When he was just a wee lad back in kindergarten, Kurt Hogard had just finished another day of school, came back home, and then proceeded to ask his father, Carl, the one question any hockey enthusiast would want to hear out of their child’s mouth. “Dad, what’s hockey?” “And his […]
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Alberton has joined the battle to get some of the gasoline tax revenues from the provincial government. At its regular meeting last Wednesday night, council formally endorsed a resolution from the Township of Emo to the provincial government to provide a portion of the gasoline tax to all municipalities—regardless of […]
The Town of Fort Frances will be applying to the Canada-Ontario Rural Infrastructure Fund (COMRIF) for money to repair the Portage Avenue underpass next spring. Council directed this Monday night after receiving a report from Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown, who noted the project will consist of replacing 180 […]
Council voted Monday night against a report stating the town should stop providing crossing guards for area schools. The Planning and Development executive committee had reviewed the issue of renewing an agreement with Lakeland Personnel beyond Dec. 31 and decided the town not only should not renew the agreement, but […]
Last Wednesday’s decisions by Rainycrest’s board of management to pursue negotiations towards an amalgamation with Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc., and to seek help from the province on running the home, have been greeted with positive remarks from local citizens. “I think it’s the right decision. I think they need […]
While Monday night’s meeting ended with councillors wondering whether they were being appointed to different executive committees or not, a decision definitely will be made by next Monday, Mayor Dan Onichuk said. The mayor said he contacted the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing on Tuesday and got some input […]
It took Shane Bliss “about 20 minutes” to write his coach’s comments for the latest edition of the Muskie boys’ hockey team’s newsletter. “We have shown signs of improvement since we started, although we are still having trouble playing three full periods from game to game,” Bliss wrote. “Once we […]
After more than 40 years of keeping district motorists on the road, Fred Klug has decided to hang up his lug wrench. Last week, Klug and his wife, Judy, who have been providing cars and service from their familiar location in Emo since 1964, officially handed over the keys to […]
The motion brought up by Coun. Struchan Gilson on Monday night to appoint new representatives to the Rainycrest board of management is “a divisive issue” and must be resolved promptly, Mayor Dan Onichuk said. The mayor said he was involved in a conference call yesterday with the Ministry of Municipal […]
Ten people came out to the Family and Friends Advisory Committee meeting at Rainycrest Home for the Aged last night—the first meeting of the committee since the spring. Rainycrest administrator Jill Colquhoun said she was pleased with the turnout—particularly the number of new people who attended—and said she hopes to […]
A presentation of 20-year exemplary service medals to current and retired local firefighters was made during last night’s regular council meeting. Those honoured included Capt. Joe Bobczynski, Capt. Hugh McKinnon, firefighters Kirk Armstrong and Rod Davis, and retired volunteer firefighter Blake Yatchuk. Capt. Bobczynski was the only one unable to […]
Residents in the west end of the district were without power for nearly an hour last night as the result of a downed power line. Hydro One spokesperson Daffyd Roderick said this morning the problem was the result of the line, which already was loaded with ice, being disconnected from […]
