Mitch Calvert Megan Ross gave Victoria Beaudry some last-minute instruction before she took a stab at clearing the water hazard on the 18th hole at Heron Landing Golf Course yesterday during the town-run golf camp. The camp attracted 15 youngsters between the ages of 10-14 and continues tomorrow.

Press Release Do you love taking pictures everywhere you go? Then come out to Voyageurs National Park this evening and learn from park naturalist Jackie Halla how to make your nature photos as dazzling as the scene itself. Bring your camera or just follow along as Jackie gives you tips […]

the OPP The Fort Frances OPP detachment is looking for help in solving two crimes that occurred in the early part of July. On the evening of Saturday, July 4 or early morning hours of Sunday, July 5, culprits attended the parking lot of the West End Motors Chrysler dealership […]

Press Release The seventh-annual Worst Roads campaign kicks off next week. The Worst Roads campaign theme in 2009 is “It’s In Your Hands” and is aimed at pressuring municipalities to use the money that has been set aside by the federal government ($1.9 billion) and the provincial government ($400 million) […]

Mitch Calvert The Muskie football team will have some extra company in Tier II of the Winnipeg High School Football League this season. The Kas Vidruk Division—which was an eight-team circuit a year ago—has been expanded to include 13 teams with the additions of expansion WHSFL teams the Vincent Massey […]

the MNR Ontario currently has approximately 570 fire personnel assisting with the fire situation in British Columbia. Two CL-415 water bombers were dispatched to BC on Tuesday and two values protection units, packed with sprinkler kits, were transported by ground to B.C. yesterday. The forest fire situation in British Columbia […]

the MNR Ontario dispatched two CL-415 heavy water bombers from Dryden and Kenora in the West Fire Region on August 4, bound for Kamloops, British Columbia to provide assistance for the ongoing forest fire situation in that province. Ontario currently has about 570 fire personnel working in British Columbia. Fire […]

Press Release The International Falls Police Department, Koochiching County Sheriff’s Department along with help from a St. Louis County Sheriff’s Department Deputy and his bloodhound, the DNR, and local divers, searched for 74-year-old Charles Kay Johnson of International Falls at the Shorewood River Access on the Rainy River. Johnson had […]

Press Release Ontario is continuing its efforts to reduce workplace injuries by focusing on hazards related to the design, erection and dismantling of forms used in the placement of concrete on building sites. Throughout August, Ministry of Labour occupational health and safety inspectors will concentrate on a wide range of […]

Dave Ogilvie A good sized crowd was on hand at the Women’s Institute Museum in Emo on Friday afternoon. Despite threatening skies, everyone in attendance enjoyed coffee, pie and friendly conversation. The new displays in all three buildings were also open for viewing. The members of the Institute have done […]

Brandon Benjamin-Emo Beef Club The fourth meeting of the Emo Beef Club was a fun day held on Saturday July 25 at 9 a.m. at Riley Caul’s house. We began the meeting by saying the 4-H pledge. We went over showmanship, and then taped and weighed all the steers. We […]

the MNR Ministry of Natural Resources enforcement staff in Red Lake District took six Grade 5 and 6 students from Red Lake-Madsen Public School out for a day of angling. The lucky students were chosen through a class contest in which the youths were invited to create a poster on […]