This week we sat down with driver of the #28 Emo Street Stock, Doug Derendorf. What is your favourite race track food? Hamburgers and cheeseburgers. When did you start racing? 1973 in the V8 car class. There were no modified or street stocks then, just V8 cars and V6 cars. […]
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The Fort Frances Lakers were excited to commemorate the first Lakers Power Play Pogo sold with a keepsake photo. Jackson Olsen was their first customer for the new fundraising enterprise. The Lakers were gifted the Odd Fellows “Odd Dog” recipe and fryer, and have since revived them as Lakers Power […]
Science is a blast, especially when Science North hits the road and brings it right to your hometown. Thanks to a little government funding to help reinvigorate local tourism, the organization was behind the Great Northern Ontario Roadtrip, a travelling expo, vendor market and science show that made its first […]
Constable Ashley Gibbs from Treaty 3 Police gathered along with Couchiching Chief Brian Perrault and Fort Frances Mayor June Caul to celebrate three graduates from the Youth in Policing Initiative program (Y.I.P.I.). The event was also attended by an elder who gave words of wisdom and followed by a ceremony […]
Ontario Premier Doug Ford made a stop in Fort Frances this morning as part of a district-wide tour. Ford, along with MPP Greg Rickford, were at Fort Frances Public Library Technology Centre, where a presentation by Science North was given to them as they prepare for the launch of the […]
The Fringe is here! Monika Munford has set up a stylish, well maintained hair shop in her home at 274 Biddeson in Fort Frances. Monika has recently moved to Fort Frances from Dryden and is excited to continue her passion. Monika operated a successful hair salon in Dryden, as well […]
The Pontoon Boat Raffle fund got a huge jump start on its charitable work over the weekend, raising a whopping $7,000 for the 4-H building fund. The West Rainy River District Lions pledged to donate all sales made during the Emo Fair to support 4-H’s dream of a new food […]
After a hiatus, the Logger Competition made a successful comeback at the Emo Fair. What could be a better way to get the blood pumping on a Friday morning than by taking in the return of the Logger’s Competition at the Emo Fairgrounds as part of the Rainy River Valley […]
A new reign has begun, with the crowning of the 2021 Emo Fair Queen. Aynsley Teeple, second from left, took the crown in the Thursday evening ceremony. Her talent submission was a humourous demonstration of prepping her 4-H cow. Georgia Romyn, far left, won the Dorothy Bonot Award. Her talent […]
After a one year hiatus, the Emo Fair returned last week, to the delight of the region. The midway may have been missing but there was still plenty of activity through- out the three day fair. The grounds hosted a parade, show and shine, 4-H cattle show and steer auction, […]
This week we spoke to the driver of the #41 Wissota Modified, Ron Korpi. What is your favourite race track food? My favourite race track food has to be smokies. When did you start racing? 1968, back then there was only one class, similar to the Emo Street Stocks today. […]
People lined up outside the Fort Frances Salvation Army branch an hour ahead of the organization’s annual backpack give-away on Thursday. The 75 backpacks on offer were filled with school supplies and snacks for kids in grades 1 through 6 and were all gone within 25 minutes of the 11:30 […]
