude Cooke in Emo. The […]
The bass tournament season in Northwestern Ontario got busy this past weekend with events taking place at Shoal Lake and Lake Despair. Musky anglers also got to try their luck at the second-annual Lake of the Woods Musky Bowl held at Wiley Point Lodge. Other than a quick storm or […]
We are slowly making some hay though it isn’t an easy task when it rains every day! On Friday morning, we were not expecting any rain and we had nearly half-an-inch at the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS). Then they were calling for a storm on Tuesday/Wednesday and it left […]
Staff The Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League has announced the two teams for its annual all-star game set for next Wednesday (July 19) at Manitou. The teams were picked by Stacy Patey of the Fort Frances Her-icanes and Kayla Windigo of the Red Gut Babes, the two captains from […]
The OPSEU Otters had all their pistons firing in winning their opening heat of the day at the sixth-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina.
File There has been no team that has matched the amazing success of Minnesota’s Jim Moynagh, left, and Joe Thrun at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The dynamic duo has carted home five FFCBC titles–more than anybody else in tournament history–and will be a good bet to grab a […]
Joey Payeur The next generation of Canadian golf superstars just might have taken their first swings towards greatness recently during the weekly youth golf lessons being offered at Spruce Creek Golf Course near Morson. Spruce Creek owner Laurie Pentney (above) showed Emo’s Rion Lessman the proper way to get the […]
Staff For only his first year of motorcross racing, Trevor Croswell is finishing first on an above-average basis. The Emo resident captured top spot in the MX3 Beginner division during the fourth stop in this year’s Superior Dirt Riders Northern Ontario season Saturday in Kakabeka Falls. Croswell also nabbed sixth […]
Submitted Fort Frances anglers Donovan Cousineau, left, and Dave Chambers had the old guard scrambling for answers they never found as two of the younger anglers in this year’s field of 52 teams claimed the title at the annual “Castin’ for Cash” bass tournament hosted by Lake Despair Lodge. It […]
