“Chapple Days” got off to a great start Friday night with a wiener roast, music, and ice cream at the Both farm, but Mother Nature dampened activities Saturday with heavy rains. On Friday evening, those on hand were entertained with music while they roasted marshmallows and hotdogs, and ate the […]
District News
The district version of the federal “Hay West” campaign continues to build momentum. Last week, the Northwestern Animal Clinic donated $500, while Rainy River First Nation will lend a field in the northern part of the reserve to allow farmers to bale more hay for drought-stricken farmers in the west. […]
About 50 local children from 4-H and the Junior Conservationists took part in a cull of purple loosestrife organized by the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters (OFAH) outdoors club (Fort Frances) south of Devlin last Thursday evening. “We want to make people aware how bad they are,” said local […]
“It was a decision I had to make,” remarked Renée Martin, who recently had to decide whether to keep on working at Emo CIBC or teaching music. She chose the latter. “You do either one or the other,” noted Martin. They both require full-time attention, and since she loved music, […]
Spruce trees throughout the region are turning pinkish or brown as spruce needle rust takes hold here. “Everyone is running around trying to do something about the problem, but the problem occurred last spring,” said Art Hammond of Hammond Landscaping Ltd., who has received an endless number of calls about […]
Lots of new activities, a new route for the canoe races, and homemade ice cream will greet visitors in Barwick this weekend for the fourth-annual Chapple Days this Friday and Saturday. The route usually takes canoeists from one point to another, but this year’s race will be completely different, said […]
Voyageurs National Park will offer a wide variety of programs and activities through Aug. 24. Available this year will be boat tours of the park, programs for children, evening guest-speaker and campfire talks, north canoe trips, morning, afternoon, and evening canoe trips, and an evening exploration of a beaver pond. […]
Close to $4 million worth of local flood damage has already been reported to the Ontario Disaster Relief Office with less than two weeks remaining before the claims deadline. As of Thursday the disaster office received 362 claims with damages totaling $3,970,000, office manager Ian Mollett said this morning. “It […]
The drought that has affected farmers in western Canada for three years might receive some much needed help from district farmers. While farmers are busy baling hay now, they might also be asked to donate some to drought-stricken cattle in the west. Emo council has been recently looking at donating […]
The Rainy River Valley Field Naturalists are set to man the Noden Causeway this Saturday with garbage bags and gloves. “We’re going to start at 9 a.m., and continue until we get done,” president Bill Morgenstern said. “Anybody who wants to come join us is more than welcome. If there […]
It’s less than one-hundredth the size of a pinhead and sounds like a character from “Star Wars.” But for western cattle producers, it could reduce pest problems that cost an estimated $7 million each year in Alberta alone. Wolbachia is a bacterium under study at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Lethbridge […]
The stress of the flooding in Rainy River has gone beyond what the people are feeling. The town’s sewer system has been over-stressed by over capacity inflows during the flooding last July 31st and this past June. Town Clerk Deb Bowman said that council feels the problem of infiltration has […]
