Dear editor, After the local Chamber of Commerce’s AGM, Mayor Caul, Larry Fontana and I met with our MPP, who is also the Minister of Northern Development and Mines, Greg Rickford and presented the following: The Ontario Public School Board Association, in its 2019 submission to Minister Rickford’s government indicated […]
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Attention students! the Township of Emo will be hiring summer students (ages 15 to 30) who will be returning to school in the fall. They are looking for people to fill the positions of Recreation Program Assistant/Coordinator and Labourer of Parks Department. Applications in the form of a resume will […]
After a nice little stint at home I am back down south for the next stop on the Bassmaster Elite Series taking place this week at Lake Fork in Texas. If you are a fan of bass fishing you have likely heard of Lake Fork before. It is the shining […]
This is the first week for my summer students to be back at EARS and what do we see? Snow! I am overlooking that four-letter word because I am happy to have my students back! Nick is returning for his sixth year and Claire is back for her third year. […]
I love hats–hats on other people. I can’t do a hat unless it is a ball cap and I’m hiding a frightening hair day. You have to have a certain sort of panache to pull off wearing a hat. The word panache is derived from the historical reference to a […]
Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society is hosting its “Spring in Hawaii Gala” this Saturday (May 4) at the Emo Arena. Tickets are $50. Social hour is 5:30 p.m. dinner served at 6:30. To make the evening more enjoyable there will be a cake roulette, penny table, a silent auction […]
After a life well lived, on April 25, 2019, Bohdan “Bud” Danylchuk passed away peacefully at the age of 92. Bud is survived by his beloved wife of 69 years, Flora; his children, BJ, Kim (Micheline), Andrew (Dawn Marie), Brent (Melissa), and Joy; his grandchildren, Mark, Lisa, Steven, Kassandra, Emily, […]
It is with great sorrow that the family of Susan Don Tilley announces her passing on Sunday, April 14, 2019. Susie was born on December 18, 1979 to Randy and Joyce House and grew up in Fort Frances. She became a mother at a young age and made her children […]
Riverside Health Care will hold its next open board meeting this evening at 6 p.m. in the board room at Rainycrest Long Term Care. Badiuk’s Boat Show 2019 will go on until 5 p.m. today, and then continue Friday, April 26 from 9 am.-5 p.m. and Saturday, April 27 from […]
When it comes to cooking, baking, and mealtime, butter has a definite role in the kitchen and at the dinner table. I know that even mentioning the comparison of butter to margarine is going to stir up a lot of opinions, but I am going to express my view anyway. […]
The Ontario Ford government has a new license plate slogan “A Place To Grow” and yet for Northern Ontario residents and students, the government is making it more difficult to grow and become educated, let alone develop new skills for the changing 21st century economy. First came the huge cuts […]
Dear Duane, I was disappointed to read the jeer in the paper directed at local business owners for a letter of concern written to mayor and council. This letter called attention to the recent and significant increase in problematic/criminal behaviour downtown and suggested possible solutions. As someone who works downtown, […]
