In Canada, we are gearing up for an election in October. Various news agencies constantly are polling households each evening to determine which of the three parties—Liberal, NDP, or Conservative—would have your vote if you were going to the polls the following day. The results are published and the news […]
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Here we are the middle of June and our plan is to start our first cut of forages this week at the Emo Agricultural Research Station. The older alfalfa stands are not looking that great but we will measure yield anyway. Since we are tiling at the station this fall, […]
Burning the candle at both ends always has appealed to me. After all, you get twice as much light that way. Says Edna St. Vincent Millay: “My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends–It gives a lovely light.” […]
Unless you were a die-hard Tampa Bay Lightning fan, it’s a safe bet most here were cheering loudly Monday night when Duncan Keith not only won his third Stanley Cup but also was named the Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the most valuable player in the playoffs. Adding to the […]
Dear editor: I would like to express my sincere thanks to the Emo Baptist Church and its members for honouring Randy and Brenda Cooke for their many years of dedication to the Municipality of Emo. A special thanks was granted to Brenda Cooke for 35 years of dedicated service on […]
Dear editor: Please re-print the text of an e-mail I sent to Premier Kathleen Wynne and Natural Resources and Forestry minister Bill Mauro: Mr. Mauro and Ms. Wynne: As a resident of Fort Frances, I am utterly flabbergasted by this government’s inaction on the issue of the wood rights to […]
“Aunt” Margaret Evelyn Ashford passed away peacefully on May 19, 2015 at the Atikokan General Hospital in Atikokan, Ont. Born in Hamilton, Ont. on Dec. 22, 1927, Evelyn worked as a nurse at Atikokan General Hospital from 1954 until her retirement in 1984 as Director of Nursing. An alumnae of […]
It is with deep sadness that the family of Christine Mary (“Christi”) Polz announces her passing on Sunday, June 14, 2015 at La Verendrye General Hospital. Christi was born on Monday, Nov. 13, 1950 in Fort Frances, Ont. and had lived here all her life. In her younger years, she […]
Jean Miller, a long-time resident of Walker Avenue in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully, with her family at her side, on Tuesday, June 9, 2015 in Thunder Bay. She was born in Emo, Ont. in 1934. Jean moved to Fort Frances at the age of 10 and moved to […]
