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Before the Fort Frances Canadians could grab their hockey sticks and start swinging, they needed the recreational council behind them and that implied some cash and ownership as well as considerable responsibility. Our senior hockey players mostly had been good juniors before the war when names like the Jaycees, Kaycees, […]

The 32nd-annual Manitou fish fry is coming up this Friday (May 17) at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre just west of Barwick. A plaque commemorating the national historic significance of the centre will be unveiled in a ceremony getting underway there at 1:30 p.m. Those attending are reminded to wear warm, […]

Far be it for me to attempt a social critique on what passes for entertainment on TV these days, but watching and reading recent promos during the cavalcade of May sweeps finally prompted me to put fingers to keyboard and write about the biggest sports-related freak show out there. To […]

Forty years later, it’s still vivid in some minds how the air was filled with flying rocks and everyone around was put in peril when the Rainy Lake, or Noden, Causeway was under construction. The blasting continued night and day for a long time. It started with Tip Croome, a […]

You know what’s one of my guilty pleasures? I love the tell-tale signs when someone’s 15 minutes of fame is drawing to a close. In the world of sports—where worth is determined, for the most part, by how much front page you’ve covered or if you’ve received an apt amount […]

The Wheels to Meals program has challenged Emo council to a carpet bowling tournament next Thursday (May 16) at the Legion. Other upcoming activities include the final club carpet bowling tournament (May 23), and carpet bowling and cards (May 30). Wheels to Meals will hold its season windup, featuring carpet […]

A wise man once said, “One who breaks even is richer for the experience of gambling than any potential treasure they may have won.” Words of a fool. You see, I’m not exactly pleased with my five-for-eight performance in picking first-round winners of the Stanley Cup playoffs. While I didn’t […]

“Oh listen to the jingle, the rumble and the roar,Of the mighty rushing engine as she streams along the shore.Hear the mighty rushing engine, the bell and whistle call,You’re running through the woodlands on the Wabash Cannonball!” And an estimated 50 or more new guitarists here attempt to pick out […]

St. Patrick’s CWL held their tea, bake sale, and bazaar on Saturday at the parish hall, with a supportive crowd on hand for the come-and-go event. The kitchen included Laura Armstrong, Frances Grant, Jose Balcewich, Heather Oltsher, and Loraine Bullied, while the servers were Mary Curtis, Chantelle Bragg, and Cartier […]

“George Armstrong is the luckiest man I know,” J.A. Mathieu told me one day. “He gets a contract to build a highway and finds a gold mine!” The old logger could be accused of expressing some jealousy here, having just lost a lawsuit that left Armstrong as sole owner of […]

There are times on this job where I catch myself thinking how generally nice the atmosphere in this town can be. Now I know what you’re thinking right off the bat. No, I’m not on the payroll of the Town of Fort Frances to provide a public service announcement, nor […]

Longtime Emo merchant Gordon Meyers suffered a heart attack earlier this month and he had to have double bypass surgery in Winnipeg on Tuesday. Fortunately, the operation was successful and Gordon is now recovering. His son, Grant, and daughter, Dr. Kim Pearce, have been with Gordon throughout the ordeal. The […]