Sam Odrowski The Chapple, Emo, La Vallee & Alberton Fire & Emergency Service is running its annual recruitment drive up until this Sunday (Sept. 30). The service currently is looking to fill five vacant positions in Alberton, two in Chapple, two in Emo, and two in La Vallee. Chief Josh […]
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Duane Hicks Part of the new exhibit features photos of the museum building from over the decades. The aerial perspective allows viewers to see what other buildings in the vicinity have come and gone in all the years the 120-year-old local landmark has been standing.
Sam Odrowski The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has recorded more than 6,000 deaths of residential school students out of the estimated 150,000 children who attended. Statistics show the odds of a child dying in the residential school system was higher than that of a Canadian soldier dying in World War […]
Duane Hicks Museum curator Sherry George said the museum has served the community well over the past four decades and looking forward, the building, collection, staff, and volunteers are “very capable of leading us into the future.”
Duane Hicks Robert Schulz and Irene Laing of the local Age-Friendly Community Committee received a 2018 Ontario Age-Friendly Community Recognition Award plaque from Coun. June Caul on behalf of council during its regular meeting Monday night. Coun. Caul, who also has been part of the committee since its inception in […]
Duane HicksStaff writer Fort Frances council will take a look at a request from the Township of Emo to use the town’s recycling depot. “As you may know, the plant that recycles paper and cardboard in International Falls shut down earlier this spring,” Emo CAO/clerk-treasurer Bridget Foster wrote in a […]
Duane Hicks Carol Angus and Lisa Gibbs showed off the growing collection of food and cash coming into the local BDO Canada office for its “Drive Away Hunger” campaign. Donations will help out the Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen located at the Good Beginnings Fellowship on Mill Road here. BDO […]
Sam Odrowski Creating a fire safety plan, and having all the proper alarms in place, has become more important now than ever before. “Thirty years ago, you had approximately 15-17 minutes to escape a house fire,” noted Chapple, Emo, La Vallee & Alberton Fire Chief Josh Colling. “But in today’s […]
Submitted Dennis Favreau held up a largemouth and a smallmouth bass which were part of our catch this weekend out at Shoal Lake.
From the OPP Members of the Rainy River District OPP will be out patrolling district roadways, specifically targeting seat belt offenders during the fall seat belt campaign from Sept. 26-Oct. 5. Some 257,475 seat belt charges have been laid over the last 10 years, with 25- to 34-year-olds being issued […]
Sam Odrowski Ann Watson and Legion president Ray Watson (right) shared big smiles after presenting Robert Bagacki with a 45-year pin for his near half-century of service to the branch during the Honours and Awards Ceremony held Saturday at the Legion.
Sam Odrowski Fort Frances native Haven Labbe visited the Swiss and French Alps late last month in an attempt to climb several peaks more than 4,000 metres in height. She embarked on the trip to help fundraise for the Fort Frances Women’s Shelter of Hope and spread awareness about the […]
