The North Western Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA) held an “emergency meeting” Monday in Emo to discuss the border water issue with the States. The U.S. opposes Ontario’s decision to pass a law which restricts non-resident anglers from retaining any walleye or sauger caught on the Ontario side of Rainy River […]
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Some area students will have to forsake the luxury of sleeping in starting Monday in favour of sharpening their minds as summer school gets underway here, in Emo, and Atikokan. Warren Hoshizaki, director of education for the Rainy River District School Board, noted how glad he was to see everything […]
Despite tired muscles, aching backs, and sun and wind-burned faces, the 27 participants in the “Canoe for Cancer” reunion sported big grins as they were welcomed home by bagpipe music and cheers Sunday afternoon. The canoeists, ranging in age from 22 to 63, had paddled 53 miles over four days […]
In many ways, last Thursday’s graduation ceremony for Fort Frances High School was a night of “lasts.” The class of ’99 was the last to graduate out of old Fort High on First Street East. And, with the year 2000 right around the corner, it was the last class to […]
Six missing buoys were discovered by Craig Coughlin, a navigable waters protection officer for the coast guard, during a patrol of Rainy Lake last week. He described the situation as “not bad.” “There were a few buoys that were damaged that we replaced, and maybe half a dozen that were […]
Katie Pierroz got the Miss Fun in the Sun pageant off on the right foot by taking top honours in the talent portion Sunday night at Robert Moore School. Dressed in a rainbow of colours, Pierroz, 17, pirouetted her way to the top of the judges’ scoresheets–something she was surprised […]
There seems to be no end to the number of talented folk in the area and next month’s inaugural “Summer Quest,” being held July 21 in conjunction with the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship, has 20 contestants signed up to prove it. “We have a lot of new faces this […]
The 90-year-old landmark residence at 335 Nelson St., which had been known as St. Jude’s Convent since 1919, will head into the new millennium with an updated mission–and name. New owners Nancy and Gord Witherspoon are slated to open “St. Jude’s Gourmet Coffee” in early August, offering up a wide […]
The task of raising $2 million could very well be in the cards for the Riverside Foundation for Health Care after it was announced at last night’s annual meeting that the district-wide feasibility study that was completed more than a month ago could point them in the right direction. “The […]
A local family is getting a greater appreciation for the ways of the wild after becoming surrogate parents to a pair of goslings. Jo and Ken Olson of Third Street West took in the orphaned geese more than five weeks ago after a friend found the birds abandoned near Flanders […]
Six children from Belarus should be in for an exciting six-week vacation next month when then are reunited with the host families that took them in last summer. With the youngsters slated to return July 6, the four host families–Cathy Zin and Terry Wilcott, Albert and Linda Beller, David and […]
There are missing buoys on Rainy Lake and that poses a safety concern, the coast guard has warned. “Our marine patrol has been out and they have made contact with the coast guard and notified them of the missing buoys,” Fort Frances OPP S/Sgt. Hugh Dennis said yesterday. Craig Coughlin, […]
