Ken Kellar Grillmeister Steve Loshaw flipped burgers outside of Rainy River Meats in Emo during “Spring Fever Days” on Saturday. Sunshine and warmer weather helped to draw a crowd to the last day of the annual event after a cold and wintry week.
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Jamie Mountain Chase Councillor fired a shot on net during a session at the Fort Frances Atom ‘AA’ Canadians’ prospects camp that was held last Monday-Wednesday at “The Duke” Couchiching Arena. Prospective players for the 2019-2020 season were able to showcase all that they could bring to the squad during […]
Instructor Kim Daley, guided Kayleigh Spiers of the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre along as she strung her beaded craft at the library on Saturday as part of the Métis beading workshop. The event is part of the historical centre’s Indigenous Art Workshops that are hosted around the district. -Sam Odrowski photo
Staff The Thunder Bay North Stars’ trio of Jacob Brown, Keighan Gerrie, and Ryan Mignault collected a combined nine points to help their sqaud upend the Red Lake Miners 5-2 on Sunday night in Game 2 of the SIJHL’s Bill Salonen Cup Final at the Fort William Gardens. With the […]
of Daniel Young Emo residents Katherine Young launched a personalized ice chunk, dubbed the HMS “Hello,” on Rainy River with her brother, Alexander, on Sunday afternoon. They joined numerous other district residents who were thrilled to get outdoors on Saturday and Saturday. After going out like a lion last Thursday […]
Dave Ogilvie
Emo correspondent
Emo correspondent
The Emo and District Lions Club would like to thank everyone who purchased tickets for this year’s “Lions’ Share” grocery raffle. Once again the profits from the draw will be going back into the district to fund several of the club’s current projects. The winners of this year’s draw were […]
Sam Odrowski
Close to 250 people packed into the Devlin Hall on Saturday to enjoy a spaghetti dinner and help the La Vallee Fire Department raise money to upgrade and purchase firefighting equipment. Through hosting the event the fire department was able to raise $1,700 but the Chapple, Emo, La Vallee, and […]
Sam Odrowski
Getting onto a path towards financial stability has been the province’s focus this budget season, with a promise of eliminating the now $11 billion deficit for the 2023-24 fiscal year. The PCs are doing so without introducing any new taxes for residents or businesses in Ontario but there are notable […]
Ken Kellar
kkellar@fortfrances.com
kkellar@fortfrances.com
A program at Confederation College is coming to the end of its second year, and casting an eye to the future. Community Integration through Cooperative Education (CICE) is a two-year certificate program at Confederation College in Fort Frances that is a little different from your regular college program. “The CICE […]
Ken Kellar
The fallout from the sudden, heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures may have put a dampener on some of the festivities, but Emo’s “Spring Fever Days” went out with a bang on its final day. While not everything that was planned to run on Saturday survived the wild weather from earlier […]
Taras Manzie
President and CEO
Lake of the Woods Brewing Company
President and CEO
Lake of the Woods Brewing Company
Locally-made craft beer is a reflection of where it comes from. Lake of the Woods Brewing Company is proudly Ontario’s northernmost brewery. Our brewing heritage is born out of the very place that we call home, right here on the northern shores of Lake of the Woods. We employ 66 […]
Jamie Mountain With his junior hockey career now complete, Jaedin Ness is looking forward to a new opportunity. The forward, who spent the last two seasons with the Fort Frances Lakers, announced last week that he has committed to play hockey for the College of St. Scholastica Saints starting next […]
