Fort Frances OPP responded to a report of an intruder at a residence on the 200 block of First Street East around 11 p.m. yesterday. As a result, a 37-year-old Kenora man was arrested and charged with break and enter and causing a disturbance. He was released from custody to […]
District News
What do bicycle helmets and ice cream have in common? Well, if you’re a student in the district, wearing one can win you the other. The OPP, in conjunction with McDonald’s, has been conducting a series of safe cycling clinics at various schools here over the last month and will […]
Two days and counting. In less than forty-eight hours, my partner, Patrick Langevin, and I will join 48 other teams on the Rainy River in search of elusive ol’ “marble eyes” in the third-annual Emo Walleye Classic. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been on the phone to each other […]
The Emo Meals on Wheels program, currently funded almost exclusively by the township, may become a thing of the past without an infusion of capital, it was learned last week. A meeting May 18 with the Meals on Wheels committee and Emo Reeve Russ Fortier revealed the 10-year-old van currently […]
With roughly 80 children and 50 adults on hand, the Emo Toy Library and Resource Centre last Wednesday officially joined the network of Ontario Early Years Centres that spans the province. Anne McKinnon did face-painting, Mike Loney had animal balloons for the youngsters, and Carmela Klug was on hand to […]
Last Friday was a busy day for Donna Kowalski’s Grade 1 class. The 22 students shed the familiar walls of Crossroads School in Devlin and instead took their education act on the road for the chance to learn about life in a rural community from the inside. The outing not […]
Chapple Heritage committee members tell me June 15 is quickly approaching, at which time registrations are due for the school reunion later this summer. If you’re planning to attend one of the meals provided by the Heritage committee, the concert, or dance on Saturday, June 31, you must pre-register. Forms […]
Federal Liberal candidate Ken Boshcoff paid a visit to the Sunset Country Métis office here last Thursday, only days before both the federal election call and Aboriginal Awareness Week. “As former mayor Thunder Bay and president of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario, I’ve been building lots of bridges of […]
As the clock winds down to the start of the third-annual Emo Walleye Classic later this week, the Rainy River is seeing a lot boat traffic these days. But fishing is by no means the sole attraction of this natural waterway. Cruising down the river from Emo, there is an […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. is working with the Town of Fort Frances and the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” committee to make sure no one ever says “Fort where?” again. In an effort to attract more tourists and increase the visibility of Fort Frances, banners representing the various activities that […]
Tragedy struck on the Victoria Day weekend here when a late-night car ride turned deadly. A single-vehicle accident that occurred on Couchiching around 3:05 a.m. on Sunday claimed the life of the driver, Curtis Joseph Brown, 42, of Fort Frances, and a passenger, Krista Turcotte, 24, of Thunder Bay, Ont. […]
Members of the OPP’s Underwater Search and Recovery Unit yesterday located all four occupants inside the cabin of a floatplane that had crashed into Fawcett Lake on Tuesday. The plane and the victims were located around 11:20 a.m. The pilot was identified as Frederick Charles Illsley, 29, of Winnipeg. His […]
