Staff The Royal Canadian Legion Br. #29 is looking for photos of those who have served their countries, both past and present. Two boards currently are on display in one of the rooms at the Legion. One is filled with photos of servicemen from World War I and II while […]
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the MNR An Illinois man has been fined $2,000 for shooting a moose from a road and leaving the carcass to spoil. Michael Steward of Belvidere pleaded guilty to discharging a firearm on or across a road and abandoning the moose carcass. In addition to the fine, Steward is banned […]
Robin McCormick Congratulations to Lois Shine, who was honoured as Senior of the Year during the annual Devlin/La Vallee Christmas dinner on Sunday (Dec. 12). Although I don’t have all the details of the many things Lois does for both the Devlin community centre and Emo Legion, I do know […]
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The Emo chapter of the first-annual “Stuff a Cruiser” campaign in Rainy River District, an event created to help area charities and food banks meet the needs of the less-fortunate during the holiday season, was deemed extremely successful. On Saturday (Dec. 11), shoppers and visitors to Emo stuffed the cruiser […]
Dan Falloon For the first time since 2008, a trio of Muskie rinks will be hitting the ice in the quest for curling glory. Fort High consistently has had both a boys’ and a girls’ rink, but Luke Esselink is skipping a mixed squad for the first time in three […]
Press Release This past weekend, the local PeeWee girls’ team, the Lakewood Tire Eagles, proved too much for anyone to handle at the “Fire on Ice” tournament in Emo. Opening play Friday with a convincing 4-0 win over a much-improved and well-coached Emo Predators team, Rachel Jean opened the scoring […]
Staff There won’t be any local flavour at the provincial Scotties Tournament of Hearts this year. A trio of locally-connected curlers—each playing on different rinks—were unable to topple Krista McCarville’s crew from Fort William Curling Club at the NOCA provincial playdowns in Nipigon over the weekend. Ashley Kallos’ Fort William […]
Press Release Melanie Scott, who plays defence for the Muskie girls’ hockey team, has signed a letter of intent to suit up for the Rainy River Community College women’s hockey squad for the 2011/12 season. “Melanie brings with her a great work ethic and the desire to continually improve her […]
Staff Anika Alexander and Aaron Bujold brought home hardware from the Copperfin 2010 Fall Smash in Kenora over the weekend. Alexander won the A-side of the tournament, going undefeated in all seven of her matches, while Bujold reeled off six-straight wins after dropping his opening “sorting round” match. The tournament […]
Staff Local Border Skate Club competitors posted some sparkling results at Skate Thunder Bay on Dec. 3-4. MacKenzie Armstrong led the charge, notching first-place finishes in the introductory free skate and introductory spins divisions to go along with a third in introductory elements. The club had a handful of other […]
Chris Mounk The local Boston Pizza PeeWee ‘AA’ hockey team travelled to Kenora over the weekend to take part in an eight-team tournament. The Royals opened round-robin play Friday against the Dauphin Kings. Although the Kings came to play, they could not handle the offensive onslaught of the Royals. The […]
Bob Tkachuk An even dozen Sunset Country Squash Club players travelled to Thunder Bay over the weekend for the Northwestern Open. The tournament also included playoffs for juniors hoping to qualify for the Ontario Junior Teams Tourney in Niagara-on-the-Lake from March 3-6. Anniss Seid and Shawn Brady advanced in the […]
