Sam Odrowski Madam Quensel helped a St. Michael’s student put her handprint on an anti-bullying banner yesterday morning as part of the annual “Pink Shirt Day.” The Grade 2 French Immersion class joined Mrs. Harris’ Grade 1/2 class and Ms. Sieders’ Grade 1 class for a series of anti-bullying activities.
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The Canadian PressBill Beacon MONTREAL–Even with Carey Price out with a concussion, the Montreal Canadiens are getting stellar goaltending. Veteran back-up Antti Niemi made 27 saves, including three on short-handed breakaways in the first period, to lift Montreal to a 3-1 victory over the N.Y. Islanders last night. That followed […]
Dear Mike, We have a problem at the Rainy Lake Nordic Ski Club trails at Rocky Inlet. Somebody is walking on our ski trails quite regularly. This appears to be two people, one with large feet and one with smaller feet, and a dog. These people are walking down several […]
Press Release Starting March 1, Ontario will ban unsolicited, door-to-door sales of certain household appliances to better protect consumers from aggressive and misleading contracting at home. Businesses only will be able to enter into a contract in the consumer’s home if the consumer has contacted the business ahead of time […]
Submitted Peterborough angler Chris Johnston won the $125,000 first-place prize at the FLW Tour event in Florida on the weekend. Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson of Keewatin in finished in second.
Submitted Members of the Emo Hospital Auxiliary volunteers in the Emo Hospital cafeteria displayed their new smocks the auxiliary purchased. They give a big thank you to Cindy Judson at the Thread Shed, who generously volunteered to embroider the auxiliary’s logo onto the smocks.
Robin McCormickDevlin correspondent The annual St. Patrick’s roast beef dinner will take place Saturday, March 17 at St. Patrick’s Church in Emo. Starting at 5:30 p.m., the menu will feature roast beef, mashed potatoes, vegetables, salads, desserts, and much more. Just 100 tickets will be sold in advance only, with […]
Duane Hicks The town is looking to change the way sewer and water installations are invoiced to customers. The majority of council voted down a recommendation from the Operations and Facilities executive committee to remain status quo at Monday night’s council meeting, meaning the issue will go back to that […]
Duane Hicks “Splash Landing,” featuring Hailey Glueheisen enjoying her pool on a hot summer day, and “Bubble Gum Wishes,” depicting Cher Pruys’ youngest grandchild, Scotia Hogan, being completely mesmerized by the amount of brightly-coloured gum balls in a bubble gum machine, are among the paintings by the local artist now […]
Sam Odrowski Couchiching voters are choosing a chief and six councillors in band elections being held today. Voting runs from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. at the multi-use facility. The votes will be counted immediately after the polls close and the results will be declared right after the count, which usually ends […]
Staff The PeeWee Canadians proved they were the “stars” over the weekend in Thunder Bay. The squad went a perfect 6-0 en route to capturing the championship at the Norwest Tournament of Stars. Sunday saw them locking horns with the host Stars in the final. Aidan Taggart, Noah McPherson, and […]
Despite the time difference between here and Pyeongchang that often meant late nights or very early mornings, Canadians from coast to coast to coast were glued to their TV sets for more than two weeks watching with pride as our athletes delivered the country’s best-ever medal showing at the Winter […]
