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Couple wished a happy retirement I extend happy retirement to Nancy and Norman Cain of Devlin, who had their party last weekend which I missed. Nancy retired from Crossroads School while Norman called it a day at the Emo Arena. We are going to miss Norm at the arena for […]

While that stinking garbage-hauling strike at Toronto has to be considered as bad as it gets in the world of labour relations, especially during this heat wave, we have had our moments when strikes and work stoppages generally have given us bad times in Fort Frances. A local labour leader, […]

Headlines of Allen Iverson’s recent run-in with the law is just another reminder of the sick fascination the general public has with athletes that make the rap sheet. Count me in. Despite the obvious big altercations in sports history out there—the 1918 White Sox scandal, the O.J. Simpson double-murder trial, […]

This is the time of year we can expect to find them among us—not only the fishermen—but all of the other celebrities. In mid-summer here, look for local airplane docks to swarm with famous folk who seem mostly friendly and glad to meet you. When John Myers of McDonald’s, son […]

Your friendly neighbourhood sports department, a.k.a. the People’s Bureau, is mailing it in this week. To be honest, with the NHL and NBA playoffs over and the World Cup but a memory (and no new horseshoe tournaments on the horizon), I’m fresh out of topics—for now. But here’s a little […]

With so much sunshine following our floods, it becomes appropriate right now to stop and remember Estevan, Sask., officially saluted as the “Sunshine Capital of Canada” at the time we joined it in community twinship about 15 summers ago. It had been nationally decided to pair up towns of similar […]

The game of horseshoes is a fun pastime. One more time—horseshoes is a recreational activity between family and friends of all ages. Got that? Good, now let’s talk about how bragging rights—and a mild sum of money—can turn the friendliest of games into a feisty competition. While most people were […]

The Emo Public Library once again is promoting its summer reading program sponsored by the TD Financial Group. The program is open to all children aged nine-12, noted EPL librarian Shirley Sheppard, and this year’s theme is “Reading Around the World.” Children are asked to register at the library and […]

First I knew Gordon (Bud) Dyrland as a “honeyman,” and there are those he has helped since then who might say he is still a “sweetheart” because of his good works with water pumps in times of crisis like this past week. I never before, to be honest, expected him […]

Right on this page you’ll find a complete preview of sporting events at this weekend’s Fun in the Sun festivities. Well, almost complete, that is. You see, there’s one event I was saving to preview until now. With all due respect to the perennially-popular bathtub races or the Aquanauts’ revival […]

The oldtimer who helloed me one day in Safeway could have been still in his 60s. He seemed alert and interesting and, for some reason I never learned, he also knew my name. Still slim and erect, he wanted to talk, so we did. Eventually, I found out his name […]

Due to the weatherman’s misbehaviour last week, the Emo hospital auxiliary’s annual “Strawberry Social” has been rescheduled for this coming Friday (June 21) from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the hospital cafeteria. Admission is $2, and there will be a door prize draw. Also with the inclement weather conditions last week, two […]