(EMO, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will be closing one of its detachments in the Rainy River District. The OPP detachment in Emo is officially closing on August 5, 2020. This will not impact the level of service provided to Emo or the surrounding townships. According to the OPP, the […]
District News
Ken Kellar
It’s rare that an entire class of any profession sees a 100 per cent exam success rate, but Seven Generations Education Institute (SGEI) has done exactly that two years running. SGEI announced last week that for the second year in a row, students from their Practical Nursing program saw a […]
Press Release
The Rainy River District School Board is pleased to announce that we have received approval from the Ministry of Education on three of our projects and are now moving forward on the Rainy River K-12, Child Care and EarlyON Child and Family Centre Project; the Atikokan K-12, Child Care and […]
Becoming Emo Fair Queen takes more than poise – it takes strength, too. This year’s contestants have been taking part in a 2K-a-Day active living challenge. Each day, they spend the equivalent of two kilometres on a chosen activity, documented daily with screen shots and a tracking app. Here is […]
Press Release
(EMO, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have closed an unused detachment building in the Rainy River District. The OPP detachment in Emo officially closed on August 5, 2020. This will not impact the level of service provided to Emo or the surrounding townships. According to Acting Sargent Jim […]
Menra Emara
Joshua Colling has stepped down from his position as the joint fire chief for the four Townships of Alberton, Chapple, Emo and La Vallee. “This was the most honourable opportunity to be able to serve the public and the community,” Colling said. “Just the way you engage and lead your […]
Sis McCormick (10 years) Mary Croswell (15 years) Debbie Carlson (10 years) Ashley Croswell (first year member)
Emo Fair Queen Prizes Emo Fair Queen – $500.00 1st Princess – $400.00 2nd Princess – $300.00 Miss Congeniality : Voted by secret ballot by fellow Contestants to the contestant who is most outgoing, friendly and helpful throughout the competition. Miss Congeniality receives a generous gift donated by Debbie Carlson […]
Staff
Emo mayor Harold McQuaker has expressed his support for a Transportation Safety Board report which named ice jacking as the cause of the February 18 CN train derailment near his town. “I agree with it,” he said. “The investigation was very thorough.” However, he would like to see CN reduce […]
Press Release
On Monday, Aug. 3, the Northwestern Health Unit received a report of a new positive COVID-19 test result in the Sioux Lookout area for an individual whose primary residence is outside of the NWHU catchment area. Follow up with the person involved and their contacts has started according to protocol. […]
(SIOUX LOOKOUT, ON) – On July 15, 2020, officers from the Sioux Lookout Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU) and the Regional Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau (OCEB) executed a Controlled Drug and Substances Act (CDSA) warrant at a residence on the west end of Queen Street, in […]
Tyanna Wood
My family loves to travel and go camping with amazing experiences of the beautiful places and diversity of people with pure rich culture and food. Ever since I was 8 months old I went to the other side of the world, also known as the Philippines. Which Philippines is the […]
