Lucas Punkari After winning the 2002 Kitchen Creek Classic, local golfer Greg Ward’s swing began to go south on him. So when he entered the annual tournament this past weekend, he not only was surprised that his swing held up, but that he also was able to capture this year’s […]
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Duane Hicks The Fort Frances Museum is hoping to land funding to digitally catalogue and store archives for posterity, as well as make it easier for patrons to access them. Town council Monday night authorized curator Sherry George to apply to the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport’s Museums and […]
Sarah Pruys This year, two students from Fort Frances High School participated in the annual Shad Valley program, a month-long university experience focused on engineering and entrepreneurship. Meghan Metke, 17, stayed at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver while Mallory Duffy, also 17, went to Carleton University in […]
After getting home from a missions trip to Trinidad in 2010, Trelawney Erwin knew she wanted to go to India next, although she wasn’t exactly sure why. Two years later, after she had saved up her money, the 19-year-old was on her way to Texas for a week of training […]
Duane Hicks Motorcyclists will be taking to area highways next Saturday (Aug. 25) for the local Alzheimer Society’s 10th-annual “Ride for Memories,” with this year’s ride ending in Sioux Lookout that evening. Riders from across Northwestern Ontario are encouraged to get involved to collect pledges and enjoy a ride. Lynn […]
Sarah Pruys Same-sex marriage? Perhaps it should just be called marriage, for isn’t that what it is? A few years ago, when Knox United Church in Fort Frances voted to perform same-sex unions, it was a quiet event. And now the United Church in Emo also has taken the same […]
Heather Latter As the voice and face of Agent Orange in Canada, Kenneth Young of Emo has travelled the globe bringing awareness to the effects caused by the harmful herbicide and defoliant used by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War from 1961-71. But the 64-year-old is especially excited to […]
Lucas Punkari Aiming to build off the success of last year’s run to the Currie Division semi-finals, Muskie head coach Chad Canfield is hoping to see as many prospective players as possible turn out for the team’s opening practice this coming Monday (Aug. 20) at 6 p.m. at Fort High. […]
Sarah Pruys Jim Krag, left, from Resolute Forest Products, along with Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis, local MPP Sarah Campbell, and Greg Chapman of the local Ministry of Natural Resources office, gathered to “plant” the company’s one-billionth tree—a white spruce—following their speeches to those who had gathered to watch the […]
Sarah Pruys Elder Catherine Kelly talked to children aged seven-14 about the “full moon teachings” yesterday morning at the Nanicost grounds here. As part of Weechi-it-te-win Family Services’ annual “Children’s Summer Institute,” which wraps up tomorrow, youths and their families are invited to come out and partake in games and […]
Heather Latter Sydney Beck and Pasquel Shortreed worked on making crystal structures during the “Mining Matters” workshop last Thursday at Confederation College here. The free seminar, sponsored by Rainy River Resources, ran last Wednesday through Friday, with one in-class day for adults and another focused on teaching youths about geology. […]
Lucas Punkari WISSOTA Midwest Modified driver Brady Caul used up every part of the track Saturday evening during the opening heat at the Emo Speedway. Caul came away with a fourth-place finish—a result he later matched in the feature race.
