River District Municipal Association members have more questions than answers about the $218 per household cost municipalities are going to be billed for policing starting Jan. 1. Now the RRDMA executive is hoping an OPP rep will be able to provide a clearer picture of what’s ahead at its annual […]
District News
The district’s newest royalty were crowned Saturday afternoon, with Tammi Mann sitting at the head of the court. Mann beat out fellow contestants Jackie Reid, Stacey Angus, Renée Desbiens, Kris Bragg, and Julia Leek to capture the 1997 Emo Fair queen pageant Mann (Miss McQuaker Enterprises) burst into tears of […]
It was an experience of a lifetime for many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints last Saturday who completed (or went as far as they could) an 18-mile “trek” from Sleeman to Bergland in remembrance of the Mormon pioneers. Exact numbers of just how many people […]
Come September, the convenience of buying gas in Devlin will be returned to area residents at “Dev Lynne’s” — a gas bar and convenience store soon to be opened by local couple Roger Allan and Lynne Nielson. Finding “Dev Lynne’s” won’t be tough. It will be located at the junction […]
The Abattoir Steering Committee enjoyed a boost of confidence during the fall fair in Emo last week after dozens of people stopped to voice their support at its booth in the Farm Progress Building. Committee chairman Telford Advent said he was very impressed with the community’s show of support for […]
The Emo and Rural Handy Van has gotten a major boost from the provincial government, with $18,000 soon to be heading into its bank account. Barb Duguay, Emo and Rural Home Support supervisor, said the funding covers close to three-quarters of the handy van’s budget for the next year–and will […]
Greg Haglin may be only 15 years old but he knows how to raise a good steer, with his entry taking the 4-H Grand Champion Market Steer title Saturday at the fall fair in Emo. Haglin was able to sell his steer, which weight 1,230 pounds, for $2.75/lb, earning him […]
The first-ever “Looking Out for Number One”–a pro-active workshop for women hosted by the Atikokan Crisis Centre–was the success organizers were hoping for Monday night at the Emo Inn. “We had a really good response,” enthused ACC executive director Charene Gillies. Sixteen women showed up at the two-hour workshop to […]
The notion of having no trustee representation past grade eight does not appeal to the local separate school board. In fact, Education Director Paul Jackson said continual lobbying will be done to the Education Improvement Committee in Toronto until it agrees to include a separate school trustee position for the […]
A Kenora man who figures he’s had more than 50 electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) treatments in his lifetime says he is now working to have them banned. The man, who requested his name be withheld, claimed he was given the ECT treatments to cure alcoholism and depression for 25 years. He […]
A severe lack of rain over most of the district for much of this summer has area farmers looking for water–both for their crops and for themselves. Drought-like conditions have dried much of the countryside up like a bone, and rural residents are starting to feel its effects. “A few […]
It’s looking like the Corporation of the Township of Lake of the Woods may be a New Year’s baby as McCrosson-Tovell and Morson move to amalgamate for Jan. 1. In the process, the new township would annex a large part of the unincorporated area on Lake of the Woods in […]
