The $3.3-million renovation at Emo hospital got a $2.08 million boost from the provincial government Monday. “Our government is committed to improving access to long-term care services for Northern Ontarians,” said Northern Development and Mines minister Tim Hudak, who presented the cheque on behalf of Health and Long-Term Care minister […]
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Elk really do get around. A radio-collared bull elk, released near Cameron Lake back in January as part of an effort to reintroduce a herd to this area, was sighted near Ely in northeastern Minnesota by a Department of Natural Resources officer last week. That’s a distance of about 240 […]
The number of cattle that have been killed by anthrax in Rainy River District has crept up to 15–and has now affected a second farm. “In total, there was 11 animals that had died on the first farm–one was doing badly and was euthanized,” said Dr. George Luterbach of the […]
Funding concerns for the Northwestern Ontario Recycling Association have proven negligible as it heads into the fall in good financial condition. “Everything’s going along the way it should be–the way we predicted in the budget,” NORA co-ordinator Keith Sveinson said. “I don’t see any reason we should run out of […]
The new school year at Donald Young in Emo is off to a great start, with the installation of a new computer lab expecting to be completed by the end of September. Principal Nancy Fretter said the new lab will have 28 “modern” computers, all with a high-end Pentium II […]
The second auction at the revamped Stratton cattle barn was a success Saturday despite the threat of anthrax in Rainy River District. More than 640 head were sold during the annual yearling auction for prices exceeding those at similar sales in Winnipeg and southeastern Ontario. “This year I can’t buy […]
Angela Halvorsen is hoping people will want to “Get out of Town” this October. Halvorsen is a co-ordinator for the “Get out of Town” district farm tour slated Oct. 1. A joint effort between the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture and the Rainy River Future Development Corp., it offers town […]
Anthrax, a disease which can kill an animal 12 hours after it is infected, may have hit the Rainy River District. “On Thursday last week, a farmer in the Rainy River area had a few animals that died within a few hours on his farm,” said Dr. George Luterbach, a […]
Nuinsco Resources Ltd. chairman and CEO Douglas Hume was in the area last week to oversee airborne mineral surveys carried out by helicopter over Richardson township–the results of which won’t be known for about three weeks. Residents in the Emo and Barwick area probably spotted the survey helicopter, flying with […]
Ted Burgoyne feels lucky to be alive. Burgoyne was about 10 feet away from where a “Baby Belle” two-seater helicopter crash landed late Saturday afternoon at the Emo Fair. Burgoyne came out of the booth when he heard the helicopter starting up. He said he then watched it “swoop” over […]
This year’s draft horse show was as impressive as ever, but some might say it was even more so this year: for the first time in the fair’s history, yearlings were in the competition. “I thought it’d be something different,” said Shane Brown, who showed his horses Chuck, 1 year, […]
It was a very surprised Tara Lloyd who was named Fair Queen 2000 last Thursday night before a packed house at the Donald Young School gym in Emo. The 16-year-old–the daughter of David and Glenda Lloyd of Emo, swept the individual categories of the pageant–took first place in the fashion […]
