Although most government business has been suspended since the election call Tuesday, the ongoing Rainy River First Nations land claim negotiations are still on track, band officials said. Albert Hunter, the point man for the band’s negotiating team, said yesterday that matters are proceeding as planned and the current election […]
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The Emo Figure Skating Club is once again selling the Birthday Calendars. Orders are being taken by Mrs. Karen Kuitunen, you can contact her at 482-2805. The deadline date is Sept. 26, 2003. Individuals, families, organizations, business sector and memoriams to be remembered. • • • Librarian Shirley Sheppard at EPL tells […]
There’s a quiet invasion going on in the Rainy River District and it could be coming right to your back yard. At least that’s what Bob and Lori Green of Fort Frances discovered. The Greens have a two-acre lot in the west end on Colonization Road and last week, their […]
The summer Emo Public Library reading program wound up August 20. Over twenty-eight children registered with twenty-two participating to the close of the program. The theme of this year’s reading program was “10,000 Reads Under the Sea.” Promotions were done through the local newspaper, and posters around town, at public […]
Bob Dimit, a well-known Emo resident, has officially retired from Kaemingh Fuels Ltd. after being employed with that company for over 30 years. Bob was honoured with a retirement party Saturday evening with several people attending to share the occasion. Now that Bob has retired his plans are to drive […]
Every Borderland Thunder fan may want to put their money aside now, because investing in a program will certainly be a necessity this season. There will be a bevy of new faces in the lineup for the defending SIJHL champions, who will see their first competitive action Friday night when […]
If a segment of First Nations citizens in the area have their way, the money-losing ways of the Borderland Thunder will be a thing of the past—because the Thunder itself may also be yesterday’s news. The team accumulated losses totalling $122,127.81 as of Mar. 31. The numbers are taken from […]
The rink may not be big enough to hold this clash of the titans. The defending SIJHL champion Borderland Thunder will get a significant early-season test when the OCN Blizzard, the five-time defending Manitoba Junior Hockey League titleholders, come to the Ice for Kids Arena for an exhibition tilt Friday […]
They were the few, the proud, and the almost playoff contenders. A lightly-manned squad of just 11 men travelled from Fort Frances to compete this past weekend in the second division of the Thunder Bay Invitational soccer tournament, posting a 1-2 mark. The squad knocked off the Thunder Bay VP […]
One game, one shot, one championship. A season full of home runs, great catches, and plenty of excitement comes to a head Thursday evening at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Francis Sportsfield south diamond, when the Little Rascals and the Rural Reps meet in the championship final of the Fort […]
Beethoven’s Fifth was something to remember. Rainy Lake’s fifth was one they wish they could forget. Sight & Sound broke open a close affair with a six-run explosion in the fifth, aided by three Rainy Lake errors, to earn a 9-1 decision and capture the Rainy River District Fastball League […]
Day-old pastries are difficult enough for the human stomach to entertain, never mind one from 12 months ago. But it’s not so much indigestion as it is anticipation that the Fort Frances Muskies varsity football squad is feeling inside, as they prepare to chew on the toughest part of last […]
