Greg Ward beat out Bob Crowe and Barry Coffin in an extra playoff hole Sunday to capture the Harry Barefoot Memorial plaque in this year’s Memorial golf tournament at Kitchen Creek. All three had finished the 18-hole event with a one-over par 73. Finishing in third place in the championship […]
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The Emo Bulldogs finished with a 3-2 record at a NAFA qualifier fastball tournament in Fargo, N.D. last weekend and have now qualified for the world series there Aug. 22-27. The Bulldogs were one of five teams to qualify for a spot out of the 16 that made the trip […]
Lowey’s and Hammond’s were hosts to Fort Frances Horticultural Society members this past week. After viewing the huge display of bedding plants, perennials, etc., many members came away with their arms laden. Another spring to dig the earth and create a beautiful masterpiece of their yard; what better way to […]
Seniors’ issues will be in the spotlight–from health to investing– when the Seniors’ Lifestyle Fair is held this Friday (June 2) from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Fort Frances Curling Club. Admission is free, with several prizes up for grabs. Organized by the Northwestern Health Unit and its community partners, […]
The “Big Bike Ride” is coming to Fort Frances on June 14 to raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and pledge sheets are now available. “The sooner we get the pledges going, the better,” said co-ordinator Lori McColl, who operates out of the Foundation’s regional office in Thunder […]
The Rainy River Owls won the silver medal at the NWOSSAA girls’ soccer showdown in Thunder Bay last Friday, finishing the three-team round-robin affair with a 1-1 record. They opened play by getting blitzed 8-0 by St. Pat’s (Thunder Bay), the defending NWOSSAA champions, but then edged Lake Superior (Terrace […]
Diabetes is a major health problem in Rainy River District, where 15 percent of the population is afflicted with the disease. But staff at the Valley Diabetes Education Centre, located at La Verendrye hospital here, is trying to bring that number down through awareness and informed choices. They’re also aimed […]
More than 80 dancers took part in three days of dancing at the 13th-annual Weechi-It-Te-Win pow-wow here last Friday to Sunday. The pow-wow, held at the Memorial Sports Centre, attracted dancers and participants from across Northwestern Ontario and Minnesota. “This is a time for people to celebrate their culture and […]
Riverside Foundation for Health Care is getting its “Care Close to Home” fundraising campaign rolling next month with a “stretcher push” from Rainy River to Fort Frances. “We think this is a great opportunity for the whole district to show their support of the renovations at both the Emo Health […]
Security cameras may be installed at the Emo OPP detachment after a jury recommended such a move following a coroner’s inquest last week. Dr. John Hammett, of the regional coroner’s office in Thunder Bay, visited the detachment last Wednesday and Thursday to conduct a mandatory inquest into the death of […]
The province is poised to implement mandatory trail permits for snowmobilers in Northwestern Ontario and across the rest of the province, MPP Joe Spina revealed here Friday afternoon. Spina, the parliamentary assistant to Tourism minister Cam Jackson, was in town primarily to promote Ontario Tourism Week (May 19-28) in conjunction […]
How the school renewal budget will be spent on the five public elementary schools in town, as well as Alberton Central, is something the Rainy River District School Board’s facilities review committee will be looking at after it discusses feedback from stakeholders at its meeting here June 12. The committee, […]
