Staff The Fort Frances Highlanders Pipes and Drums is hosting a Highland dance workshop next Saturday and Sunday (May 10-11), featuring acclaimed instructor George Hamilton. This workshop, which will be held at the Masonic Hall (302 Scott St.), is open to beginners and those who have been taking Highland dance […]
District News
It was a Happy Easter for Jordie Rheault of Fort Frances, who won the $500 up for grabs Easter Sunday (April 20) in the Rainy River Mutual Aid Association’s weekly cash calendar draw. Winning $100 for April 30 and May 1, respectively, were Samuel-James Fraser (Regina) and Robert Meyers (Emo). […]
Press Release Negotiations to renew 19 collective agreements between Resolute Forest Products and Unifor began last Tuesday (April 22), covering close to 2,000 members in Quebec and Ontario. The result of these negotiations will serve as the pattern for negotiations involving another 8,000 members in the Eastern Canadian pulp and […]
Press Release Kevin Kling and Dan Chouinard are bringing their “Walkin’ Shoes Tour” to the Backus Community Center in International Falls tomorrow night (May 2). Full of humour, music, and surprises, “Walkin’ Shoes” brings together Kling (one of Minnesota’s most significant storytellers) and Chouinard (accordionist, pianist, and writer) for tales […]
Heather Latter With a coating of six cm of wet snow Friday, Emo looked like it should be celebrating “Holly Daze” instead of “Spring Fever Days.” But despite the snow and cold, Tom Jackson of Tompkins Hardware said people still came out for the annual event. “I guess that means […]
the OPP On April 15 around 3:20 p.m., police received a report that a male driving a medium-sized pickup truck pulled up to a young girl walking on Roy Street in Emo. The driver began asking the youth some questions and at one point appeared to be unclasping his seat […]
Press Release The Township of Emo is receiving $1 million to install a new watermain to service commercial lots in the east end. It is one of eight projects in the Kenora-Rainy River region that got $5.1 million in support from the province’s Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. The others […]
Heather Latter A cold, wet covering of snow didn’t dampen early Easter celebrations here Saturday morning. More than 345 children, along with their parents, lined up along Scott Street to participate in the first-annual Community Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt hosted by the Fort Frances Kiwanis Club, in conjunction with “The […]
Heather Latter With warmer weather approaching, it’s a sign the annual “Relay for Life” is right around the corner. As such, organizers now have the push on to start recruiting teams—recently hosting an information/registration night. “We’re generating a lot of interest,” committee member Christine Denby noted. “We have a bunch […]
Duane Hicks With word Bearskin Airlines recently dropped its flights from Fort Frances to Winnipeg, a local pilot wants to know whether the public would use an affordable service to fly to Thunder Bay and Winnipeg if a new one were to start up here. Jordan Manty is researching the […]
Heather Latter The Rainy River District School Board is supporting the Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO) in hosting a regional parent forum at La Place Rendez-Vous here May 10. “It’s a bit of a coup for us because as a board we have been trying to get it closer […]
Heather Latter It’s been a long wait for Fort Frances native Jessica Bekesi and Delaney Johnston of Emo, who applied for the Cultural Representative Program at Walt Disney World in Florida about 18 months ago. But the wait is nearly over. The pair will be headed to the “most magical […]
