Kevin Tysz won’t object if his potential future teammates call him Junior. He’ll just be glad to be on the team. Tysz, who suited up for the start of spring camp for the Muskie football squad Monday afternoon, is now just one good tryout weekend away from making the final […]
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The Emo Walleye Classic may have left a lot of people with interesting memories, but for Paul Allan of Emo, it was an experience of a lifetime. On Friday, Allan and his partner, Jim Steele, were on their way downstream from near the dam in Fort Frances when they suddenly […]
No driver is easily going to wrest the title away from the defending series champions of the Borderland Racing Association. The three division winners from last year all rank at or near the top of their classes again after the opening two weeks of stock car racing action at Emo […]
Both students and employers looking for help in meeting their summer employment needs have a couple of options, including the local Human Resource Centre of Canada for Students (HRCC-S), which had its official opening yesterday. The centre, located at the post office here, helps link employers looking for staff with […]
The well-oiled Borderland Thunder machine had three of its most important parts recognized at the SIJHL’s annual general meeting and awards banquet Saturday in Thunder Bay. Dan Hoehne was named the league’s top goalie. Blueliner Jay Phillips was voted co-winner of the defenceman of the year trophy while forward A.J. […]
Work on Phase II of the waterfront project has been underway for about a month and local contractor George Armstrong Co. Ltd. looks to be on schedule to get it done this month. “June 15 is the deadline and it will be done,” said Bruce Spottiswood, acting manager of Operations […]
Local provincial PC candidate Cathe Hoszowski announced this week that the vacancy left by her former campaign manager has been filled by a “seasoned politician”—Emo Reeve Russ Fortier. Two weeks ago, Hoszowski’s “interim” campaign manager, Tannis Drysdale, resigned for personal and timing issues. Hoszowski said she then had decided to […]
Admissions at Rainycrest Home for the Aged here remain suspended while the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care continues to be on site monitoring resident care and services. Last month, the Community Care Access Centre in Kenora was directed by the ministry to cease admissions to Rainycrest after specific standards […]
Three groups were presented with Recognition of Excellence certificates during last night’s regular monthly meeting of the Rainy River District School Board here. First, trustees heard how 45 girls attended a Young Women’s Conference at Quetico Centre back in April. The conference was aimed at educating the students regarding a […]
A balanced budget is the good news. The bad news is $448,000 in excess spending on transportation within the Rainy River District School Board. Trustees approved the 2003-04 budget at the board’s regular monthly meeting here Tuesday night. In an effort to meet the rising costs of transportation throughout the […]
While the annual meeting of Riverside Health Care Facilities, Inc. won’t be held until Thursday, June 26 in Rainy River, it’s already known no election is necessary this year. But there will be two new board members as Robert Stamler and Norma Elliott submitted their nomination forms prior to the […]
Sherry Loveday believes her family is blessed. Her father, mother, and daughter were all diagnosed with cancer within the last 10 years. All three had different types of cancer—and all three are in an excellent state of health today. “It’s hard to find adequate words to say how blessed we […]
