The livestock inspection station in Rainy River has yet to make a profit for area cattlemen, showing a loss on the books for 1998 as the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association held its annual meeting last Wednesday in Stratton. Expenses outweighed revenues by more than $1,000 last year, dwindling away the […]
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About 60 snowmobilers participated in the Emo Borderland Snowmobile Club’s annual poker derby last Saturday, Jan. 23. The route went from Emo to Barwick to Stratton and back, with riders getting their final card at the Emo Arena. Ross Anderson had the top poker hand to win $292.50, with Lyndon […]
Despite a few weather delays and shipping mix-up, Ed Tympkin of Globeco, a building components plant setting up in Rainy River, is still looking to be up and running by March 1. The hydraulic press for making the insulated panels arrived earlier this month, and Tympkin hoped to have the […]
Peter Spuzak is hoping for several more recommendations of support, like the one in principle from Fort Frances town council earlier this week, for a ring scale at the Stratton sales barn. Spuzak, president of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association, said his group wants to include several letters of support […]
OPP detachments in Fort Frances, Kenora, Red Lake, and Dryden have set up drop boxes so people can help out a Grassy Narrows family which had their house and all their possessions wiped out by fire Christmas Day. Around 1 a.m. on Christmas Day, Kenora OPP were called to the […]
The Christmas Day service at the Emo Christian Reform Church was very well attended this year as members from other churches, which happened to not have any Christmas Day services, overflowed the sanctuary, giving it a “pull together” atmosphere. There was the lighting of the Advent wreath and the children’s […]
It may have sprouted up at the last minute this year but Emo’s first “Tree of Giving” looks like it will grow into an annual event. Christmas presents and stocking stuffers went out to about 30 needy children from Emo to Rainy River as a result of the program organized […]
“Mike’s Skate Sharpening and Bicycle Repair,” owned by Mike Meunier of Rainy River, garnered top honours in the Christmas lights contest sponsored by the Rainy River Future Development Corp. in conjunction with the three district Chambers of Commerce. The contest, which focused on the business sector this year, saw “Cripes […]
The Rainy River hospital’s “buy a brick, build it quick” campaign has reached $244,500 in pledges–and optimism is running high the $300,000 goal will be reached by year’s end. With $25,000 still to come from the Royal Canadian Legion, the number of $500 bricks needed to be bought to reach […]
Word from local MP Robert Nault that the Rainy River Future Development Corp. won’t see a decrease in funding next year has brought a sigh of relief to west-end residents, particularly those who use its satellite office in Rainy River. In an interview last week, Nault said while he couldn’t […]
Atikokan residents once again can drink tap water without having to boil it first after three consecutive samples came back negative for the Cryptosporidium bacteria. The Northwestern Health Unit lifted its “boil water” advisory last Friday. It was issued Oct. 14 after a sample taken by the Ontario Clean Water […]
After negotiating for six months, the Northwest Catholic District School Board finally ratified a tentative contract with its teachers at last Saturday’s regular meeting in Dryden. The two-year agreement, which will expire Aug. 31, 2000, should solve the previous problem of inequities between the former Dryden Separate School Board and […]
