Anishinaabemowin has a long-standing history and importance in the district, as it is the first language of the Ojibwe-Anishinaabeg and it was the language of trade for generations in this territory before being targeted for extinction. In the early 1900s, when colonization began in Canada as a means of accessing […]
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Press Release The four-team field for this week’s Dudley-Hewitt Cup, which kicked off yesterday and runs through Saturday in Cochrane, has been finalized. Rounding out the field is the Hearst Lumberjacks, who captured their first-ever Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League championship last Wednesday evening in Sault Ste. Marie as they […]
Press Release RED LAKE, Ont.–The Red Lake Miners of the SIJHL are looking to fill the role of GM/head coach for the upcoming 2019-20 season. After four years of dedicated service to the Miners’ organization, Derek Sweet-Coulter has decided to pursue another opportunity in the hockey world. We wish Derek […]
Sam Odrowski Safeway pharmacist Kim Bruyere was charged with failing to shave her head during the Fort Frances Voyageur Lions Club’s seventh-annual “Bail or Jail” on Saturday at the Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce’s Business and Community Expo. She raised $350 when serving time in the slammer that will go […]
Sam Odrowski Mary O’Connor snipped branches off of a tree by the Sorting Gap Marina on Saturday afternoon during a community tree care workshop that was hosted by the Fort Frances Museum and Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF). Diana McGhee of the MNRF led the workshop and taught […]
Jamie Mountain Leah Seguin, who was representing Donald Young School, was just able to clear the bar during the girls’ high jump event at the Bronco Booster Track & Field Invite varsity meet held last Tuesday at Falls High School. Seguin snagged bronze with a best jump of 4′,6.”
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Indigenous women go missing and are murdered at a disproportionately higher rate than those who are non-indigenous. To respect the indigenous women who have been affected, a Day of Remembrance and Honour for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, also known as “Red Dress Day,” is being held on Sunday, May […]
Jamie Mountain Another season, another trip to the all-Ontarios for Jackson Arpin. The Rainy River Owl standout continued his dominance this season with an impressive 5-0 showing en route to claiming gold in senior boys’ singles at the NWOSSAA badminton championships held last Wednesday in Thunder Bay. Arpin now advances […]
I love hats–hats on other people. I can’t do a hat unless it is a ball cap and I’m hiding a frightening hair day. You have to have a certain sort of panache to pull off wearing a hat. The word panache is derived from the historical reference to a […]
Attention students! the Township of Emo will be hiring summer students (ages 15 to 30) who will be returning to school in the fall. They are looking for people to fill the positions of Recreation Program Assistant/Coordinator and Labourer of Parks Department. Applications in the form of a resume will […]
After a nice little stint at home I am back down south for the next stop on the Bassmaster Elite Series taking place this week at Lake Fork in Texas. If you are a fan of bass fishing you have likely heard of Lake Fork before. It is the shining […]
This is the first week for my summer students to be back at EARS and what do we see? Snow! I am overlooking that four-letter word because I am happy to have my students back! Nick is returning for his sixth year and Claire is back for her third year. […]
