Passing Canada’s legacy to the younger generation is the appropriate approach to Remembrance Day. Students at district schools like Donald Young, Our Lady of the Way, and Sturgeon Creek marked Remembrance Day last Thursday with full honours,including observing a two-minute silence to remember those who fell in World War I, […]
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The CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. tried to set the record straight yesterday on what’s happening with the renovation project planned for the Emo hospital. Speaking at a “communications” luncheon at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre attended by reps from the municipalities and unorganized townships in the Emo hospital’s […]
With the Muskie football team as dominating as it’s been in NorWOSSA play all season, opposing teams had to keep their mistakes to a minimum in order to stay in the game. Time and time again, the black-and-gold would quickly capitalize on a turnover or blocked punt to score a […]
Ontario’s decision to drop its overnight fishing rule for non-residents will top the agenda at the Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association’s annual fall meeting and banquet Friday in Emo. The afternoon has been set aside to discuss the latest developments in the border waters fishing dispute with Minnesota, including the province’s […]
All season long, Muskie head coach Gord McCabe has told anyone who would listen that his team should be wary of the Kenora Broncos. Sure, the Muskies had beaten them five-straight times, including three during regular-season action, but the games were close for the most part. And, on any given […]
The Muskie hockey team will get a crash course in game conditioning when they open their regular-season schedule next Tuesday in Kenora. With the annual “scrimmage-fest” in Warroad postponed to later in the season, the black-and-gold were left without any exhibition games to play before they set out to defend […]
The Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team could taste victory. In fact, they were on the verge of savouring it. Leading the Kenora Broncos 2-0 in their best-of-five showdown here last Wednesday to close out the NorWOSSA regular season (taking the first two games by scores of 25-19 and 25-17), the […]
The play was simple enough. A quick pass out to the flat from Manitoba Bison quarterback Shane Munson to receiver Adrian Huntley in the third quarter of a game against the Calgary Dinosaurs late last month. But the result was anything but ordinary. Huntley, a Fort Frances native and former […]
Convincing the World Health Organization to hold a conference here in the spring of 2002 has been a big job for the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition. Now that it’s succeeded, getting ready for the actual event will be an even bigger one. As first reported in Monday’s Daily Bulletin, […]
Eberhand Heinrich Schwarz has travelled all over the world. Originally from Germany, he’s been involved in construction projects around the globe–from tourist hotels in South America to airport projects across the U.S. So it wasn’t an uneducated choice when Schwarz decided Canada was the best place in the world to […]
Barring a few touch-ups or highlights, the mural of Edward Wellington Backus should be completed in time for Friday’s unveiling ceremony at 11 a.m. Julian Morelli, a member of the BIA’s “Paint the Town Committee” which spearheaded the mural project, said artist Brian Romagnoli has been burning the midnight oil […]
In an attempt to make Fort Frances High School a safer environment for students, 16 security cameras have been installed in hallways and other public access areas throughout the school. The project cost about $40,000. FFHS principal Terry Ellwood is confident putting the cameras in the hallways is a proactive […]
