Rainy River District officially received its own Crown attorney Tuesday with the swearing in of Robert “Buster” Young at the Fort Frances Courthouse by Mr. Justice John deP. Wright. The ceremony was presided over by Justice Wright, along with Judge Gary Kunnas and Justice of the Peace Pat Clysdale-Cornell. It […]
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Dear sir: Hi. Rapid Robert again. At any rate, “the old guy with the plaid tan.” I visit my wife, Eve, at the hospital every night in Emo. Things are beginning to look like Christmas at there—Christmas trees being decorated, door ornaments being hung, and activities geared to Christmas. The […]
The Rainy River District School Board announced a financial surplus of $464,000 for the 2002-03 year at its regular meeting Tuesday night, which will be put back into classrooms. The board reported the surplus in the classroom portion of the budget and allocated the money to the classroom reserve funds. […]
After working without a contract since Aug. 1, Fort Frances Clinic employees voted in favour of ratifying a deal Monday night. The three-year deal, which the 26 members of CUPE Local #65 ratified around 8 p.m., will see increases in both wages and employee benefits, as well as a uniform […]
The hunt is still on for those responsible for the illegal shootings of four elk in three separate incidents since the beginning of October, and the Ministry of Natural Resources is hoping the public can put them on the right trail. Local conservation officer Doug Gibb said an investigation continues […]
Not only was the new mayor and council sworn in at Monday night’s inaugural meeting, a motion also was passed to appoint them to the numerous town committees and district and regional boards. They are as follows: •Administration and Finance executive committee—Couns. Roy Avis, Tannis Drysdale, and Todd Hamilton; •Planning […]
It was a little behind schedule but bang on budget, and now the new Cloverleaf ShopEasy in Emo finally is ready to formally open its doors. The 17,000 sq. ft. facility has been serving district customers for several months now, but it will be front and centre this Saturday during […]
It was a match fit for a pendulum, but the final swing took the Crossroads Tornadoes Bantam girls’ volleyball team all the way to the top. The Tornadoes overcame a second-set meltdown to earn a 2-1 win over Atikokan in the best-of-three girls’ final of the 20th-annual Region 1 Bantam […]
The new council for Alberton held its inaugural meeting Monday night. Reeve Mike Hammond and Couns. Barb Cournoyer, Lou Collier, Mike Ford, and Doug Mitchell opened the proceedings by taking their oaths of office before settling down to deal with the brief agenda. Coun. Ford was appointed deputy reeve while […]
As of last week, the Northwestern Health Unit already had given out more influenza vaccinations in November than it did all of last winter. “Our final clinic was supposed to be Dec. 4, but we’ve had to add a couple more dates due to the demand,” public health nurse Cindy […]
Safety continues to be a message being promoted in district schools this fall as students in kindergarten to Grade 8 are learning from the “Risk Watch” program first established here four years ago. “For 2003-004, ‘Risk Watch’ is going to be taught to 86 classes by 47 teachers,” said “Risk […]
With Christmas just three weeks away, Emo undoubtedly will be the place to be this weekend. The annual “Holly Daze” festivities kick off there Friday with the United Church bake sale from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Thread Shed, but the real action is slated Saturday. Cloverleaf Grocery will begin […]
