With the ice-fishing season running full tilt, communities literally have popped up on area lakes–including the annual influx on Gordie’s Road at Sabaskong Bay (Lake of the Woods). “Crappie fishing has been good for the guys that fish. Of course, last week we had the cold spell and they weren’t […]
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The Emo Toy Lending and Resource Centre is going to make January look like “Winter in Wonderland” with various crafts planned for the children all month. Fun in the Kitchen is planned Wednesday, Jan. 17 from 4-5 p.m. Meanwhile, a sliding party is planned Thursday, Jan. 18 from 3:30-5:30 p.m. […]
After almost six weeks of not being able to drink well water, students and staff at the Sturgeon Creek Annex in Stratton soon should be able to do so again. But this time, the problem wasn’t bacteria. “They pumped the well dry while flooding the rink. And things get agitated […]
The following is an interesting article I came across by Betsy Freese, livestock editor for “Successful Farming.” What will a farmer look like in the year 2020? Hans-Wilhelm Windhorst gives us this portrait. Windhorst is an economist and professor of rural development at the University of Vechta in Germany. He […]
As many people know, Mine Centre School has a shared reading program, in which students in grades one through six read to one another for half-an-hour every Friday. They have become known not just for reading books but for challenging principals and bus drivers to both fun–and gross–things. This year, […]
This past white Christmas was particularly special for 16-year-old Thalita Ribeiro. Back home in Brazil, Ribeiro saw snow every Christmas–but only on cards and decorated paper. “It really snowed on Christmas day. I felt like I was on a Christmas card,” she said after spending her first Christmas in Canada. […]
More than about new beginnings, 2001 will be a year when district residents see several health care-related endeavours come to fruition, the CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. said Tuesday. “It’s been a successful year overall. We got underway on the Emo hospital, and with the dialysis unit,” Wayne […]
The National Cattle ID program started Jan. 1 to help further secure Canadian export markets both in finished beef and breeding stock. A national program will allow the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to trace back reportable diseases if any show up in our livestock. This is a must to keep […]
The Township of Morley’s struggle to fill the last two seats on council may be over by the end of this week. The council’s current quorum of Reeve Gary Gamsby and Couns. Bill Romyn and George Heyens have been working to put together a full complement since their inaugural meeting […]
While public consultations won’t start until early next year, Alberton Reeve John Milling said the possibility of Alberton School closing is an issue he’ll be keeping a close eye on. “It hasn’t come to council yet but speaking personally, I was shocked,” Reeve Milling had said before Christmas, referring to […]
Embarking on a year-long trip to a foreign country is a daunting task for anyone. But for 17-year-old Kathrin Gorissen, so far her stay in Rainy River District has been a valuable success story. “It’s just a great experience to just leave home and to start another life,” said Gorissen. […]
While it was not a cure-all for the problems high school teachers have been facing here since September, the president of Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation 5B said the two-year contract ratified last week reaffirmed the positive relationship between the OSSTF and public school board.
