This year’s school year is staring to an end, the last day of school is next Friday (June 28).Crossroads’ Grade 8 graduation is June 26. • • • The lucky winner of May’s 50/50 draw at the Emo Legion was Nancy Rivest she took home $607.50. Vivian Callaghan sold the […]
Features
By Dave Ogilvie
Emo correspondent
Emo correspondent
Diabetes Canada has a long an influential history in Canada. In the late 1940s, Charles Best formed the Diabetic Association of Ontario to help advocate for and serve the needs of the growing numbers of Canadians with diabetes. After this, other provinces and territories formed their own diabetic associations. In 1953, […]
Here we are–middle of June! I don’t know about you, but I am still waiting on some summer weather. Though, as you talk to others we here in Rainy River District are really in pretty decent shape as compared to our friends to the east and the west. I just […]
Fairy tales have been around since the early 17th century, say some “experts,” while other historians and anthropologists link “Beauty and The Beast” back four thousand years. Suffice to say, fairy tales have been around a very long time. Psychology Today reported in 2014 that fairy tales are told in […]
Local youth will jump–not to mention tumble, vault, cartwheel, kip, somersault, and backflip–for joy when the new Rainy Lake Gymnastics Academy starts up here this fall. The academy will be operating out of the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium, offering an alternative athletic activity which has not been available here since […]
TREES I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A […]
It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Patti LaFleur (née Shine), our dear mother, grandmother, wife, sister, aunt and friend. Patti lit up the room with her warmth, presence and positivity. She was a strong, resilient woman who will leave a lasting impression […]
Musician Doug Judson will perform a free concert at the Rainy Lake Square this evening (June 13) from 6-8 p.m. Bring a lawn chair. “Jurassic Square,” a special outdoor screening of Game 6 of the NBA Finals at the Rainy Lake Square will take place this evening (June 13) starting […]
Using soft plastics to catch walleyes is not a new tactic nor is it a topic that hasn’t been well covered in the fishing media in recent years. The reason for all of the chatter is that soft plastics today, with their realistic shapes, colours and scents, put fish in […]
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement Monday to ban harmful single-use plastics is a historic moment. Canada is getting on board the international wave to help reduce plastic waste, the toll of which is becoming more apparent each day as horror stories from around the world make headlines. Single-use plastics account […]
On June 5, 2019, Nick finished his earthly sojourn and went to live with his Heavenly Father forever. Nick was born on July 6, 1926 in Tienhoven, The Netherlands, to Koenraad and Geertje Schryvershof. Nick finished his elementary education during the first years of WWII. During the last years of […]
