The Kiwanis skate park committee got a helping hand from the Town of Fort Frances on Monday evening, after council voted in favour of a bridge financing agreement with them. Under the agreement, the town will pay the outstanding invoices, in the amount of $107,473.82, to contractors, and the Kiwanis […]
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Terry McClymont and Jaret Horbaiuk stood nervously next to emcee Lionel Robert this past Sunday as they waited for Day One “Castin’ For Cash” bass tournament leaders Pat Steele and Ralph Galusha to be towed into the weigh-in area. Steele and Galusha were the last remaining challengers in the sixty […]
After continuous development for several years, the first phase of the Cranberry Peatlands Interpretive Trail, located about 12 km west of Fort Frances, officially was opened to the public by the Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists on Thursday evening. “It’s a great educational opportunity for students to come here and […]
Northridge Funeral Home, an endeavour which has been in the works for some time now, is finally ready, licensed, and open for business. The new establishment, which is located on highway 11 just west of Emo, is owned by experienced funeral director, Jason Lilley. “I began working in the funeral […]
Two weeks before their departure from Fort Frances, 14-year-old Rebecca Geense and her 13-year-old-sister Jessica can barely speak about moving, leaving their friends and the home they grew up in, without tearing up. The two youngest daughters of Tony and Gloria Geense have spent most of their childhood in Fort […]
One of the perks of living near Rainy Lake is boating access to its uninhabited, remote sandy beaches where swimming and camping are popular during the summer months. Visitors come and go from these places, and are supposed to be responsible stewards of the Crown land they enjoy by picking […]
With renovations underway at the Fort Frances Museum on Scott Street, an interpretive development intern has been hired to get a new exhibit ready for when it re-opens next year. Emily Carr, from Whitby, Ont., just started the job last week but already is aware she has a lot of […]
Les Helliar has been there from the beginning. Literally. Helliar was born in 1936, the same year his father started Helliar’s Resort in Nester Falls. On July 1, the business celebrated 70 years of operation. Helliar said that there have been good times and bad, but in the end their […]
Bill Godin sounded relaxed over the phone as he reflected on this past weekend’s “Castin’ For Cash” live release bass tournament. Godin, who along with his wife, Nellie, organized and ran the sixth-annual event at the Lake Despair Lodge, was extremely happy with the results of weeks of hard work […]
If children in Emo are looking for something to do this summer, then they can take advantage of the Summer Playground Program which is running Tuesdays and Thursdays until the end of August. The free program, which started up last week, allows children up to six years of age to […]
District youth and stakeholders are generally headed in the same direction when it comes to creating opportunities for Northern Ontario youth, with both groups agreeing on the same three of four top objectives identified in dialogues initiated Monday by the Northern Development Council (NDC). But the two groups differed as […]
Local swimmer Heather Dutton wrapped her competitive season with a number of strong performances in Winnipeg last weekend. Dutton competed in the ManSask Provincial Championships where she took the gold medal in the 100 metre butterfly, and silver in both the 200 metre butterfly and 200 metre freestyle races. Dutton, […]
