The research station just west of Emo is in full swing these days. Seeding has been going on for a number of weeks, with Kim-Jo Bliss heading the staff of three employed there. Bliss also wishes to remind people of the 2001 Rainy River Valley beautification competition. “This competition is […]
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This past week, Leslie Barr-Kellar, behaviour co-ordinator for the Rainy River District School Board, presented a bullying workshop at Donald Young School for parents and other community members. Topics covered included the board’s “Safe School” policy, violence prevention curriculum instruction, strategies for students being promoted at the school level. This […]
They say Canadians spend hours talking about our weather conditions–it is any wonder? Where else can you pick lilacs, cut rhubarb, and be slapped in the face with snow while you’re doing it! • • • The first week of Devlin slo-pitch schedule has been played and here are the results: Monday […]
At the Wheels to Meals gathering at the Emo Legion last Thursday, Emo councillors were on hand to challenge the seniors to carpet bowling. It was a humorous contest the first time around, Reeve Russ Fortier said. “We had a field day,” he noted, adding the seniors let them win […]
Coffee Break, the ladies’ Bible group at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo, held their season wind-up with a Day of Joy gathering for women at the church sanctuary and fellowship hall. Guest speaker for the occasion was Ellen Pukalo, a city gal married to a farmer near Beausejour, Man. […]
Heidi Friesen (Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program) and Matt McQuaker (Sturgeon Creek) have left Kingston after representing Northwestern Ontario in a national science fair there. The two district students joined two others from Dryden at the science fair, which featured hundreds of projects from coast to coast. While neither came away […]
A picturesque Saturday morning was the perfect setting for the walleye season-opener here. But its arrival means visiting anglers, local fishing guides, tourist camps, and retail stores are experiencing just the beginning of their own version of “May Madness.” “It’s picked up a bit with trout fishing but this is […]
Amid the uproar in Thunder Bay over the province’s decision last Thursday to choose Laurentian University over Lakehead University as the main campus for the Northern Rural Medical School, others are standing by the choice. “[The Northwestern Ontario Associated Chambers of Commerce] believes this is a viable solution. And we’re […]
The Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung Historical Centre will receive $750,000 in funding, Indian Affairs and Northern Development minister Robert Nault revealed Friday. “This announcement highlights the [federal] government’s recognition of the important role tourism plays in generating economic development activity,” said Nault, who also is MP for Kenora-Rainy River. “Promotion of this aboriginal […]
Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. announced yesterday it will cut production at its Kenora mill in June, eliminating 147 jobs and affecting 333 more–a huge blow for the town’s residents and economy. “It’s an awful blow for the 150 that are going to be out of a job and the hundreds that won’t […]
With last weekend’s precipitation, and more in the forecast for most of this week, the water level on Rainy Lake continues to rise past normal levels. It reached 337.87 m (1,108.5 feet) this morning, well above the International Joint Commission’s rule curve maximum of 337.75 m (1,108.1 feet) And with […]
A 10-year-old tradition here, it’s time once again to raise money for hip replacement research when the annual “Hip Hip Hooray” walk gets underway Sunday. Slated to begin at 1 p.m. at the Sister Kennedy Centre (401 Nelson St.), the walk will follow Front Street to the Sorting Gap Marina […]
