Chapple is preparing to hold a flea market on Saturday, June 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Barwick Hall. To book a table(s), call Jackie (487-1222) or the municipal office (487-2354). The cost is $10 for the first table and $5 for additional ones. In other news, […]
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Story Hour, Playgroup, and the Kids’ Craft Club soon will be wrapping up activities for another year at the Emo Toy Lending and Resource Centre. The Story Hour windup party is slated for Tuesday, June 19 from 10 a.m. until noon at Lions Park. Parents are welcome join in the […]
Emo Legion Br. #99 hosted the district Decoration Day banquet last Saturday (May 26). Branches from Zone 7 were on hand, including host Emo, Fort Frances, Rainy River, Keewatin, Oxdrift, Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, Hudson, Igance, and Ear Falls. The parade fell in at the Legion, then marched to […]
The countdown to the centennial of Fort Frances in 2003 is on! May 27 marked 100 weeks until the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the community on April 11, 1903. The Fort Frances centennial planning committee has launched a contest for a logo and slogan to use in promoting […]
As employees head into day 19 of their strike, there still are no talks slated between Association of Community Living workers here and their employer. “It’s status quo, there are no talks scheduled,” said Alanna Barr, executive director of the Fort Frances and District Association of Community Living. While administration […]
With another school year winding down and summer vacations on the horizon, Bible camps are preparing for a full scale of activities.
Whether you call them forest tent caterpillars or army worms, they are beginning to march by the millions across roads, into backyards, and onto buildings. “Somebody has to sweep the doorway before I can go out,” noted Joyce Strachan, whose back lawn of her Eighth Street home is carpeted with […]
The Emo Beef Club had its first meeting Wednesday, May 9 at the research station in Emo. It was attended by 11 kids–some new to the beef club and some veterans. An election of officers took place and then we discussed options on how to go about this year’s club. […]
Rainy Lake is still rising and Monday at 338.09 m (1,109.21 ft.), it’s now likely to pass the 1996 high of 338.1 m (1,109.25 ft.). Monday morning’s lake level is an increase of 3.5 cm (1.4 in.) since yesterday, with in-flows to the lake still very high from the weekend’s […]
NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton is asking the minister of Northern Development and Mines to become actively involved in finding a positive and successful resolution to the problems at the Abitibi-Consolidated paper mill in Kenora. Hampton had met with Dan Newman a week ago to raise the issues […]
Recently I wrote about the importance of strategic planning for northern municipalities and DSSABs (the new governance bodies for unorganized areas). Unless we make plans locally, higher levels of government will make them for us. They are farther away, and will impose general solutions that often don’t suite diverse situations. […]
Between 700-800 hungry mouths lined up for a free meal at the annual Rainy River First Nation’s fish fry Friday at the Manitou Mounds. More than 400 pounds of walleye and sturgeon were cooked by volunteers and served under the big tent, along with pasta salads, bannock, potatoes, and other […]
