The Emo Rec. Council held their car wash and hot dog sale Friday at the Fairway Store parking lot site. The five dollar cost included a hot dog and pop, with the proceeds going to community projects this summer. Coordinators Jeff Cross and Christine Schulzki, assisted by Ashley Cross, were […]
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Donny Little is determined: he can get from Kenora to Fort Frances in one day, from Fort Frances to Dryden the next, and from Dryden right back to Kenora on the third. And he’s doing it just to prove that he can. “The story–‘The Little Engine That Could’–I’ve remembered it […]
Following the official naming of the village of Emo in 1899, a cooperative group of merchants and farmers joined together to promote better farming in the district. The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society was organized by 1900 and later that year became a member of the Ontario Association of Agricultural […]
After about a month-long respite, the forest tent caterpillars that plagued the district in May and June are back–sort of. Actually, they now can be seen as tiny tan brown moths clinging to almost every street light and building in town as more and more of them emerge from their […]
Imagine being in the hospital and not able to talk to loved ones over the telephone. Well, that’s exactly the case at the year-old acute care wing at the new Rainy River Health Centre. Two weeks ago, the family of the late Pearl Desjardine appealed to the community to help […]
Representatives on the Sioux Narrows/Nestor Falls transition committee are now into the nitty-gritty after meeting for the fourth time Tuesday night to discuss next year’s amalgamation. The committee, struck to prepare recommendations for the municipal council of the new municipality of Sioux Narrows Nestor Falls, has finished prioritizing issues and […]
Hit by lightning Wednesday, gall bladder out on Monday. So far, the month of July has been an exciting one for Cliff Hagen of Barwick. Hagen, who builds log homes, was at a work site around 4 p.m. on July 5 when a thunderstorm moved in. He decided to shut […]
When he first arrived in Canada from Germany some 12 years ago, Amos Brielmann was amazed by all the space and land that was available. “The first time I came here it was in June and I thought, ‘This is paradise,’” Brielmann said Saturday morning over breakfast in his Pinewood […]
The emergency room at the Rainy River Health Centre will not close despite the recent departure of a key staff member there. Wayne Woods, CEO of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. here, said Monday that rumours it will be closed are absolutely not true. He did admit there is a […]
The board of directors of Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. changed little at its annual meeting last Thursday in Rainy River, with only two new faces among its members. And both Craig Sanders and Linda Hamilton will remain as chair and vice-chair respectively for a second year. Ted Kaemingh and […]
Fort Frances must improve training and telecommunications in order continue to develop economically, a study that assessed the economic development of Rainy River District found. “It was written by totally unbiased people and they are the shortfalls that we need to address,” Mayor Glenn Witherspoon said. The study also noted […]
Nestor Falls Marine has grown–to more than double its size. The business, which sells and services boats and motors, as well as accessories like life jackets, depth finders, water tubes, and paddle boats, has gone from 40’x40’ to 40’x100’. “Business has been growing,” co-owner Tammi Foster said Tuesday. “Now we […]
