The Fort Frances/Rainy River Gideons’ Camps presented their Festival of Praise last Tuesday evening (April 29) at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo, with an enthusiastic audience on hand. The message brought forth was “Take the Whole Gospel to the Whole World.” The welcome was given by Don Ricci, and […]
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The second-annual Mother’s Day fish fry will take place this Sunday (May 11) beginning at 4 p.m. at the Devlin Hall. The cost is $12 for adults, $6 for kids aged six-12, and free for those five and under. The funds raised will go towards the Crossroads community rink project. […]
My daughter, Louise, and I spent two-and-a-half weeks in April with her son, Grant, his wife, Tara, and their three children in Bathurst, northern New Brunswick, returning home on Good Friday. We found a lot of snow, about four feet, near the coast (Tetagouche) but not so much in other […]
The fire hazard index rose to “extreme” over the weekend as some much-anticipated rain never materialized. Harrold Boven, acting fire management supervisor for the Ministry of Natural Resources office here, said this morning that crews have had to fight three new blazes as of Saturday. The largest of the three—currently […]
If you’re looking for the answers to obscure questions regarding the Ojibway language and culture or other areas of science and history, you needn’t waste your time surfing websites or phoning government offices. The chances are, the Grade 7 and 8 students at Crossroads School have the answers at their […]
The “Wheels to Meals” had exciting entertainment prior to their lunch of soup and sandwiches. The event was sponsored by Fort Frances Times, 93.1 FM radio, Shaw Television, Fort Volunteer Bureau, and Rainy River Safety Coalition. Thirty-seven seniors including the Cast of the Sunset Seniors attended the luncheon and presentations, […]
DYS Staff and students celebrated Earth Day. Ms. George, Ms Tolen with grades seven and eight developed the spider web. Ms Leonard and Mrs. Bombay concentrated in making RRR bags. Mr. Enns with his class created silly Earth Day commercials, to make earth’s surroundings most noticeable. Mrs. Mose and Mrs. […]
The “Jump Rope for Heart Event” at Donald Young School on Friday afternoon was a success in raising approximately $4000. DYS staff were pleased that so many students were willing to volunteer to raise funds for this cause. For 21 years the Heart and Stroke Foundation has raised monies to […]
Summer programs are on the horizon for the Emo Toy Library. “Our current programming wraps up at the end of May,” said Emo Library co-ordinator Jennifer Miedema. “We will begin our new summer programs June 1 and they will run until the end of August. We are going to try […]
Mark Nielson, having completed his chiropractic education and one year of practice in Portland, has been home recently visiting his family before leaving for Australia where he has a position for three years. He is flying to Perth where he will be met by a doctor from one of the […]
A total of 50 people showed up at the newly-opened Chapple Community Centre in Barwick on Friday to partake of a spaghetti dinner and hear heritage committee chair Rilla Race give an update on coming events. The summer season begins as soon as this weekend when the Chapple Museum opens […]
Students at the Sturgeon Creek Alternate Program (SCAP) have been preparing these past few weeks for their spring concert coming up next Thursday (May 1) at 7 p.m. at the Christian Reformed Church at Emo. In other news, the local Christian Parents Association’s video library is moving around, presently making […]
