Fresh produce will be piled high on vendor tables at this Clover Valley Farmers’ Market. New potatoes, beans, carrots, beets, lettuces, and onions will be picked this Friday for the trip to the market early Saturday morning. The highlight at the market last Saturday was the scores of pails of […]
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The 2005 Emo Fall Fair later this month promises to be full of new events, plus all of our favourites. This year there will be a tractor pull, tractor race, and tractor balance following the parade on the Saturday. Perhaps you saw this three-part tractor contest at the thresher’s day […]
Elaine Niemi of Thunder Bay was the winner of the NASCAR/Busch tickets to Bristol, Tenn., as well as accommodations and $1,000 (U.S.) in spending money, in the Fun in the Sun raffle drawn last Thursday at La Place Rendez-Vous. Judy Perrault of Fort Frances won the second prize (an XM […]
There is new exotic fish species running rampant these days and it has Ontario fish managers vexed and concerned. It is a troubling pest called the round goby. And it is now so abundant in some waters, particularly the Great Lakes, that natural resource agencies on both sides of the […]
The pressure was high on the race track as the WISSOTA Modifieds desperately tried to get their feature race in before the rain started Saturday night at the Emo Speedway. There were more cars on the track this past week, too, so starting up was a bit of an issue. […]
In a move Thunder Bay-Rainy River MP Ken Boshcoff billed as a “Northwest solution for Northwesterners,” the federal government last week pledged more than $1 million to the Township of Atikokan to help spur economic development there. Both Boshcoff and Andy Mitchell, the minister of state for FedNor, were in […]
The Ministry of Natural Resources reminds anglers and the baitfish industry it is illegal to use the round goby as bait in Ontario waters because of the significant negative impact they have. Gobies are voracious eaters of young fish and reproduce often, which can lead to a sharp drop in […]
Although attendance was down a bit and there were no special activities, the sixth-annual Chapple Day festivities last weekend proved to be a great time for those who attended. Since it’s inception in 1999, Chapple Days has become a regular mid-summer feature in Barwick and beyond. Rilla Race, who chairs […]
The Emo Family Resource Program currently is selling tickets on a child’s art desk. It is on display at Gillons’ Insurance office on Front Street in Emo. Tickets cost $2 each or three for $5, which are available at the centre during regular operating hours. • • • The Township of Emo […]
Communities across Northwestern Ontario are rallying around Kenora in the wake of Abitibi-Consolidated’s announcement last week that it is shutting down one machine at its paper mill there and idling the other one indefinitely in October. But while critics lament the fact it takes a shocking headline to maybe make […]
Ever since he was named head coach for the newest American Hockey League team in the form of the Des Moines Stars a few months ago, every day has felt like Christmas for Dave Allison. “Well, it’s been like Boxing Day this past week, but this is Christmas,” said Allison. […]
By the time you read this, Alex Parent already will have arrived in Toronto, where he will spend a couple of days practising with Team Ontario before the Canada Games get underway Saturday in Regina, Sask. “I’m really looking forward to it,” said Parent, 16. “Pretty excited, but not really […]
