I find myself travelling again. I was aboard a flight last week—doing my impression of a sardine. The man sitting next to me was typing on his laptop and his elbows were spilling over into my seat, though he tried to contain them. His legs are twice as long as […]
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Other than a three-month stint working for a contractor friend of mine just out of university, and a couple of years on the supply teacher list in Kenora, the only jobs I’ve ever had have been related to the fishing and outdoor industry in some manner. My first guide trip […]
Winter has arrived in parts of Rainy River District but we still have bare ground here in Emo. No complaints, though, as it will be great if our farm yards get some frost into them before the snow falls. I did have to spend most of Saturday getting all the […]
Stratton residents, particularly those involved in the curling scene there, undoubtedly are very proud after two of their own—siblings Trevor Bonot and Jackie McCormick—helped Northern Ontario capture the 2017 Canadian mixed curling championship on Saturday in Yarmouth, N.S. Joined by Megan and Kory Carr of Thunder Bay at lead and […]
Joan Buttazoni Dear editor: Riverside Health Care Facilities, in their ignorant wisdom, has decided that the Emo Health Centre should do without an X-ray machine. Doctors need said machines and so do the people of the Golden Age Manor, which is attached to the hospital, who have a hard time […]
Coun. Ken Perry Dear editor: This letter would be more appropriately addressed to the publisher as Jim Cumming is due a big thank you from me for running his column last week about railroad taxation (or lack thereof) in Ontario. So Jim, thanks. With that said, I hope you will […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Orest Gushulak announces his passing on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016 at the Rainy River Health Centre in Rainy River, Ont. after a long battle with cancer. Orest was born Dec. 7, 1946 in Vita, Man. to Michael and Alicey Gushulak. The […]
Judith Anne Klug (nee Loney) passed away peacefully on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 at the age of 73 at the Emo Health Centre in Emo, Ont. Judy will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 51 years, Fred Klug, and by their children, Elizabeth (Herb) Adam of Winnipeg, Man. and […]
REYES-Born to Aram Reyes and Alyson Reyes Ricard, of Seoul, South Korea, a girl, Nuri Marvel, weighing 7 lbs 3 oz on October 17, 2016 in Seoul, South Korea. Proud grandparents are Lorne and Maureen Ricard and Alma Rosa Alcarez of Monterrey, Mexico. Proud great grandmother is Crete McLeod.
