Last Wednesday the Rainy River Soil and Crop Improvement Association had their annual soil and crop tour. The tour brought out farmers from around the district who wanted to learn about different agricultural techniques and crop ideas. The first stop on the tour was to Larry Lambs farm near Emo. […]
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Those old pioneer homes, post offices and stores of the first families around these townships are long gone, replaced with beautiful homes of the second and third generations. The old Grenier-LeBlanc home is still here. Trish and Collen Neilson have moved into their new home here. The Gerula family have […]
Every year it’s better and better, just like can be said of the fall fair. That remark reflects on the annual Vacation Bible School at the Christian Reformed Church. “We had 115 children register for the week long SonCreek Junction event,” said co-ordinator Wilma (Wild Willie) Kooistra all geared up […]
It was a hectic week and weekend at the Christian Reformed Church. First the VBS, followed by Missionary Day with Mark and Nancy Vander Wees and family from Haiti making an appearance at the morning worship service. They presented reflections of their work in Haiti through a video. They’ve been […]
Members of the Rainy River District 4-H club have returned, excited, from a trip to meet fellow 4-Hers in Quebec. The 11 4-H members have been back for two weeks and are preparing to host their Quebecois counter-parts in early August. The group flew out of Winnipeg on July 9 […]
Two minutes… That is all it took for some 40 tons of house boats to be flipped right over at Morson Marina Tuesday morning by a tornado. Lorne Gill, of Gills’ Morson Marina, said that about 6:35 a.m. Tuesday he was just getting ready to start his day when all […]
OPP from the Sioux Narrows Nestor Falls office are currently investigating a report that two local residents inadvertently ingested cookies laced with marijuana. The residents ate the cookies after they found a bag of baking hanging on their door. Believing that a friend had left the baking for them while […]
Several properties were damaged and phone lines knocked out as high winds hit Emo and Manitou Rapids area. The farm of Ralph and Jacquelyn Hunsperger, on Off Lake Road north of Emo suffered substantial damage as the winds ripped apart their barn and several sheds. “My husband got up to […]
Highway 17 was closed 26 km west of Ignace for several hours Sunday evening after a tractor-trailer, carrying frozen seafood, caught on fire. The driver, a 24-year-old Kitchener man, pulled over around 7 p.m. when his vehicle’s engine began to smoke. He got out of the truck and it became […]
Moist ground and high humidity prevented any forest fires from lighting in the Fort Frances area. “Fort didn’t have any fires this weekend at all,” noted Arlan Hahkala, local MInistry of Natural Resources sector response officer. “We were at low to moderate [fire hazard] and after last night’s major rain, […]
Kenora OPP and the Canadian Transport Safety Board are investigating the report of an overturned airplane near Johnson’s Island by Golf Course Bay this morning. The incident occurred shortly after 7:30 a.m. when the American-registered Cessna 260, carrying a pilot and one passenger, was in the process of taking off […]
The Fort Frances Highlanders received $18,800 from the Ontario Trillium Foundation to fund equipment, instruments, and uniforms. “These Trillium funds will greatly improve both the appearance and function of the Fort Frances Highlanders,” said Pipe Major Bruce Lidkea. “We are thankful for Trillium’s commitment to arts and culture,” he added. […]
