There are many reasons to send concern sympathy and get well wishes to people in our rural area. Sincere sympathy to the family and friends is Raymond Jewell. His wife Linda, daughter Rachel plus all family members and Raymond’s many friends will miss him deeply. I remember Raymond as an […]
Robin McCormick – Devlin Correspondent
The Rainy River Valley Agriculture Fall Fair is just around the corner. With this fair definitely being different because of Covid restrictions, there are still several traditions taking place. The Queen contest has four young people striving to reign as the 2021 fair Queen representative. The crowning takes place on […]
The Northwest Bay First Nations held a successful bass tournament on Saturday, July 17. A total of 14 team competed and when the final bags were weighed, the first place winners were Dale LaBelle and Jeremy Shypit with a weigh of 11.9 lbs. This was a grandfather/ grandson team. Second […]
Cory Shypit and Paul Morrison placed first at the Castin’ For Cash tournament this weekend. They set a two day record with a 35.2 pounds of fish caught. Lots of big fish were caught throughout the weekend. This was the twentieth year of this tournament. Hats off to Bill, Nell […]
The fire that’s been active in Northwest Bay is being held. Over four hundred hectors have been effected by this fire that started on June 23. Firefighters remain on the scene. Extreme dry conditions are definitely a concern for not only northwestern Ontario but much of Canada. We are reminded […]
Happy to say there are happenings starting to take place in our area. Hopefully this is a sign that things are resuming to normal. Which has been a long time coming. The Rainy River Valley Agriculture Fair is hoping to take place August 20 and 21. Although there will be […]
The Emo Fair Queen organizers are looking for contestants. The age for contestants is Gr. 9-Gr. 12. The Queen will proudly represent the R.R. Valley Agricultural Society at the 2021 Fair. Call Mary Crosswell at 271-1586 or Sis at 276-2483. Mike Badiuk and Brennan Flickinger placed fourth overall at the […]
There are plans in the making to hold the Nevin Bonot Memorial Golf Tournament. This will take place July 17 at Heron Landing. More details to follow. Our community wishes a Happy 70th birthday to Mel MacDonald. May you enjoy many more birthdays. Friday June 11th. is a PA day […]
The Emo Spray Park has recently opened up. This is a sure sign of summer and hopefully a sign that there will be less Civid restrictions from here on in The hours of operation at the spray park are 8a.m. to 8 p.m. Come out with ur kids, grandkids or […]
Although there’s not a lot of news this week, there’s definitely happy times in our community. Congratulations to Madison Allan and Brody McPherson who were wed at a small service Saturday, May 22. Proud parents are Dayle and Vince Allan and Bobbi Smith and Mark and Lisa McPherson. Grandparents Helen […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin Correspondent
Devlin Correspondent
The 2020 Senior Of The Year is Arlene Rea. Every year our municipality asks for residents to put in their choice of a senior they feel contributes to rural area. Before Covid, Arlene served lunches at the Emo Hospital Cafeteria for people that live in the Golden Age Manor apartments, […]
Our community welcomes the Schraa family to our area. Dave and Ceri along with their children Mac, Grace and Taylor have recently purchased the farm of Larry and Linda Lamb. The family will be the Purity Seed Ltd distributors, taking that over from Larry Lamb. The family is moving from […]
