Locals curlers will be in Dryden this weekend in hopes of advancing to the men’s district playdowns in Kenora later this month. Rinks skipped by Don DeBenedet, Kevin Busch, Tom Fry, Lorne Jackson, and Raymond Roy are among the 18 competing at the zone bonspiel, which gets underway Friday at […]
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Despite not being able to complete one event due to a broken sled, Steve Arpin took top honours in four of his five Ice Oval races last weekend in Roseau, Mn. They included the SP 440 L (ProX 440), SP 600 L (ProX 600), SP Champ (Champ 440), and Formula […]
Emo minor hockey teams had a strong week against visiting Fort Frances teams in recent action. In Atom action, the Emo Hawks clawed their way to a 4-3 victory over the visiting MEC Bulldogs (Fort Frances). Tyler Cottam netted the game-winner with three minutes to go. Terry Carmody (two) and […]
The four Muskie court teams will resume NorWOSSA action here next Tuesday against Dryden and the coaches are confident their squads will only get better. Three of the teams–the boys’ senior and junior basketball squads and the senior girls’ volleyballers–sport 3-0 records heading into the midway point of the eight-game […]
The local K of C ‘AA’ PeeWee hockey team split a pair of games over the holidays, dumping visiting International Falls 7-1 on Saturday but losing 6-5 against host Steinbach last Friday. Andrew Morrison, assisted by Riley Burnell, had given the Falls an early 1-0 lead but it was all […]
This past white Christmas was particularly special for 16-year-old Thalita Ribeiro. Back home in Brazil, Ribeiro saw snow every Christmas–but only on cards and decorated paper. “It really snowed on Christmas day. I felt like I was on a Christmas card,” she said after spending her first Christmas in Canada. […]
More than about new beginnings, 2001 will be a year when district residents see several health care-related endeavours come to fruition, the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. said Tuesday. “It’s been a successful year overall. We got underway on the Emo hospital, and with the dialysis unit,” Wayne […]
The National Cattle ID program started Jan. 1 to help further secure Canadian export markets both in finished beef and breeding stock. A national program will allow the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to trace back reportable diseases if any show up in our livestock. This is a must to keep […]
The Township of Morley’s struggle to fill the last two seats on council may be over by the end of this week. The council’s current quorum of Reeve Gary Gamsby and Couns. Bill Romyn and George Heyens have been working to put together a full complement since their inaugural meeting […]
Economic development will continue to be the buzz-word throughout 2001, Fort Frances Mayor Glenn Witherspoon predicted Tuesday. “2001, I think, will again offer lots of challenges in regards to infrastructure and roads,” he noted. “Over the last six to eight months, we’ve really concentrated on preparing our town for future […]
In a community surrounded by forest, miles of bush roads, and waterways, a moose can still attract a lot of attention. When a young moose wandered onto the Abitibi-Consolidated mill property near the car wash last week, a number of vehicles, passers-by, and mill employees surrounded the compound to watch […]
The co-chair of the Northwestern Ontario Elk Restoration Committee is hoping it only will be a matter of days before word arrives that the next shipment of elk is ready to be picked up in Alberta and relocated to the site at Cameron Lake. “I got a few calls over […]
