Duane Hicks While it’s too early in the budget to know how much of a levy increase Fort Frances taxpayers will be facing in 2009, town council is looking to find savings wherever they can. As such, one area that came up again at Monday’s budget meeting was reductions in […]
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Duane Hicks District representatives had a jam-packed agenda for the annual general meeting and conference of the Rainy River District Municipal Association’s board on Saturday in Atikokan, including passing two resolutions and hearing a myriad of speakers. The board passed a resolution from the Town of Rainy River to petition […]
Duane Hicks FORT FRANCES—How much councillors are paid to attend meetings, and which meetings qualify as out-of-town ones and which don’t, are subjects that will be reviewed in the next few months in a new subcommittee headed by Mayor Roy Avis. During a special committee of the whole meeting Monday, […]
Robin McCormick The Rainy River District Municipal Association held its annual general meeting this past Saturday (Jan. 31) in Atikokan. La Vallee Reeve Emily Watson, along with councillors Freeda Carmody and Ross Donaldson, were among the delegates attending the meeting, where many important issues were discussed. In related news, Reeve […]
Press Release The Fort Frances OPP detachment continues to investigate the following unsolved crimes. OPP officers were notified of a theft that occurred in the parking lot near Timberwolf Lodge Road, on Highway 502 about 40 km north of Highway 11, sometime between Dec. 10 and the early-morning hours of […]
Dave Ogilvie Marg and Gord Woollard were among the 167 people who brave the blustery weather Saturday evening to attend the fish fry at the Emo Legion. Everyone on hand enjoyed an excellent meal, as well as a chance to visit with relatives and friends.
Sheri Stamarski “Without vision the people perish.” This idea put forth in 1897 had vision. The vision was practical, forthright, and a brave venture. Those who caught the vision could not have known how far-reaching their organization, to be known as the Women’s Institute, would be in influencing better homemaking […]
Peggy Revell While still in their preliminary stages, two studies have been giving a clearer picture of the sturgeon population in both the Namakan reservoir and Namakan River. “First and foremost, we’re learning new information about a fish population we knew absolutely nothing about going into this,” explained Darryl McLeod, […]
courtesy of the CRC Instead of rushing home to watch the Super Bowl pre-game coverage after the Sunday morning service, a large group of people stayed at the Emo Christian Reformed Church to enjoy a “Souper Bowl” lunch. A free-will offering was collected, with $600 being raised for the “Loaves […]
Press Release The Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association (NWOTA), together with Kenora District Camp Owners Association (KDCA), were pleased to report last Thursday that they have opened a successful dialogue with key decision-makers in the Ministry of Tourism. In conjunction with the ministry’s announcement of the funding of the five-year Northern […]
Dave Ogilvie Last Tuesday (Jan. 27) was national Family Literacy Day at Donald Young School in Emo. Family Literacy Day was created by the ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation and Honda Canada back in 1999 to promote the importance of reading and learning together as a family all year-round. Every year […]
Dave Ogilvie Pastor Conrad Dueck and his family are extremely grateful for all the donations they’ve received from area churches, businesses, and individuals after losing their home to a fire last Tuesday (Jan. 27). “We have been awed, humbled, amazed, stunned, overjoyed, brought to tears, laughed, smiled, and wondered at […]
