As Canada sends our soldiers to war again, I’d recommend that they should be given opportunity to meet Albert Carrier, a great Fort Frances fighter. Coffeeing with Albert here a week ago, I gained fresh respect for him as a survivor as well as a very unique personality. Know anyone […]
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Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
Anyone wanting advance tickets to the Borderland Thunder games in Fort Frances, you can now get them at Variety Village here in Emo. It is better than standing in line at the Memorial Sports Centre. What would you do if you received a car for your birthday? Well, without mentioning […]
I love to walk barefoot in the summertime and feel the grass tickle my toes. And I love to walk barefoot in the winter and feel the softness and the warmth of the rug on the bottoms of my feet. I love to let my dishes go without washing while […]
Mike Behan
Moving with Mike
Moving with Mike
Not many people will admit to this nowadays but I’m a die-hard, true-blue Montreal Expos fanatic—and have been for as long as I can remember. It was one day shy of my sixth birthday when the Expos played their first game on April 8, 1969. And while I don’t remember […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
We are saddened again by the passing of a pair of our hardest-working citizens in Bill Bailley and Carl Domanski, whom you might identify merely as a couple of our best-known hotelkeepers. Reflect on that remark a moment and much, much more can certainly come to mind regarding the way […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
Every now and then, I delve into my files and pull out something I call the “other notes.” These are things I ask my sources that don’t necessarily pertain to the subject at hand, but still ask in hopes of stumbling upon another angle—or perhaps another story entirely. I never […]
Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
The Knox United Church Women in Emo are having their annual fall tea, bazaar, and bake sale Friday, Nov. 2 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the church hall. White elephant table will be featured. Admission is $2. Bingo will be held tomorrow (Oct. 25) at the Emo Legion Br. #99. Doors […]
It was more than 50 years ago when I volunteered one summer at a migrant camp in Utica, N.Y. The workers came in trucks from Florida where they picked oranges, then journeyed up the east coast to dig potatoes, into New York state to pick beans, and finally, on to […]
There are many, many species of asters in North America–perhaps 120 in all. Of these, possibly 20 or more can be found in Northern Ontario. These very large numbers are particularly American. There are very few wild asters in Europe. England, for example, has only one wild species. Asters, as […]
Mike Behan
Moving With Mike
Moving With Mike
Put bluntly, North Americans have been a lucky lot up until now. Until Sept. 11, we did not have to worry that a flight from Winnipeg to Toronto would be hijacked. We did not have to fear walking past a car that suddenly blows up, or open our mail. We […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
“This is the most people I’ve seen gathered in one place in a while.” That was the remark I heard from someone as I shuffled past the lineup on my way up the stairs to the “Ice for Kids” Arena for the Borderland Thunder’s home-opener last Friday night, joining close […]
By Harry Vendetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
The McEvoys and Holmes came here from the mighty Miramichi and knowing the woods and rivers of New Brunswick, also knew a good thing when they saw it here in the ’30s. They enjoyed our surroundings so well that one of them served repeatedly as mayor of Fort Frances and […]
