Sam Odrowski Local farmer Delton Martin spoke about some of the pests, such as cereal army worms, that affect his fields after attendees of the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) open house viewed their hops project on Thursday. The hops project is now in its third year and was expanded […]
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Sam Odrowski Emily Potter of the Northern Ontario Farm Innovation Alliance (NOFIA) spoke to attendees of the Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) open house on Thursday evening about the agricultural research being conducted through NOFIA and how it links to the crop trials being run at EARS.
Sam Odrowski Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) crop technician Kim Jo Bliss spoke to a group of over 50 people about the crop trials being run at the research station during the EARS open house on Thursday evening. Various experts from the University of Guelph and Northern Ontario Farm Innovation […]
Sam Odrowski Alexis Latter of “Lexi’s Little Pet Pals” talked about her various handmade dog toys and cat treats to passerby Vicki Ogilvie who stopped by the Youth Enterprise Camp’s week-end sale at Rainy Lake Square on Friday, while fellow campers David Morrison and Drew Windigo looked on.
Sam Odrowski Emo Agricultural Research Station (EARS) summer student Nicholas Donaldson towed attendees around the station with a tractor on Thursday during the EARS open house. Donaldson has worked at EARS for six straight years and is in his final year of school, making this summer at the station his […]
Submitted Sebastian Belliard, soil management specialist for the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), took a look at the soil profile of John Sawatzky’s farm that’s south of Emo on Thursday morning during the Emo Agricultural Research Station’s (EARS) soil and crop tour.
Press Release
A man has been convicted after buying black bear gall bladders. On July 5, 2019 in the Ontario Court of Justice in Fort Frances, Justice of the Peace Jennifer Neill fined Byeong-ok Kim of Fort Frances $9,000 for unlawfully possessing six black bear gall bladders.The court heard that on two […]
Sam Odrowski
A group of nine young entrepreneurs took over Rainy Lake Square on Friday to test-drive each of their newly created businesses. Kids ages nine-13 learned how to turn a profit through Head Start in Business’s Youth Enterprise Day Camp, that ran from July 22-26. “It’s gone really well, we’ve had […]
Submitted Walleyes of all sizes can be found shallower that usual right now on Lake of the Woods.
The 4-H United Beef Club includes, Georgia Romyn, front row left, Scarlett Morrison, Danielle Schram, Andrea Schram, Carenna Haw, Christina Gerula, Kennah LeBlanc, Hayden Haw, and Angela Haw, and Tami Leblanc, back row left, Joshua Peters, Alanna Gerula, Aynsley Williams, Erika Gerula, Caleb Peters, Gregory Peters, Brett Schram, and Neil […]
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Kennah LeBlanc
Kennah LeBlanc
The United Beef Club held their 4-H Fun Day at the home of Tami and Robin LeBlanc on Saturday, July 27, 2019. All members brought their 4-H animal projects for the event. The day started with each member weighing their animal. Thank you to Clayton Teeple for bringing the scales […]
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On Wednesday, Aug. 14 from 7-8:30 p.m., the Campaign to Save the Boundary Waters will hold a public event to share information with Fort Frances area residents on the threats posed by sulfide-ore copper mining to Canadian waters in the Rainy River drainage basin. The presentation–the first for the campaign […]
