The annual Emo Legion Good Friday Fish Fry is set to go this Friday, April 3. This is always a delicious meal of walleye, baked beans, potato, macaroni and noodle slaw salads, corn, buns, desserts and coffee/tea. Take outs are available, meals must be picked up between 4 – 4:45 […]
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EVENTS CALENDAR The Rainy River Festival of the Performing Arts runs from March 26 to Apr. 24 with full schedule to be released. For more information visit ff-festival.com. Applications for the RRFPA scholarships are due by the end of the day today (March 31.) All Festival participants aged 12 and […]
EVENTS CALENDAR The Rainy River Festival of the Performing Arts runs from March 26 to Apr. 24 with full schedule to be released. For more information visit ff-festival.com. The 55+ Movie Matinee for March will feature “I still Believe” the tru-life story of Christian Music star Jeremy Camp and his […]
The family of Beverly Jane Kyle, 95, is saddened to announce her passing on March 19, 2026, at Rainycrest Long Term Care in Fort Frances, Ontario. Full obituary to follow. Arrangements entrusted to Northridge Funeral Home Ltd., Emo, Ontario.
September 25, 1928 – March 17, 2026 Edra Jean Lougheed, beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully with her family by her side, on March 17, 2026, at the age of 97. Edra was born in 1928 in Unity, Saskatchewan, to John and Isabelle Murray. She married Orval Lougheed […]
Jeanette Blanche Roy (nee Marmus) of Rainy River, Ontario, passed away peacefully at Riverside – La Verendrye Hospital on March 15, 2026. Jeanette was born August 27, 1937, in Rainy River to Bill and Mary Marmus (nee Olinyk). She had one sister Donna Dalseg and two brothers Bill Marmus and […]
Anna (Ann) Elizabeth Watson (nee Mickelson) passed away peacefully with family by her side on March 18, 2026, at La Verendrye General Hospital. Ann was born November 14, 1944, in Fort Frances. As a young child she moved to Sioux Lookout with her family. She attended Queen Elizabeth High School […]
1956 – 2026 It is with great sadness that the family of Randy Lyle Wepruk announce his passing on March 16, 2026, at the age of 69 in Thunder Bay, Ont. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Denise Wepruk (Crawford); his two children, son Daniel Wepruk (Stephanie) and […]
By Robert Animikii Horton
Book Review
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Book Review
The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins
Energy is a strange thing. We contain it. We use it. We even use it like rocket fuel when we need. We only have a finite amount to use each day. However, it is not uncommon for a person to give one’s energy to others who may not be very […]
I am happy to see the sun shining, even if I have to spend more time at the computer these days. I find the dreary days very long and with longer days I feel like I am missing being outside but there isn’t a lot of things you can do […]
Spring keeps peeking around the corner. The calendar tells us it is spring, but winter keeps holding on. Swans have been seen in the river. The first Canada Geese are back, and my wife reported that she could hear birds singing Monday morning as she left the house. The ugliness […]
The baseball scout and I met on a pleasure craft destined for Pearl Harbor. I had never been to Pearl Harbor, not surprising since I’d never been to Hawaii. Considering the inhabitants of the boat, it was a treat from Major League Baseball, a thank you or a perk for […]
