Staff The “Open Streets” event held in Emo last Thursday has been deemed a success by organizers. “I think for the first year it was quite successful,” enthused Allison Cox, rec director/community development co-ordinator for the Township of Emo. “We were really happy with the turnout—there were tons of kids, […]
District News
From the MNRF Just one new fire was confirmed yesterday in the Northwest Region. Kenora Fire #51 was a 0.1-hectare blaze that was caused by a tree on a power line that caught fire along Highway 673. It is now “out.” One fire was reported Saturday. Dryden Fire #25, a […]
From the MNRF One new fire was reported by yesterday evening in the Northwest Region. Kenora Fire #50 was a lightning-caused blaze located in the Tetu Lake area about 50 km northwest of Kenora. It was listed as “not under control” at 0.1 hectares in size. Rain is in the […]
From the MTO The Ministry of Transportation is advising motorists that traffic on Highway 72, at the Pelican River bridge in Sioux Lookout, will be controlled by flagging operations and a pilot vehicle starting Monday at 7 a.m. until the morning of Aug. 26. Traffic delays can be expected. These […]
Press Release “An Afternoon of Music with Friends” will be held this Sunday (Aug. 23) at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in International Falls. The program will include organ solos by Joanne Peterson (a guest organist from Oshkosh, Wis.), piano/organ duets by Joanne Peterson and Joe Belanger, and vocal […]
Staff Alberton Rec Committee members are keeping their fingers crossed that the weather clears up for the second-annual “Singing in the Swamp” tomorrow. The event tentatively is set to go from 3-7 p.m. at Alberton Millennium Park on Hill Road (off Highway 11/71 near Superior Propane). “Unless it is really […]
From the OPP Just after 2 a.m. today, the Rainy River District OPP received a complaint of a possible impaired driver in town. Officers located the vehicle, travelling at a high rate of speed, on McIrvine Road near Birch Street. The driver, a 21-year-old La Vallee Township man, was showing […]
Lindsay Campbell Caitlin Anderson achieved a lot more at this year’s Emo Fair queen competition than she expected. The 15-year-old, who was crowned the 2015 winner last Thursday, said she never dreamed of capturing the crown. She added her reason for entering the summer-long event purely was for the experience. […]
Joey Payeur For several years, Kristina Bombay has lived with the agonizing memory of two similar tragedies just three days apart. One took away someone close to her; the other claimed the man who was trying to make sense of the first situation that took away someone he had guided […]
Heather Latter Alyssa Chiasson has a lot to be proud of. While she didn’t bring home the Miss Teenage Canada crown from Toronto earlier this month, she did a superb job representing Rainy River District—finishing in the top 10 out of 82 contestants from across the country. “It was a […]
Heather Latter Lowey’s Greenhouse and the Fort Frances Canadians Midget ‘AA’ hockey program have joined together to provide the community with a new way to purchase vegetables. Hockey mom Melissa Gushulak noted the idea was mentioned during the hockey season. “Donna [Lowey] has always been wanting to do as many […]
Staff A Devlin-based manufacturer whose employees recently decided to unionize has closed its doors due to the owner’s religious beliefs. In a statement from Gingrich Woodcraft Inc., owner Leon Gingrich said that on Aug. 12, the majority of workers decided to join Unifor—and that’s a decision which goes against his […]
