While the Town of Fort Frances may had ended 2002 with a deficit of $1.81 million, a year-end audit by BDO Dunwoody revealed at last night’s council meeting proved councillors can’t be held responsible for the budget snafu. “Councillors have been taking abuse, which they shouldn’t be,” remarked Mayor Glenn […]
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Town council awarded a tender to Tom Veert Contracting Ltd. to run the municipal landfill for the next five years at its regular meeting last night. And in the wake of a recent landfill operations study, as well as the need to cut back on operating expenses, there will be […]
Home ice has been fairly nice, but now it’s time to see what the defending SIJHL champions can do on the road. “It will be good to get away,” said Borderland Thunder head coach Dave Allison, whose squad will pack their suitcases for the first time this season as they […]
A Quebec curler trying to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for playing with the most curlers—and at the most clubs—made the first stop on the final leg of his journey here Saturday. “Today it will be 2,338, 2,339, and 2,340 [curlers] that have played with me,” Camille Villeneuve, […]
St. Patrick’s Day isn’t until March, but the luck of the Irish was in full effect at the home of Pam and Larry Buttner. The Fort Frances couple was assured of a berth in the 2004 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship next July when her name was chosen first among […]
The District W.I. Museum in Emo held its annual closing luncheon last Monday (Oct. 6). I was told there are six W.I. branches in the district and each one was represented there that day. Handling the bake table, which included an assortment of homemade goodies, such as pumpkin and apple […]
Last Thursday afternoon during the weekly Wheels to Meals program at the Emo Legion, language pathologist Lonna Oster explained what her position is here once a week at Knox United Church and what “Northwords” is all about. “The program is funded through the Ministry of Health to service children in […]
October is Mission Month at Our Lady of the Way and we, as Christians, are asked to share and pray for the needy. They’re enrolling in the Holy Childhood Association at Mass on Oct. 15, which provides help for children threatened by chronic shortages of food, health care, and religious […]
Donald Young School in Emo had an early dismissal day for students last Wednesday so teachers could be introduced to the new anti-bullying curriculum being implemented in all classrooms of the local public school board this year. In other news, the final tally for the annual Terry Fox Run held […]
Starving for game action, the Borderland Thunder satisfied their appetite with an offensive smorgasbord that left the stomachs of their opposition churning. The defending SIJHL champs made the most of their first taste of competition in 10 days, blitzing the K&A Variety Golden Hawks 9-0 and 9-5 on Friday and […]
The Sisler Spartans found out beating the winless Muskie ‘A’ football squad was no breeze. It took four hard-fought quarters, played in sunny but blustery conditions here Friday afternoon, before the Spartans (2-3-1) finally put away the Muskies (0-6) by a score of 14-2 in Winnipeg High School Football League […]
Blustery winds Friday fuelled a fire near Littlefork, Mn. and prompted firefighters there to call for “quick strike” assistance from their Ontario counterparts to help contain the blaze. “The folks from Minnesota asked our folks for what they call a ‘quick strike’ arrangement,” said Harrold Boven, fire management supervisor for […]
