Dear editor, On June 6, 1944, I arrived by boat on Juno Beach in Normandy, France, with the Canadian Scottish Regiment. My role was in the mortar platoon. On June 17, I was based in a barn, anticipating an attack that never came. I went into a nearby shed to […]
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Every two weeks we put two blue boxes on the boulevard. At our home, the blue boxes contain a mixture of empty cereal boxes, clear plastic containers that once held strawberries or some other fruit, salad dressing bottles and empty gallon jugs that once held milk. Asselin Transportation collects all […]
By Dave Ogilvie
Emo correspondent
Emo correspondent
The Emo and District Lions will be holding their annual Pet Valu Walk for Dog Guides of Canada on Sunday, May 26 starting at 1 p.m. at the Emo Arena. Come and join them with or without you pups and help them raise money for Dog Guides of Canada, enjoy […]
What a great long weekend! If only we just had one more day–right? I have to say it won’t go down as one of the warmest weekends of all, but the sun was shining! Actually, I had to go in and put my long-johns on when I was cutting grass […]
I bet you thought I was going to write about dandelions, those yellow works of art that began popping out on my lawn yesterday (May 11) as I write this, like sunshine in the grass. But I’m not going to. I wrote about dandelions in my very first column back […]
By Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
Busy times are coming up ! The Emo Walleye Classic takes place this weekend. Weigh-ins take place Friday at 4:30 p.m. and Saturday at 4 p.m. Weigh-ins are held at the Emo LaVallee Arena. There will be penny tables, a variety of food available and as always the Guthrie United […]
A service of celebration and remembrance for Ramona Jean Smith will be held on Friday, May 24, 2019 at 1 p.m. at Northridge Funeral Home, Emo, Ont. Interment will follow in Barwick Cemetery.
Annie journeyed peacefully into the loving arms of the Lord/Saviour on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at the Rainy River Long Term Health Care Home at Rainy River, Ont. She was born on Feb. 27, 1931 at Black Sturgeon Lake, Ont. to Alfred Charles Allan and Veronique Julia Allan (nee Jourdain). […]
With sadness, the McFayden family announces the loss of Melvyn McFayden on May 14, 2019 at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital with his loving family by his side. Mel was the eldest son of Muriel and Borden McFayden born on March 19, 1942. He married Carroll Kennedy on July 1, 1965. […]
It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our mom, Doris Gustafson. She died peacefully, surrounded by family on May 4, 2019, in her 95th year. Mom was the youngest of three daughters born to Jack and Sarah Cookman in Fort William, Ont. She always said she […]
On Feb. 21, 1941 during a raging blizzard, Matti helped Hilma bring 13 pound Sulo into this world. On May 14, 2019, with his wife by his side and the love of his family in his heart, Sulo began a new journey. Sulo was a loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle […]
Joyce Lucille Einarson, 88, of International Falls, Mn. died Saturday, May 18, 2019 at Chris Jensen Rehab Center in Duluth, Mn. Joyce was born Feb. 16, 1931 in International Falls to parents William A. and Gertrude M. (Blake) Napper. She was the fifth of 12 children and grew up in […]
