Young dancers from Dancemakers Studio here were the only Canadian group to participate in the 13th-annual Minnesota Talent Search in Eden Prairie earlier this month. A group of 24 girls from Rainy River District, aged nine-18, brought home a number of trophies and awards from the event, where more than […]
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If you’re looking for a different way to spend your lunch hour tomorrow (Thursday), you might want to drop by the Townshend Theatre. Fort High is holding a Next Top Model Fashion Show 2005 beginning at 11:40 a.m. and running until around 1:30 p.m. The show was put together by […]
Backed by at least 50 members of the community, local firefighters made their case Tuesday evening as to why town council should reverse its decision to eliminate a vacant full-time position at the fire hall. But in the end, they got few answers as to why council ever made the […]
The local Business Improvement Association is lining up all sorts of activities to celebrate the downtown core’s 100th birthday on Saturday, June 25. But organizers still will need a little volunteer help from individuals, local groups, and service clubs to make it the bash they want it to be, BIA […]
The Fort Frances Museum fundraising committee has achieved one-third of its campaign goal, Coun. Struchan Gilson reported to council during its regular meeting last night. “They have already collected $25,000 in donations,” he remarked, adding a significant portion of that total has come from Abitibi-Consolidated. “It’s encouraging the town is […]
Local MP Ken Boshcoff described them as “beautiful.” “Absolutely wonderful,” assessed Geoff Gillon, head of the Rainy River Future Development Corp. “I think they look great,” added Fort Frances Mayor Dan Onichuk. As for the dozens of American tourists patiently lining the international bridge here Friday en route to a […]
The only question was whether they would be facing the St. Ignatius Falcons or the St. Patrick Saints of Thunder Bay in the NWOSSAA final? So complete was the Muskie girls’ soccer team’s domination heading into the NorWOSSA tournament last Wednesday in Kenora that it seemed inevitable that they would […]
It’s been more than a quarter-century since Winnipeg’s Lionel Robert, a familiar face to many in this area, became a fixture on Northwestern Ontario’s tournament fishing circuit. And he’s been getting the same feeling right around this time of year ever since. “You can barely wait for it. You count […]
“You’ve got to go out there and play each game hard because that’s what the game deserves.” —Shane Beckett, head coach of the Muskie boys’ soccer team. Soccer can be as good to you as two martinis at lunch or it can be harsher than a swig of Buckley’s. It […]
Randy Booth of Barwick was the lucky winner of the picnic table and benches that the Emo and District Hospital Auxiliary was raffling off. The set was generously made and donated by Percy Champagne and the Roseberry Runway. Special thanks to them for their support. • • • Donald Young School here […]
Head librarian Shirley Sheppard last week was showing off some of the new books the Friends of the Emo Public Library helped to bring in. The group recently raised $500 by raffling off an acoustic guitar and lessons. With that money, the EPL was able to bring in some new […]
Tickets for the Emo Walleye Classic raffle, featuring a Crestliner boat, Yamaha motor, and trailer package supplied by Tompkins Hardware as the first prize, are still available. Tickets, which cost $10 each, are available at Tompkins Hardaware, Village Variety, Meyers Clothing, Visser Auto, Emo Drugs, Emo Inn, The Corner Closet, […]
