Duane Hicks Bay City Contractors Inc. continues to work on reconstructing King’s Highway, and will be starting the second phase of work—from Webster Avenue to Wright Avenue—on Monday. Additional stops signs were put up on Wright and Holmes Avenues today in anticipation of changes to the detour around the highway […]
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Submitted A presentation will be held Tuesday (Sept. 1) at 7 p.m., at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo regarding the “Loving God, Blessing Israel” tour. Return Ministries, CMJ Canada, and Tikkun International began the tour Aug. 14, which will take them from Victoria, B.C. to St. John’s, Nfld. in […]
Joey Payeur The Barwick Blue Knights were a mass of happy humanity after the final out of their 8-6 victory over the Rainy Lake Pirates in Game 2 of the best-of-three Rainy River District Fastball League championship at Oltsher Field in Barwick on Tuesday. Pearse Jackson, far left, had a […]
Duane Hicks Ontario Lt.-Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell, second from left, chatted with councillors John Albanese, left, and Wendy Brunetta and deputy mayor June Caul yesterday at the Fort Frances Tourist Information Centre. Dowdeswell, who is on a tour of Northwestern Ontario this week, spent the day touring sites around town and […]
Joey Payeur Cassandra Moffitt (5) of Fort Frances and her jubilant companions on the Rainy River Community College women’s volleyball team savoured winning a second-set point in their match against the Itasca Vikings (Grand Rapids, Min.) last night at RRCC. The Voyageurs took down the Vikings in their best-of-five MCAC […]
Duane Hicks Mark “Grizz” Fairnington, left, and Jimmy “Big E” Easton fed rocks into a hammer mill, which grinds them down to powder and releases the gold, if any, from the rocks.
Cameron Penney Young Teagan McKinnon, along with her grandfather, Jim McKinnon, enjoyed dinner at the Watten Volunteer Fire Department’s annual fish fry Friday at Sunny Cove. More than 350 people came out to enjoy the meal, with entertainment provided by local duo “Entirely Mac” (Danette and Wayne McIntyre).
Lindsay Campbell Emo Fair Queen Caitlin Anderson, left, along with Second Princess Kassidy Strachan and friends Riley Redford and Kennedy Latimer, gave their best shot at outdoor zumba last Thursday during “Open Streets” festivities in Emo. A variety of other activities were offered along Front Street from noon-3 p.m. to […]
Joey Payeur Lane Hyatt of Emo opted to take the sky-high road as he sailed over this jump during the first moto (heat) in the Schoolboy division at the Northern Ontario Superior Dirt Riders event Saturday at the Emo motocross track. Hyatt finished seventh in this moto but was third […]
Duane Hicks The town now has a salt and sand storage structure at the Public Works yard. The $500,000 structure, built by Van Pelt Construction Inc., is nearly complete, with the town still to add some finishing touches. The massive building will allow the town to store salt, along with […]
Duane Hicks Bob Dakin, additional assistant returning officer, got his work day underway this morning at the Elections Canada office located in the Rainy Lake Plaza on King’s Highway here. The office, which provides information on voting or registering residents to vote, currently is open Monday through Friday from 10 […]
Sarah Marusyk Toronto folk quintet “Union Duke” totally rocked the barn at Cornell Farms in La Vallee last night after local musicians Kenneth Kellar and Ben Sletmoen had opened for the band.
