Rainy River District was treated well in 1999–and municipal leaders are looking towards 2000 with a very optimistic attitude. Chapple Reeve Cecil Wilson said 1999 was a “spectacular” year for his township, with the municipality’s centennial celebrations at the forefront of activities. “I think that all our people in our […]
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For Cpl. Christine Gellately and Bombadier Doug LeBlanc, travelling overseas has a different meaning than it would for most couples. Gellately, of Devlin, and LeBlanc, from Watten, will be heading to Yugoslavia and Bosnia respectively as part of a NATO peacekeeping tour. She heads to Shilo, Man. to complete her […]
The Rendezvous Trail 2000 Fishing and Vacation Guide will have more copies produced–and will go out to more places–in order to attract more tourists to the area. Some 42,500 copies of the free, four-colour brochure–which features maps of the area as well as Fort Frances, Rainy River, Atikokan, Nestor Falls […]
With several players already out of the lineup due to various injuries, the Muskies could have used those extra bodies as they were crushed 7-0 by Osseo High School (Minneapolis) last night in their opening action of the four-team Warroad X-mas tournament. But while last night’s defeat was a hard […]
The Emo Centennial Christmas Chorale, under the direction of Renee Martin and organist Cheryl Low, was held Monday evenign before a full house at the Christian Reformed Church. Weeks of practising made the selections presented by the 40-voice choir a pleasure to hear, keeping the audience’s yuletide spirit afloat throughout […]
The new millennium could see a new municipality in the district with councillors in Alberton and La Vallee talking about amalgamation. Although a motion to look at the possibility of merging with La Vallee was tabled Dec. 8 by Alberton councillors until their next meeting in January, Reeve Judy Koski […]
Town council seemed satisfied with the outcome of an investigation into the local OPP’s response time to emergencies which was spurred by a complaint from a west-end resident earlier this fall. The complaint had been made by a woman on River Road West, who called in an assault in progress […]
Mother Nature seems to be making up for the overly wet spring and summer by giving district producers a mild, easy winter so far for their livestock to weather. Although the long-range forecast calls for more seasonable temperatures to arrive in the next week or so, last night’s expected low […]
There wasn’t much firefighters could do to save a home on Highway 11/71 just east of Devlin that caught fire Friday afternoon, La Vallee volunteer fire chief Leo Pruys said yesterday. Pruys said the fire was called in around 1:30 p.m. by someone on a mobile phone. But he noted […]
In six weeks, more than 50 elk will begin a new life in Northwestern Ontario after being selected for transfer to the Cameron Lake release site from Elk Island National Park in Alberta. And that’s music to the ears of Mike Solomon, co-chair of the Northwestern Ontario Elk Restoration Coalition, […]
The time and the money it took to organize a bus trip for 27 district farmers to attend “Agribition” in Regina, Sask. last week can be summed up in three words–well worth it! Kim Jo Calder, who helped organize the trip with the Rainy River Future Development Corp., said she’s […]
For Colleen Vennechenko and Marg Bender, today has been 18 months in the making. The pair opened their doors to the public for the first time at the Corner Closet, the new ladies fashion store in Emo. Why women’s fashion? “We know what women’s tastes are,” Vennechenko said matter-of-factly. “We […]
