Kim, left, and Sabrina Miller stopped to give their five-month-old puppy Buffy a drink of water during the “Purina Walk for Dog Guides” on Sunday. The local Lions and Leo clubs organized the event, which raised $650 to train guide dogs for the blind. The inaugural event had walkers go […]
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The hot day on Sunday did not deter 18 people from showing up for the annual “Walk for Memories’. All together, the participants raised $1584.15 for the Alzheimer’s Society. — Crystal Green photo
The volunteer group assembled the new playground equipment at Emo Lions Park on Tuesday morning. The committee has been fundraising for several years and received a grant from the Ontario Trillium FOundation earlier this year to help with the cost. —Tammy Kinnear photo
Brock Benjamen, Amanda MacDonald, Rob Gavel, and Mike Mckay were part of the eight person team from Fort Frances High school that took this car to the Supermileage competition in Minnesota on May 15 and 16. Their car ran at 430 miles per gallon which was good enough for them […]
Angler Jody Shypit displayed a huge walleye for the fans in the Emo – La Vallee Arena as part of the Emo Walleye Classic this past Saturday. Shypit’s fish weighed in at an impressive 6.30 pounds earning him $600 for the biggest fish caught on Day 2 of the competition. […]
Jan Beazley, vice-chair of the North West Local Health Integration Network, listened as John Whitfield, NWLHIN board chair, talked about how the LHIN will operate once it begins to flow funding next year. —Melanie Béchard photo
Dave Oldakowski, Ham Lake, held the net as Sean Westman, Andover, unhooked a small fish this past Saturday during the fifth annual Emo Walleye Classic. Oldakowski and Westman were one of 60 teams competing in the two-day tournament on Rainy River. —Alex Cruickshank photo
Anglers Tricia and Liz Bombay of Emo sat in their boat as it was launched onto the Rainy River this morning. The pair are among the 60 teams competing in the fifth-annual Emo Walleye Classic, which runs today and tomorrow. The final weigh-in starts at 3:30 p.m. at the Emo […]
Thirty-nine new Canadian citizens joined together yesterday afternoon to sing “O Canada” after taking their Oath of Citizenship together at the Fort Frances Courthouse.The new citizens live around the district and originally were from 10 different countries. —Crystal Green photo
Stacey Gouliquer and Kenny Perry got a close look at this 1969 Chevy Camaro RS on Saturday morning during the International Early Iron Car Club and local Business Improvement Association’s annual “Scott Street Show ’n Shine.” More than 70 classic cars were parked on the 200 and 300 blocks of […]
Madonna Ring, centre, officially opened the Service Canada Centre for Youth here on Friday afternoon with the help of local MP Ken Boshcoff, left, and Bill Liggins, representating local MPP Howard Hampton. Ring is the Summer Employment Officer for Fort Frances who will work all summer to link employers and […]
The 36th-annual Manitou fish fry was held at the Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre on Friday. As always, it was a popular event with hundreds of people enjoying walleye and smoked sturgeon under a large tent. While there was no charge for dinner, donations were welcomed. —Heather Ogilvie photo
