Here is some information about the Environmental Farm Plan (EFP) workshops and the cost-share program opportunities. More information is available from the local Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association program representative, OSCIA’s Guelph office, or at www.ontariosoilcrop.org •I have already completed an Environmental Farm Plan (EFP). Am I eligible for […]
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The winners of the Mini-King and Queen pageant, held in conjunction with the annual Emo Fair on Saturday, were Dawson Azevedo, six, and Taylor Croswell, five. The judges had a difficult decision to make as all 10 children were adorable. The pageant had been scheduled for 1 p.m. But with […]
The seventh-annual Mud Lake City music fest is set to go this Sunday afternoon (Aug. 28). Almost 40 musicians are scheduled to entertain the crowd. In previous years, up to 800 people of all ages have attended this popular event. Mud Lake City, which is located off Boxalder Road south […]
Cadet Jenna Novak, 15, of 908 Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron in Fort Frances, was named top overall cadet for the Introduction to Instruction Course at the Penhold Air Cadet Summer Training Centre (PACSTC) in Penhold, Alta. Topics covered in the Introduction to Instruction Course include drill, drill instruction, instructional […]
It’s too early to start popping the champagne corks on word last week that the provincial government is putting together a “package” to help our ailing forest industry. Premier Dalton McGuinty was decidedly vague about what the package may contain, other than to say it would resemble similar deals the […]
Dear editor: Please accept this letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty. Atikokan, Ont. is home to about 3,500 people, with an economy built around three major employers. The Atikokan generating station alone accounts for about 20 percent of that fragile economy. If your government closes the Atikokan generating station, that economy […]
Dear sir: I am writing this letter to Premier Dalton McGuinty to persuade him to stop the irrational plan to shut down Atikokan’s thermal generating station. My husband and I were in the Toronto area during the last week of July. While we were there, we noticed televised appeals to […]
He intended to do it and, earlier this month, Gavin Paull said he would do it. “We’re ready to win at the fair, that’s what we’re going for,” Paull had announced. And Paull did just that Saturday night at the Emo Speedway by taking the checkered flag in the 22-car […]
How can you encapsulate 20 plus years of memories into a speech that will take only a few minutes to read? That’s the overwhelming task local resident Jim Curr had to ponder as he prepared the eulogy for his friend, Coun. Struchan Gilson, 63, who passed away suddenly at his […]
Big Grassy Lightning catcher Brian Hook limped back from La Verendrye Hospital last night not knowing what was happening in the semi-final fastball game between his team and Sight & Sound. Hook was taken to the hospital for observation after his chin was struck by a pitch in the top […]
The War of 1812 is now but a speed bump in history. It was fought between the United States and Great Britain from June, 1812 to the spring of 1815, although the peace treaty ending the war was signed in Europe in December, 1814. Most of the fighting occurred along […]
If you think you can’t teach an old dog new tricks, you probably were not at the 106th edition of the Emo Fair on Saturday. In addition to well-known events like the loggers’ competition, the 4-H market steer auction, and the midway, this year’s fair brought in something that, in […]
