The Fort Frances Museum now owns a piece of district police history after S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis donated the 1913 journal of Cst. Kenneth Campbell—one of the area’s first provincial police officers—on Monday morning. “It’s fascinating in the sense that here we had a fella who policed the entire district, travelling […]
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The North Western Ontario Tourism Association is hoping the end is in sight to a border-crossing issue that cropped up last year. “We’ve been working with [Canada] Customs. A lot of the problems we’ve had last summer we’ve worked on,” said NWOTA president Tom Pearson, who also owns Camp Narrows […]
Golden Age Manor in Emo held its annual meeting last Thursday (April 25) in the Common Room, with an excellent turnout of residents, the executive, and public on hand. Ted Burgoyne read the minutes from the previous annual meeting while the financial report was presented by secretary/treasurer Grace Hettinga. Committee […]
Two district townships each were awarded $100,000 from the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. for road upgrades and other infrastructure projects. Lake of the Woods will use the funding for upgrades to Luft Road, Tote Road, Frenchman’s Rock Road, and Lakewood Drive. A better well water supply also will be […]
While various vendors—particularly Lowey’s Greehouse—have been on site since mid-March, the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market hasn’t officially opened its doors yet for the season. That will all change this Saturday. “We’ll be starting our 18th year,” said Deb Cornell, who manages the farmers’ market along with Pat Clysdale-Cornell. She noted […]
A community luncheon for delegates attending the World Health Organization’s conference will be hosted by Emo, La Vallee, and Chapple next Wednesday (May 8) at noon at the Emo-La Vallee Community Centre. Tickets cost $8 each, and are available at the Emo, La Vallee, and Chapple municipal offices until this […]
Haven’t got your ticket yet to attend the 20th-annual Ducks Unlimited fundraiser banquet coming up this Friday night at La Place Rendez-Vous? Larry Cousineau said not to worry, there still might be some left—if you act fast. “Right now, we have about 16-18 tickets so people can still drop by […]
Every night, five-year-old Jacob Vandermeer is hooked up to a peritoneal dialysis machine for 10 hours. This bright little boy with inquisitive dark brown eyes and a round face is fighting acute kidney failure. Some days, his parents can only watch helplessly as he has seizure after seizure. But last […]
While it didn’t drawn as many guests as last year’s “Touch of Italy” fundraiser, the local Business Women’s Network wrangled 79 fellas and fillies to “Miss Kitty’s Saloon” on Saturday evening at the Fort Frances Curling Club. “We haven’t got all the expenses covered yet but roughly we made $2,800. […]
New mothers who want help breastfeeding have a new place to turn thanks to a joint Pharmasave and Beta Sigma Phi electric breast pump program. The Phi Iota chapter of Beta Sigma Phi has donated two medina lactina pumps worth $1,000 each to Pharmasave to kick off the program. “Our […]
Welcome back to students who have been furthering their education at college and university in other parts of the country. They include Krista Smith (University of Windsor), Gery Foster (Mohawk College in Hamilton), Sheila Teeple (Peterborough), Melinda Teeple (London), and Kerri and Kendra Halvorsen. • • • Margaret Rahn returned April 18 […]
The third and final meeting on a proposed municipal bylaw to ban smoking in all enclosed public spaces here was held at the Civic Centre on Tuesday night, and now town council faces some tough decisions as to what to do about the issue. “We understand the job that’s ahead […]
