How would you like to check out the facilities of a popular tourist resort or view a home without having to leave the comfort of your living room? If the idea of getting around without leaving home appeals to you, perhaps you should be talking to Matt Neilson. Neilson, 16, […]
District News
The weather for Christian Reformed Church’s 50th anniversary homecoming celebrations were fantastic both Saturday and Sunday. The sun shone with all its glory, and the committee anniversary members were pleased with the extravagant way everyone enjoyed each others company. It was unreal, just watching everything unveil itself—there were no disappointments. […]
Though not completely successful its first go ’round, the “Grab-A-Cab” and designated driver programs organized by the district Substance Abuse Prevention (SAP) team are being resurrected. “We wanted to get the ‘Grab-A-Cab’ going again,” said Cst. Caroline Spencer who is the OPP liaison with the SAP team. “We wanted to […]
A Dryden woman who was critically injured in a freak accident on Highway 502 on July 2 has been removed from the intensive care unit of a Thunder Bay hospital. Barb Olafson, assistant director of communications for McKellar hospital, reported today Joyce Butts’s condition has been upgraded from critical to […]
Can you sing, juggle, tell stories, dance, swallow swords or make things disappear? Do you have a talking horse or a dog that can do calculus? If so, there will be a golden opportunity to strut your stuff at the Stratton Centennial celebrations on the August long weekend. On Saturday, […]
If big things come in small packages, then there’s a giant on the shores of Rainy Lake. No, not the Great Beaver, but a nine-year-old dynamo who has big plans for a career in show business . And based on the results of the Emo Grandstand Jam, those plans are […]
With Rainy River flowing by it, the Chapple Heritage Lighthouse on the waterfront is being built slowly but surely. Richard Veldhuisen and crew have completed the upright of cedar shakes, and now will commence work on welding the steel railing, the safety glass is applied to top as a lookout […]
Tragedy struck last Tuesday just as Canada Day celebrations were wrapping up across the Rainy River District. Around 10 p.m., July 1st, a well known resident of Pinewood lost his life in a fatal motor accident. John Kingsley “King” Downs, 61, was returning home from a day of umping in […]
There has been a catastrophic natural disaster such as an earthquake or hurricane. All electrical service has been disrupted. Communication between emergency services is chaotic at best, yet somehow resources are co-ordinated and contact with the outside world remains unbroken. Whether you realize it or not, this is a fairly […]
The Corporation of the Township of Emo playground is ready to roll into the summer activities for youth between the ages of 3-13 years and each group having a different schedule. The program runs between Tuesday, July 8, and concludes Thursday, Aug. 14. Anyone interested in the program can call […]
In efforts to make freight rail service more efficient from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Fort Frances, Ont. CNR has begun construction of 8 new sidings between the two points. Jim Feeny of CN Public Affairs said that, “This is part of a program that started three years ago and it is […]
It’s the Christian Reformed Church’s 50th anniversary homecoming this coming weekend, with the planning completed last Monday. The main theme of course is “Homecoming” with expectation scores of people joining in the festivities, starting with Saturday Morning Prayer from 9 a.m.-11a.m. The official welcome by the church council will be […]
