Local News from Across the Rainy River District
The next “Country Jam” will be taking place on Friday, November 22 in Emo, starting at 7 p.m.If you enjoy the sounds of old time country music and love to get up and dance, then please mark the date on your calendar. Admission is only $2, which covers the cost […]
Back in 2012, New York Times’ columnist David Brooks noted the declining fertility rates across the mid-east and the affects that declining birth rate would have on the region. In 2016, it was noted that in the United States had reach an all time low in births. It has continued […]
Have you ever had a lake that you drive by frequently on the side of the road or the highway and wondered which species of fish live in it, if any? If you like to fish, you can probably think of a body of water that you know nothing about […]
The sun was bright and warm on Saturday and much of our snow cover was lost and the slippery driveways have returned. Maddie came rushing out of the house to join me in the tractor and wiped out pretty good which causes me some concern since my broken-hipped Dad is […]
I know it is a common complaint of mine, a regular sort of whining if you prefer, about air travel. So here I go again, a warning if you wish to turn the page. On this particular trip there was the usual cattle-herding, the cramped quarters, my knees up against […]
December is fast approaching and so are busy, fun times in Emo! Dec. 5-7 will be the busy, fun Holly Daze in Emo. A full three days of events are planned. On Thursday, Dec. 5, there will be a dramatic reading of “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. This […]
The annual “Stuff-A-Cruiser” is taking place Saturday. Dec. 7. As always it takes place at Cloverleaf in Emo, as well as several locations in Fort Frances and Rainy River. The organizers are looking for volunteers. Students would be welcome, and it’s a great way to earn your volunteer hours. Two-hour […]
The Emo and District Lions would like to thank the entire district for its phenomenal support of their annual “Hunters’ Night” which was held on Saturday in Barwick. Nearly 350 people enjoyed a fantastic meal of wild meat and fish, cooked up by the club’s excellent kitchen staff. The […]
I grew up on Third Street behind the arena. Our home was the second to be built in that new subdivision and as a young four-year-old, the street was my playground. There really wasn’t an alley and everything behind our home was bush. The ditches were wide and deep. The […]
Over the weekend I was sliding through some social media and saw a video of a couple of people bragging about being the first to be fishing out on the ice. It struck me as being kind of dumb, for lack of a better word. I know it’s been cold […]
I am hoping that everyone took the time to attend a Remembrance Day Service on Monday to honour all those that have fought for us and are still doing this. It is difficult to complain about the cold day when you think of all that these men and women have […]
I was walking my usual walk the other day after a Nor’easter had blown through, its wind stripping the brilliant-coloured leaves from the branches, toppling trees that Hurricane Dorian had loosened and I came upon a small nest lying upright in the middle of my path. Gracie sniffed at it […]
