Duane Hicks Hopes to build cheaper version Town council voted 5-2 against the contract to build the $4.7-million Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre on Monday night, with the majority of council agreeing the project is beyond this year’s budget. But Mayor Roy Avis said in an interview after […]
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Dave Ogilvie The Emo seniors’ carpet bowling club has added a whole new dimension to their Thursday morning activities. Last Thursday, the group received two brand new Nintendo Wii video systems—complete with sports and fitness software and flat-screen TVs. Club co-ordinator Mollie Crozier accepted the donation from Jacqui Hunsperger, first […]
Peggy Revell Family and Children’s Services is hoping local youths will give them a helping hand and make a difference in the lives of children across the district by participating in their volunteer program. “There’s a lot of kids in the high school that are really good, helpful kids,” said […]
Mitch Calvert Coming off a successful inaugural campaign last summer with the under-12 soccer development program here, co-ordinators Sarah Noonan and Rick Chambers are looking to pick up where they left off and raise the bar even higher. “We are looking to increase player numbers this year [to] 12-15 for […]
Duane Hicks With town council having voted down the proposed contract for the new Fort Frances Public Library and Technology Centre on Monday night, library board members are left questioning if the project will ever happen at all. Library board chair Joyce Cunningham said Monday evening after the meeting she […]
Duane Hicks The town is getting ready to begin the $5.4-million Portage Avenue, Nelson Street, and Victoria Avenue truck route upgrade next month, which will see the town improve the roads, as well as sewer and water, in relation to AbitibiBowater’s biomass boiler project. Council approved Bay City Contractors of […]
Duane Hicks Town council deferred any decision on the proposed relocation and refurbishment of the Hallett and lookout tower pending further costing information from Tom Jones Construction. Community Services manager George Bell informed council he was hoping to have negotiated amounts for the tender ready for council at Monday’s meeting, […]
Staff Town council referred a financial request from the Rainy River Future Development Corp.—to help pay to put up new gateway banners on the Lap building—to the Administration and Finance executive committee for its recommendation at Monday night’s meeting. In a letter from RRFDC chair Russ Fortier, he noted that […]
Peggy Revell Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) will be installed in 16 schools across the district in the hope of saving the lives of students, staff, and community members in emergencies. The AEDs—meant to be used alongside CPR in the case of cardiac arrest—have been made possible through funding from the […]
Mitch Calvert For Emo native Dennis Ogilvie, running is more than a just a hobby, it’s a passion. The 23-year-old personal trainer, certified through the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology after attending Niagara College, is putting his skills to use by running six 5K runs this summer to raise money […]
Mitch Calvert Confidence in the Muskie camp is high going into the NorWOSSA badminton finals today in Dryden thanks, in large part, to the badminton skill development club that runs all winter long here. Manami and Lawrence Alexander felt the high school badminton season was too short to make a […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie boys’ hockey team wrapped up another season with a dinner and awards presentation last week at the Adventure Inn. A banquet hall full of family, friends, and representatives of the Blueline Club gathered to honour a season that started slow back in November but ended with […]
