In a way, it was like coming full circle. Seventy-one years ago, Lawrence and Grace Loney opened the first Cloverleaf store in Emo during the height of the Great Depression. So when their grandchildren officially opened the brand new, state-of-the-art Cloverleaf ShopEasy store on Saturday morning, it seemed only appropriate […]
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During the last week of November, my daughters, Louise Erb and Nancy Fretter, and I flew to Calgary to spend a week with my youngest daughter, Bonnie (Richard) Bradley, and their son in Okotoks, Alta., just about 15 minutes south of Calgary. Many people commute from Okotok to Calgary as […]
The program committee at Knox United Church in Emo is presenting Christmas coffee parties this Friday and Saturday (Dec. 12-13) at 7 p.m. Admission is $5. “Nestle in with us for an evening of family entertainment while savouring a generous serving of one of our luscious desserts, coffee-house style!” the […]
Last week (Dec. 3-6), the talented, energetic cast and band delighted hundreds of people with Muskie Theatre’s performance of the classic TV show, “The Beverly Hillbillies.” Director Willa Kunkel certainly proved that months of practice pays off! I actually attended the play both Friday and Saturday, and was thoroughly entertained […]
The offensive juggernaut that is the Muskie boys’ hockey team will have to contend with some southern invaders here tonight. The black-and-gold—coming off a four-game sweep of NorWOSSA opponents Nov. 28-30—will take on the Chisholm Blue Streaks in exhibition action at 7:30 p.m. at the Ice for Kids Arena. The […]
Town council has agreed to change the “blue box” schedule to align it with residential garbage pick-up—but only have it picked up on a bi-weekly basis—for a threemonth trial basis starting in January. The changes—made after Operations and Facilities manager Doug Brown delivered a report at last night’s council meeting—also […]
While the final report was turned over to the town earlier this year, and the original steering committee no longer is directly involved with the project, the town’s economic development officer told council last night that ideas put forth by the “Re-Inventing Fort Frances” initiative are by no means dead. […]
The 2003 tourism season presented some extraordinary challenges to an industry already facing outstanding issues, such as fallout from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and a number of nagging trade disputes between Canada and the United States, local tourism operators and groups say. In this area, tourist outfitters have reported […]
It may be difficult to imagine but every week, up to 150 people in Fort Frances depend upon the work of generous volunteers to ensure they have at least one hot meal a day. That’s why David’s Deli soup kitchen is here. And last Saturday (Nov. 29), the people who […]
At its first meeting since the Nov. 10 election, Dan Belluz and Judy Eluik were acclaimed chair and vice-chair, respectively, of the Rainy River District School Board on Tuesday night. Gord McBride, the previous chair, nominated Belluz, while Ron McAlister nominated Eluik. No other nominations were made. McBride had held […]
The Rainy River District School Board will elect a new chair and vice-chair Tuesday night during its inaugural meeting following the Nov. 10 election. “We’re going to have a new chairman,” said current chair Gord McBride, who was re-elected to one of the two Fort Frances seats last month. “It’s […]
Having been sworn-in at Monday night’s inaugural meeting, the town’s new mayor and council now are looking to start tackling the business they were elected to handle. “I’ve spent a few long days in the office now and I’m starting to get a feel for it,” Mayor Dan Onichuk said […]
