The first-annual Emo Inn bonspiel was a success. Twelve teams entered, which is a good number for their first effort. Curling in Emo is making a comeback and this past weekend was a good indication of how much the interest has grown. Curtis Sheloff’s rink won the ‘A’ side, with […]
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The Muskie girls’ and boys’ hockey teams took the next step on the path toward their respective 2008 provincial hockey championships over the weekend. Both squads swept their semi-final series from Kenora opposition, and in doing so served notice they’re ready to challenge for a berth at OFSAA. The girls, […]
The Dryden Ice Dogs solidified their grip on first place in the SIJHL with a pair of weekend victories against the host Fort Frances Jr. Sabres. The Sabres, who have rallied from a slow start to become a force to be reckoned with in SIJHL play, extended their losing streak […]
Uprooting your family and moving to a new location is fairly stressful at the best of times, but Pastor Conrad Dueck and his young family quickly have settled into their new home in Emo. Pastor Dueck, his wife, Lois, and their children, Lorianne, 11, Caleb, eight, Joseph, seven, and Stephen, […]
They played with passion and every ounce of energy they possessed, and in the end the host Fort Frances Canadians were ever so close to forcing a third-and-deciding game of their Midget ‘AA’ Challenge Series. The Fort William Hurricanes had blown into town Friday night and stormed off with an […]
Fresh from franchisee training and eager to start something new, Chris McKinnon officially began his role as the new owner of M&M Meat Shops here Monday morning. “I’m quite excited about it,” said McKinnon, who also owns Skates & Blades. “I went through three weeks of training, plus training at […]
FORT FRANCES—The Namakan River hydro development project being proposed by the Ojibway Power and Energy Group (OPEG) will be vital to Lac La Croix First Nation in the future, Chief Leon Jourdain said during an open house here last Thursday night. Dozens of people came out for the session at […]
FORT FRANCES—A Youth Health and Wellness Conference, presented by Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre and the Métis Nation of Ontario Health Branch Services, is being planned for March 27-28. Interested youth are encouraged to register as soon as possible. The free two-day workshop, which will be held at La Place Rendez-Vous […]
Having met Monday for the first time in 2008, the “Fun in the Sun” committee already is hard at work planning for this year’s Canada Day celebrations. Organizers are looking for new blood—and new fundraising ideas. “We’d had some meetings in the fall, but we start kicking it off around […]
FORT FRANCES—Called the “storm of the century” by the media at the time, the ice storm that hit eastern Ontario in January, 1998 left more than 1.2 million people without power. Now imagine if that happened here. That notion was the basis of an emergency exercise conducted by local agencies, […]
FORT FRANCES—Benjamin Marr, the infant son of local couple Dave and Jennifer Marr, is one step closer to being able to come home from the hospital after he was moved Saturday from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to a more intermediate stage of hospitalization called T1. Benjamin was born prematurely […]
They came, they saw, and they conquered—but the Churchill Trojans also may have left town with a dose of newfound respect for the Muskie senior boys’ basketball squad. Despite dropping a pair of games to the Trojans in the best-of-three NWOSSAA final here over the weekend, the Muskies excited their […]
