NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton charged the Conservative government’s economic statement released yesterday is a feeble gesture at a time when Ontario’s economy needs bold and new ideas. “Everybody but the Conservatives realizes the world has changed,” Hampton said. “But they persist with their dead-end policy of tax […]
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Plenty has changed since Malcolm MacLeod arrived in Canada in 1924. Everything except the fact that every single day, he walks and walks—and walks. MacLeod was among a shipment of about 200 young European men on board a ship that brought them to Canadian shores. They were among hundreds sought […]
They say the focus of any minor hockey association in Canada is to teach the game and stress hard work over wins and losses. But for the long-running and successful Emo/Devlin/Barwick Minor Hockey Association, players and parents are faced with the extra challenge of travelling fair distances just to get […]
Hallowe’en has come and gone like a ghost out of the corner of your eye, but the impression remains that local efforts once again were successful to ensure youngsters had a good time. “I talked to a few people [Thursday] and they seemed impressed with the ‘Scott Street Scare,’ and […]
Finance minister Jim Flaherty yesterday announced the Ontario government is on track to balance this year’s budget—despite recent economic pressures—but that tough choices will need to be made in the future. “This government will not surrender the hard-won gains that have restored Ontario to prosperity,” said Flaherty. “I want to […]
Fresh off last week’s announcement that Fort Frances will be one of the sites for CBC’s “Hockey Day in Canada” telecast Jan. 5, the local minor hockey association will be discussing preparation plans. FFMHA president Lynn Kellar said the board meeting Nov. 12 will include talks to organize a “jamboree” […]
For a team that got eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, the football Muskies are content with the season that was. “[The coaching staff] told them they played a heck of a game,” said Muskie ‘A’ head coach Bob Swing on the mood in his team’s locker room […]
Emo and area residents have been invited to visit the new dental centre there and meet the new dentist during an open house next Friday (Nov. 9). “You’re going to get lots of food and lots of prizes, and you’re going to get tours of the new office,” noted Patty […]
Liniment league players will suit up at the Memorial Sports Centre this weekend for the first-annual Mark Hopkins Memorial hockey tournament. Twelve teams will take to the “Ice for Kids” and “52 Canadians” arenas starting Friday at 7 p.m., with play continuing until the finals Sunday afternoon. Squads from […]
Northwestern Health Unit staff and municipal councils across the region will get the results of its much anticipated operational review starting this week. The review, done at the request of municipal governments across the northwest to determine whether the health unit has been operated efficiently, will be revealed to its […]
The 22-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in connection with the stabbing death of local 16-year-old male is slated to appear in court here next Monday. Joseph Francis Terriault was arrested and charged July 31, after Nathan Edward Macdonald was found severely wounded around 3 a.m. in the backyard of […]
While ghouls and ghosts will be a common sight on the streets Wednesday evening, “Operation Pumpkin” once again will be on the lookout for the real monsters—vandals and thieves—on “Gate Night.” “‘Operation Pumpkin’ is where members of the police and volunteers from the community work together to keep an eye […]
