Born to Shaun and Sherri, nee Curtis, of Emo, Ont., a baby boy, Caleb Curtis, weighing 7 lbs. 3 oz. on April 9, 2002 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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Roberta Joan Grimson (nee Morrison), 57, passed away at Estevan, Sask. on Monday, April 8, 2002. She is survived by her husband, Milton of Estevan, Sask.; son, Chad of Estevan, Sask.; daughter, Tara of Estevan, Sask.; brothers, Doug (Beverley) Morrison of Estevan, Sask., Michael (Heather) Morrison of Big Valley, Alta.; […]
“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 […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
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 […]
“Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind,” wrote Samuel Ullman at the turn of the last century. At the time, Ullman was already past 70. Furthermore, his hearing loss had forced him to retire from his business. But his retirement afforded him an opportunity […]
Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
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 […]
Allan Cup memories of 1952 are still very strong for many of our fans like Les Helliar of Nestor Falls, who calls me the “editor of nostalgia” and sends in the following notes—along with his disbelief that 50 years have gone by so quickly! He writes: Those of us lucky […]
Although the 109th edition of the Stanley Cup playoffs begins tonight, my personal “Cup Craze” ended just as quickly as it began five days earlier. That’s when the Edmonton Oilers dropped a 2-0 decision to the Calgary Flames—eliminating them from the playoffs for the first time in six years. While […]
With not a whole lot of new faces sitting around the Cabinet table after Monday’s shuffle, Ontarians are sure to get antsy pretty quickly wondering just how Premier Ernie Eves plans to usher in a “kinder, gentler” government than that of his predecessor, Mike Harris. And you can’t blame them. […]
