Local News from Across the Rainy River District
Each spring, towards the end of the school year, various classes typically take a tour of the Fort Frances Times. Invariably, as the youngsters crowd around my desk, I tell them that one of the most interesting things about being an editor is not knowing exactly what will end up […]
Bonnie Wilson, manager of the CIBC in Emo, tells me of the following staff changes. Added on a permanent basis is Sherry Jewell, who replaces Karen Davis as account manager. Karen, after 14 years of faithful service at the CIBC, resigned and now has a position at the Nor-West Animal […]
Now our farmers are flabbergasted! Four months of almost unbroken sunshine have produced a hay crop of such incredible dimensions that the hauling and storage of all those nearly one-ton bales is becoming an embarrassment. It’s been many years since the last hay shortage in this district, where cattle lurk […]
Two more elderly residents passed away last Thursday (Aug. 30). Sylvia Olsen left us while hospitalized at Emo Health Centre at the age of 91. Funeral services for Mrs. Olsen were held Monday afternoon from Calvary Baptist Church, with Pastor Andrew Hall officiating. She and her two sisters, Gertie MacMillan […]
Now it’s football time as our Atlantis athletes warm up to a favourite occupation. Today their spectators recall the glories of past seasons and know that nothing beats the charge that follows the first snap of the pigskin. That hockey will follow is another verity in this land of the […]
This is the week I pause to reflect on what could have been, and the benefits I should have derived from all my education, but I’m almost bereft of words. If this seems stupid, so it should. In dear old Atlantis again this week, we hustle our youngsters out the […]
Mr. Jim Bosma is back home here after a short stay at La Verendrye. Their daughter, Margaret of Thunder Bay, stayed with her mother while Jim was hospitalized. We wish you better health, Jim. Barbara Viehbeck of Thunder Bay, son, Davis, and daughter, Sarah, visited here recently. They motored to […]
Adding to our Atlantis attractions this summer, suddenly we have the invasion of bears by the number. By actual count around our town dump Saturday, there were 16 of our favourite carnivores rummaging for anything at all to eat. But before everyone starts packing for safer spots to be, and […]
Rudy and Rose French of Alpine, Wyoming were in our vicinity during the Emo Fair working on their property they have purchased–a retirement spot in Canada. They were former residents in the Off Lake area before moving to the United States, where the boys Jim and Joe were attending a […]
Long ago they traded their dreams of great wealth for enduring friendships. So, about a week ago, the Mine Centre-ites gathered again among the lakes and gold-bearing rocks their ancestors knew to celebrate attachment to a great pioneering name in the recreation industry. The Mudge name fits well into our […]
Forging over stronger ties with its Atlantis fatherland, Fort Frances last weekend hosted probably more visitors in a week than ever before–and twice again laid claim to being the most fantastic place on earth! Our Water Wonderland never ceases to amaze and this became obvious again when Canada Post said […]
This incident that I’ll call “The Kayak Kid” is actually a horror story–as you will agree having seen the Ranier rapids in full boil this summer. Now kayaks are said to be catching on again. You’ve known that our new-found Atlantis has held perils for us right along, and the […]
