Elisabeth Heslop Colten Allen, six, a member of Novice Team #2 at the 3-on-3 summer hockey program here, tried to catch up with Carson Noga (Team #1) as the seven-year-old made a dash up the ice during yesterday evening’s game. The program will run for the next two weeks until […]
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Duane Hicks While the numbers aren’t as high as they’ve been in some years over the past decade, reports of bear sightings have been coming in to the town’s bylaw enforcement officers, with no end in activity probably until early October. “We do have some bears around town. It’s not […]
Staff Fort Frances native Dave Allison is among the three athletes, two builders, and a national championship team that will make up this year’s slate of inductees to enter the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. The 28th-annual induction dinner and ceremony will take place Sept. 26 at the Valhalla […]
Staff Parents of children starting school this fall have until the end of the day today (Aug. 17) to register them for the annual “First Rider” program. Two sessions will be held at Robert Moore School this Thursday (Aug. 20) at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. to help the youngsters […]
the OPP A Fort Frances man has been charged with failing to drive within a marked lane following a head-on collision that occurred Thursday on King’s Highway near Wright Avenue. The crash occurred shortly after noon when an eastbound motor vehicle crossed the centre line and collided with a westbound […]
the MNR The fire hazard is “low” across the region, with only one new fire—Dryden #21—reported over the weekend. That blaze was 0.1 hectares in size but has since been extinguished. There currently are no active fires in the region, or the entire province. Regardless of the fire hazard, remember […]
Heather Latter Ben Morrisseau was blindfolded as he pushed partner Halle Shypit in the wheelbarrow race as part of the “Barnyard Olympics” event held at the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s annual Fall Fair in Emo on Saturday. The teams also participated in a rubber boot dash and horseshoe toss. […]
Heather Latter Brendan Hyatt, left, John Dutton, and Ken Brown rehearsed a scene from “True Up North Mamma Mia” yesterday at the Townshend Theatre. The show will run there this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday (Aug. 20-22) beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets, available at Northwoods Gallery & Gifts, cost $10 for […]
Elisabeth Heslop Brandy Strachan of Emo and her horse, “Freedom Danser AA,” took off with a jump after successfully placing the flag in the bucket on top of a barrel in the flag race open all ages class at the Emo Fair on Saturday. Strachan didn’t place with “Freedom Danser […]
Peggy Revell
Tyler Cole, seven, waved from the miniature green train he and his three-year-old sister, Ryleigh, took a spin on Friday afternoon at the Emo Fair midway.
Peggy Revell From photography, quilts, and baking to flowers, there were plenty of entries on display at the exhibit hall during the Emo Fair, which Carolyn Advent checked out Friday afternoon.
Staff The Operations and Facilities division has reported the Portage Avenue underpass will continue to be completely shut down to all through traffic, including emergency vehicles, through next Friday (Aug. 21), at which time another status report will be given. In an e-mail from Transportation superintendent Milt Strachan, he said […]
