The youngsters of Pikangikum First Nation say they will be joining forces once again to build two drop-in centres in their Northern Ontario community. About 150 young people from the reserve banded together and earlier this week completed a three-week, 600-km march from the reserve to the Manitoba legislature. Their […]
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Emo Reeve Russ “The Terminator” Fortier walked down the dimly lit Emo Arena surface last Friday night to the chorus of cheers and loud rock music. His Fort Frances counterpart, Mayor Glenn “The Amalgamator” Witherspoon, followed shortly after wearing a ski mask and waving a Fort Frances flag–this time to […]
A 19.3 percent duty on softwood lumber exported from Canada to the United States, as proposed by the U.S. Department of Commerce, could devastate local saw mills. Owners and operators here can only wait–and hope the Canadian government and lobby groups can sway the Bush administration before a final decision […]
Prayers and the determination of volunteer firemen from three area fire departments saved the Catholic church in Pinewood from burning to the ground yesterday afternoon. Our Lady of the Way Church was struck by lightning around noon Tuesday. Fr. James Panikulam said he was near the church when the lightning […]
A crowd lingered on the docks in Barwick until well past 7 p.m. Saturday as the third-annual Chapple Days festivities drew to a close. “It was a wonderful day,” Rilla Race, chairperson of the Chapple heritage committee, concluded Monday. She estimated this year’s event attracted more than 200 people, including […]
The Bear is taking on the big guys. Bearskin Airlines, which began 38 years ago as one float plane serving remote Northern Ontario native communities, plans to launch a commuter service Sept. 10 between Toronto and Ottawa. It hopes to attract business travellers, especially the high-tech crowd, with seven round-trip […]
Canadian National Railway crews and the Ministry of the Environment are still cleaning at the scene where about 2,500 gallons of diesel spilled onto the banks of Rainy Lake after a train derailed just west of Windy Point last Wednesday. “They’d made very good progress on the water. Essentially [Tuesday], […]
With high winds continuing through last Tuesday evening, damage in the Village of Emo was contained to trees uprooted. A tree next to the property of E. Hakkawainew was flattened but could not be removed on account of it being tangled up with a hydro pole. A Hydro crew was […]
After a weekend of sunshine and hot weather, most roads that had been flooded or washed out by the downpour that hit Northwestern Ontario last Tuesday have now re-opened. Near Morson, where residents and vacationers were cut off by a flooded road for five days, one lane of Highway 621 […]
According to Ministry of Finance projections, Rainy River District’s population only will grow three percent by 2028 compared to a population growth of 33.4 percent across Ontario. The projections–calculated by comparing the results of the 1996 and 2001 census years–show growth of 4.6 percent, or 11,762 people, across Northwestern Ontario […]
It’s weird how a simple ratings week theme on the Arts and Entertainment network gave Emo native and pro wrestler Dean “Madman” Martin that moment of clarity in what he wanted to do with his life. “It was in between the biography episodes of [World Wrestling Federation wrestlers] Mick Foley […]
The Borderland Quarter Horse Association will host more than 40 horses from Canada and the U.S at its biggest-ever annual show this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at the Emo Fairgrounds. But if fair board members get their way, the show will be even bigger in years to come. The board […]
