Riverside Foundation for Health Care is getting its “Care Close to Home” fundraising campaign rolling next month with a “stretcher push” from Rainy River to Fort Frances. “We think this is a great opportunity for the whole district to show their support of the renovations at both the Emo Health […]
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Security cameras may be installed at the Emo OPP detachment after a jury recommended such a move following a coroner’s inquest last week. Dr. John Hammett, of the regional coroner’s office in Thunder Bay, visited the detachment last Wednesday and Thursday to conduct a mandatory inquest into the death of […]
The province is poised to implement mandatory trail permits for snowmobilers in Northwestern Ontario and across the rest of the province, MPP Joe Spina revealed here Friday afternoon. Spina, the parliamentary assistant to Tourism minister Cam Jackson, was in town primarily to promote Ontario Tourism Week (May 19-28) in conjunction […]
How the school renewal budget will be spent on the five public elementary schools in town, as well as Alberton Central, is something the Rainy River District School Board’s facilities review committee will be looking at after it discusses feedback from stakeholders at its meeting here June 12. The committee, […]
Many area businesses are pleased by last Wednesday’s announcement by Bell promising to provide fast, up-to-date services throughout most of Rainy River District. “This is a very good day, it’s going to move us forward,” said Geoff Gillon, community investment manager for the Rainy River Future Development Corp., which had […]
The Rainy River Future Development Corp. held its annual meeting last Thursday at La Place Rendez-Vous to update members, elect new board members, and to take in safety advice from an entertaining speaker. “We have raised the community benchmark to another level thanks to people from across the district who […]
A monument dedicated to aboriginal war veterans will be unveiled and blessed at a ceremony at Couchiching next Tuesday (June 6), which coincides with the anniversary of D-Day in 1944. Currently, 105 aboriginals are being honoured for their service during both world wars, in Korea and Vietnam, as well as […]
Despite finding out two week ago that Rainycrest Home for the Aged here would not get 32 long-term care beds for a special needs unit, administrator Kevin Queen said yesterday “things are looking pretty good” for reallocating some or all of the home’s 21 empty beds. “We may be getting […]
Crossroads School in Devlin may have walked away from the second-annual “Quest for Knowledge” with top honours yesterday but all 160 participants left with a better understanding of native culture. Wilfred Cyr, director of Educational Support Services for the Seven Generations Education Institute here, said “Quest for Knowledge” is mainly […]
Morley and Patullo township residents who had passed away were honoured at a special Memorial Tree dedication service attended by about 70 people Saturday in Stratton. Moe and Joyce Henry came up with a unique idea last winter. “I anticipated that we would get about 10 takers,” Moe Henry said. […]
Only La Vallee and Alberton will continue to look into the pros and cons of amalgamation after Emo pulled out of the discussions. “They [council] just didn’t feel that a study was necessary at this time,” said Emo clerk/treasurer Brenda Cooke. “A commission isn’t on the radar screen in the […]
The Alberton rec committee met Monday night to consider building a new community hall. “This isn’t just a hall we want to build, it is a cornerstone for people to gather,” noted Coun. John Milling, who has been pushing for a new facility. A Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corp. grant […]
