Milton Edwin Westover passed away peacefully, with family at his side, at the Emo Health Centre in Emo, Ont. on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, two months before his 94th birthday. Although Milton was his given name, he often was referred to fondly as Dad, Grandpa, Papa, Uncle, Milt, and Friend. […]
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Having had no rain for more than two weeks, the birch trees already are turning their leaves golden. The maples along the shorelines also have begun turning their green leaves to red. Even the ash trees seem to be changing colours. It is much earlier than normal and yet it’s […]
I have had to go to war again with hornets/wasps. The last time, a few years ago, I was the easy victor, though it was a significant battle. I may have bored you with the details. As such, I rather smugly faced this year’s battle with a hint of over-confidence. […]
Well, that week went fast. On Friday, we thought we were going to melt at the Emo Fair it was so hot, but it stayed pretty darn decent on Saturday for the 4-H show. We had some large classes so as our show grows like this, it takes a lot […]
Jamie Mountain A pair of vintage stock cars, carrying the Canadian and American flags, led the WISSOTA Modifieds onto the track at the Emo Speedway on Saturday evening. It was a nice touch considering racers from both sides of the border regularly compete against each other during Borderland Racing Association […]
Jamie Mountain Chase McGuire of CJ Contracting looked to keep control of the ball, and stay ahead of opponent Ethan Carlson-Jourdain of Manitou Forest Products, during his squad’s 1-0 win in the second-and-deciding game of the Borderland Soccer League’s men’s division final last Tuesday night at the St. Francis Sports […]
Jamie Mountain Dana Ward of the Fort Frances Her-icanes looked to make solid contact with a pitch during her squad’s 12-4 win over the Red Gut Babes in the Rainy River District Women’s Fastball league final Monday evening at VanJura here.
Submitted Matthew Nelson with a nice pike he caught this past weekend on Lake of the Woods.
Jamie Mountain Scott Andersen and Tim Donaghue had such a good time at their first Morson Bass International last year that they thought they would repeat that success this past weekend. The Bemidji, Mn. natives captured the MBI title for the second-straight year Sunday with a two-day haul of 36.03 […]
Jamie Mountain Al’s Racquet Stringing proved last week that it’s not how you start, it’s how you finish. After ending the regular season behind front-running La Place Rendez-Vous in the standings, it was second-place Al’s who had the last laugh in the Borderland Soccer League’s women’s division championship final last […]
Staff At this rate, the tournament soon will have to be named after them. The Thunder Bay duo of Glenn Leroux and Trevor Zimak successfully defended their title from last year in claiming the annual Atikokan Bass Classic held Friday and Saturday. It was the fifth such title for Leroux […]
Jamie Mountain That gust of wind you feel is from the Fort Frances Her-icanes cruising to another championship. Marissa Kerry pitched a complete-game five-hitter to pace the fourth-seeded Her-icanes to a 12-4 romp over the second-seeded Red Gut Babes to claim their third-straight Rainy River District Women’s Fastball League title. […]
