When Danielle Shrumm turned “sweet 16” last Friday, little did she know one of her birthday presents would be a royal crown the following day. Shrumm was named the 1999 Fall Fair Queen in front of a packed grandstand in Emo on Saturday afternoon. Melissa Kinnear was First Princess while […]
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For the past 15 years the fair in Emo has seen a lot of Pride and Joy–about 3500 pounds worth. Pride and Joy are giant Percheron/Belgian Cross draft horses, they stand about 7 feet high and weigh about 1700 pounds each. Devlin’s Harold Kellar has shown the duo for 15 […]
A Couchiching First Nation band member had some eye-opening experiences at two conferences she attend over the past few weeks. First, Dobi Frenette was in Vancouver on July 20-23 for the joint meeting of the Assembly of First Nations of Canada and the National Congress of American Indians. Then she […]
Although plans to grow commercial plots of hemp in the district fell through this year, the results from Dryden and Thunder Bay hemp growers seem quite promising. Those fields–all at least 10 acres in size–are growing hemp for grain, Gord Scheifele, the University of Guelph co-ordinator for Northern Ontario research […]
John Rose of Emo doesn’t know what to expect until he arrives in Kosovo with the second group of 250 men of the First Battalion Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry, which left for the Balkans from Edmonton, Alta. today. The first group of 250 left Edmonton at the end of […]
Bell said it’s determined a piece of technology used in the phone system at Bears Pass no longer is compatible with other equipment and will be replaced, hopefully by Christmas. Robert Lindstrom, regional manager of network operations for Bell, said the equipment is part of the same switch that was […]
A full house welcomed Chapple’s reeve and council with thunderous applause as the township officially kicked off its centennial celebrations last Friday. Dignitaries from surrounding district communities, as well as both the federal and provincial governments, mingled with the crowd under the roof of Barwick’s former curling rink. Norm Hyatt, […]
Alex and Tom Anderson took the early lead and kept it, finishing well ahead of the competition in the “Mighty Manitou to Booming Barwick Canoe Race” on Sunday afternoon. Paddling a “freighter, not a racer,” the brothers quickly pulled ahead of the 18 other teams registered in the event, held […]
What do you say after the event you’ve spent nine years planning for finally comes and goes? If you’re the Chapple heritage committee, that word would be “wow.” Committee member Rilla Race said she was astounded by the number of people who took part in the township’s centennial celebrations over […]
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission said it will not take action against Bell regarding phone service at Bear’s Pass because no one there has filed a written complaint. Martha Wilson, the CRTC commissioner for Ontario, said last Friday that all complaints regarding telecommunications are logged in their computer system–and […]
After seven years of exploring mineral properties in Rainy River District, Toronto-based Nuinsco Resources Ltd. will step into a new phase early next month when it kicks off the “#17 Zone Bulk Sample Advanced Exploration Project.” The $1.8-million venture will facilitate the removal of 1,500 tons of gold zone rock […]
It’s been quite a summer so far for Dobi Frenette. Not only is the Couchiching band member heading off to Hawaii early next month to attend a world conference on indigenous peoples, she is to receive a prestigous award in Vancouver today. Frenette, a 22-year-old student at Laurentian University in […]
