Elisabeth Heslop Tony Weir can remember the days before Alberton had a volunteer fire department. “When a fire call came, everybody went and we just stood there and watched it burn,” he reminisced with bright afternoon sun beaming in through the windows of his Alberton farmhouse. “And then there was […]
District News
the MNR The Ministry of Natural Resources’ Aviation and Forest Fire Management division is responding to another request for forest firefighter support to British Columbia. A total of 114 personnel, including two four-person FireRanger crews and one division supervisor from Fort Frances, were set to depart today from Sudbury and […]
Staff With no fire activity going on in Ontario, the Ministry of Natural Resources today deployed 74 personnel to British Columbia to assist with the fire situation there. A total of 40 FireRangers (in two 20-person crew configurations), plus a fire behaviour analyst, were dispatched from the West Fire Region, […]
the OPP Fort Frances OPP officers have been noticing an increase in the number of unlocked vehicles throughout town. In May, officers checked almost 190 vehicles during their patrols and found 114 were unlocked. Incredibly, eight unattended vehicles had their keys inside. In addition to the unlocked vehicles, officers want […]
Dave Ogilvie Next Friday (June 19) will mark the first “barn” concert of the year. Cornell Farms, which hosts several concerts a summer, is located just 10 minutes west of Fort Frances (on La Vallee Road North one mile north of Highway 11/71. The opening concert, organized by Katherine Williams […]
Robin McCormick The Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary will host its annual “Strawberry Social” this Friday (June 12) from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the hospital cafeteria. Admission is $3. As always, there will be draws to add to the excitement. Everyone is encouraged to come out and enjoy the afternoon. The […]
Tyson McLean The second meeting of the Emo Beef Club was held Monday, May 11 at 7:30 p.m. at the agricultural research station. We recited the 4-H pledge, then began our meeting with Ross accepting the minutes as read (seconded by Riley). We then went over how to prevent and […]
Dave Ogilvie It’s been a while since the last Country Club tour, but the “visit” to Sweden last Thursday (June 4) was worth the wait. Members of the Emo group were treated to a remarkable afternoon of information, stories, jokes, songs, and delicious food from Sweden. Roughly 50 seniors and […]
Press Release Emo resident and Queen’s University student Allison Williams was among three students to receive a $25,000 fellowship from TD Insurance Meloche Monnex during a ceremony Monday night at the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education annual conference in Hamilton. This marks the 11th year that TD Insurance […]
Dave Ogilvie A large group of friends and relatives gathered at the Emo Legion last Monday (June 1) to watch the 144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (Fort Frances) hold their annual inspection. On hand to review the corps was S/Sgt. Martin Steinbach of International Falls, Mn., who served with […]
Elisabeth Heslop If someone were to mention fermented barley and several inches of foam, the corresponding mental picture might be a golden pint with a towering white head. Try, instead, to picture a small creek flowing through Rainy River First Nations, with white foam floating amid expanding bubbles of gas […]
the MNR The forest fire situation was quiet in the West Fire Region over the weekend, with just one new fire reported in Fort Frances District on Saturday evening. The 0.1-hectare blaze was the result of an unattended campfire. It is now “out.” There currently are no fires burning in […]
