If the first days of the new millennium bring power and heating interruptions to the district, the Atikokan Crisis Centre won’t be left out in the cold. It still will be a safe and secure place for women and children, executive director Kathy Latell confirmed last week. Contingency plans to […]
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Wendy Judson of Echo Lake Estates is hoping for a positive development after a meeting last week with Emo’s municipal council but she isn’t holding her breath until she sees something in writing. Judson and her husband, Tom, have been trying to get Echo Lake Estates, located in the west […]
The CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. tried to set the record straight yesterday on what’s happening with the renovation project planned for the Emo hospital. Speaking at a “communications” luncheon at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre attended by reps from the municipalities and unorganized townships in the Emo hospital’s […]
The play was simple enough. A quick pass out to the flat from Manitoba Bison quarterback Shane Munson to receiver Adrian Huntley in the third quarter of a game against the Calgary Dinosaurs late last month. But the result was anything but ordinary. Huntley, a Fort Frances native and former […]
Convincing the World Health Organization to hold a conference here in the spring of 2002 has been a big job for the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition. Now that it’s succeeded, getting ready for the actual event will be an even bigger one. As first reported in Monday’s Daily Bulletin, […]
Eberhand Heinrich Schwarz has travelled all over the world. Originally from Germany, he’s been involved in construction projects around the globe–from tourist hotels in South America to airport projects across the U.S. So it wasn’t an uneducated choice when Schwarz decided Canada was the best place in the world to […]
Barring a few touch-ups or highlights, the mural of Edward Wellington Backus should be completed in time for Friday’s unveiling ceremony at 11 a.m. Julian Morelli, a member of the BIA’s “Paint the Town Committee” which spearheaded the mural project, said artist Brian Romagnoli has been burning the midnight oil […]
In an attempt to make Fort Frances High School a safer environment for students, 16 security cameras have been installed in hallways and other public access areas throughout the school. The project cost about $40,000. FFHS principal Terry Ellwood is confident putting the cameras in the hallways is a proactive […]
When Willa Kunkel was looking for a script for this year’s Muskie Theatre production, one of her main concerns was finding something suitable for their first show in the new Townshend Theatre. She settled on “Fame” because she felt it was the most appropriate. “It’s a great story, with great […]
With 577 names on its membership roster, the Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 here isn’t hurting. But when it comes time to find a handful of those who will volunteer to sell poppies each year, it’s slim pickings, said Roly Crawford, acting president for the local Legion. In the end, […]
On July 11, 1943, Dick Collette of Fort Frances was about a year into his duty as an anti-aircraft gunner aboard the H.M.C.S. Iroquois when a German aircraft bombed one of the troop ships in their convoy near the coast of Spain. The S.S. Duchess of York had been carrying […]
When John Moran of Fort Frances joined the armed forces in 1941 at the age of 19, he was “gung-ho” to fight on the front line. But a hunting accident just prior to his enlistment changed all that. “I went to New Glasgow, N.S. to take basic artillery training. I […]
