Press Release Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP John Rafferty is demanding that Minister of Transport John Baird apologize to the people of his riding for callous remarks Baird made regarding the proposed TTC-Bombardier streetcar deal. Rafferty is calling on the government to reconsider its apparent rejection of federal funds for the […]
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Dave Ogilvie It’s been a while since the last Country Club tour, but the “visit” to Sweden last Thursday (June 4) was worth the wait. Members of the Emo group were treated to a remarkable afternoon of information, stories, jokes, songs, and delicious food from Sweden. Roughly 50 seniors and […]
Press Release Emo resident and Queen’s University student Allison Williams was among three students to receive a $25,000 fellowship from TD Insurance Meloche Monnex during a ceremony Monday night at the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education annual conference in Hamilton. This marks the 11th year that TD Insurance […]
Dave Ogilvie A large group of friends and relatives gathered at the Emo Legion last Monday (June 1) to watch the 144 Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (Fort Frances) hold their annual inspection. On hand to review the corps was S/Sgt. Martin Steinbach of International Falls, Mn., who served with […]
Staff The new Ge-Da-Gi-Binez Youth Centre here has been sitting empty since an altercation there last Wednesday evening that left two staff members injured and two teens facing assault charges. But plans are underway to get the six youths back in the facility, as well as ensure a similar incident […]
Elisabeth Heslop If someone were to mention fermented barley and several inches of foam, the corresponding mental picture might be a golden pint with a towering white head. Try, instead, to picture a small creek flowing through Rainy River First Nations, with white foam floating amid expanding bubbles of gas […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie soccer program features team practice uniforms with the word “one” emblazoned on the front—stressing team over individual. That “one” word, however, stood in the way of the Muskie boys’ goal of advancing out of pool play at the OFSAA ‘AA’ showdown in Hamilton last week as […]
Duane Hicks Residents face only a 1.1% jump Tax bills indicating a slight tax hike for all property classes will be mailed out shortly after town council approved the 2009 budget Monday night. Several members of council noted how pleased they were that what started out as a daunting budget […]
Peggy Revell He’s more familiar with flying the skies as a pilot for Air Canada, but it was by bicycle that Burlington, Ont. native Glen Baxby arrived in Fort Frances on a rainy Monday afternoon—just one stop on his quest to cycle across the country to raise awareness and money […]
Duane Hicks Work on Phase II of the Heritage Tourism Project has begun, with the aim to see Fort Frances sporting an enhanced waterfront before the end of November. Last week, crews with Tom Jones Construction put up fencing on either side of the Sorting Gap Marina—the future waterfront sites […]
Peggy Revell He’s greeted students with a smile every school morning for the past 45 years, and last week Sonny Ferris was recognized with the Rainy River District School Board’s “School Bus Driver of the Year” award. “It’s difficult to pick a bus driver of the year,” Donna Lee, the […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie girls’ soccer team was under-manned and over-matched at the ‘AA’ all-Ontarios in Kenora last week—dropping all three of their games in failing to advance out of round-robin play. The squad closed out the tournament on a positive note—holding top-ranked St. Joseph’s to three goals in a […]
