Press Release Ontario is putting patients first by improving the quality and accountability of the province’s health-care system through the Excellent Care for All Act, which came into effect in June. As such, Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. will be looking for community input over the next year as we […]
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Press Release The board of health for the Northwestern Health Unit held its final meeting of the year on Nov. 26. Eight of the current board members were municipal appointees whose terms ended Nov. 30. The board expects to have some new faces at its first meeting of the new […]
the OPP The Rainy River District OPP has partnered with a number of community organizations to plan for the district’s first-annual “Stuff a Cruiser” campaign. This Saturday (Dec. 11) from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., OPP officers will be located in Fort Frances and Emo as part of a district-wide initiative to […]
Staff The Rainy River District School Board has a new chair after Atikokan trustee Michael Lewis was acclaimed to the position at last night’s inaugural board meeting for the 2010-14 term. As the first order of business, trustees set about to elect a chair, with Lewis eventually beng acclaimed to […]
Dave Ogilvie The first-annual ‘Stuff a Cruiser” campaign locally, an event created to help area charities and food banks meet the needs of the less fortunate during the holiday season, will be collecting items in Emo this week. There’s going to be a police vehicle parked at Cloverleaf Grocery this […]
Dave Ogilvie In these days of corporate collapses and bank failures, it is the small home-grown businesses that successfully are finding their niche in the local economy of many Canadian towns. Such is the case for “Injunuity,” a family-run business that made a big impact during Emo’s annual “Holly Daze” […]
Robin McCormick The Emo Ministerial Association presents “A Simple Christmas”—a time to hear the Christmas story and sing some favourite carols—this Sunday at 3 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. A free-will offering will be collected, with the funds to be split between Tyler Romyn and Mathew Beacham. • • • […]
Dan Falloon To the uninitiated, martial arts may give off an air of being the same sport passed down from generation to generation. But it’s not always that way. The local Fort Frances Wado Kai Club places a strong emphasis on constant evolution and lifelong learning, according to Sensei Chris […]
Dan Falloon The Fort Frances Lakers certainly conquered the first half of the SIJHL season—emerging atop the six-team loop at the midway point. Granted, the expansion Wisconsin Wilderness are just a point behind with two games in hand, but the local Junior ‘A’ squad still is a force to be […]
Dan Falloon Fort Frances Aquanaut Adam Stromberg had a solid showing at the annual Prairie Winter Invitational in Winnipeg over the weekend, notching a gold medal for the local swim club. The 12-year-old’s golden showing came in the 50m free, which he won in a time of 28.74 seconds. Stromberg […]
Staff Set to face Thistles in Kenora After practising for the last two months, the Fort Frances Thunderhawks are looking forward to their first game action when they visit the Kenora Thistles on Friday night. The Thistles opened the season with a 3-0 win over Manitoba’s Southeast Prairie Thunder back […]
Staff The Border Skate Club needs help to get four-time world champion Kurt Browning to visit here. The local club has entered the “Show It Off For Skate Canada” contest, in which entrants must use Skate Canada’s new logo in a creative fashion. The grand prize is a one-day skating […]
