Ken Johnston The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association held its annual yearling sale on Saturday, with 1,001 animals being sold at the Stratton sales barn. “It is a feeder sale but sort of known as our yearling sale,” noted Kim Jo Bliss of the RRCA. There were 878 yearlings, 100 cull […]
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the OPP The Kenora OPP has recovered all of the banners and flags stolen from the Whitecap Pavilion on the Kenora Harbourfront. The investigation so far has revealed there were two separate incidents on the night of Friday, Aug. 17 and into the early-morning hours of Saturday, Aug. 18. In […]
the OPP Shortly before midnight on Sunday, the OPP received a report of a marine incident on Lac La Croix near Twin Falls. Upon investigation, it was determined a jet boat with five people on board hit an island, resulting in injuries to a 37-year-old female from Old Fort Bay, […]
Staff While the rest of the Northwest Region was quiet, two new fires were reported yesterday here in Fort Frances District. Fort Frances Fire #49 is a 0.1-hectare blaze on Korpi Lake, just east of Highway 502. The lightning-caused fire currently is classified as “being held.” Fort Frances Fire #48 […]
Dave Ogilvie This year’s logging competition at the Emo Fair probably was the most competitive in recent history. Eleven Northwestern Ontario loggers were on hand for the annual event, which was held Friday morning, to display their skills and vie for the coveted title of “Champion Logger” for 2012. The […]
Robin McCormick The Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s 2012 fall fair in Emo was fun for all this year, however locals proved to be winners in several areas. Kelvin Caul captured the “Champion Logger” title, Orville Smith took home the logger safety award, and Brent Keller earned the rookie logger […]
Dave Ogilvie Dr. Lloyd Wieringa is in town for the wedding of Kelsey McLean and Richie Wieringa. He started the first veterinarian practice in Emo many years ago, and is planning to talk about some of his earlier days this Friday (Aug. 24) at 7:30 p.m. at the Millennium Hall […]
Heather Latter Teams being sought to join in bike ride The Riverside Foundation for Health Care will be holding its official launch of the “Together We Can” campaign to purchase a new digital mammography unit on Tuesday, Sept. 11 with a bike ride across the district. And it’s looking for […]
Dave Ogilvie According to members of this year’s board, the Rainy River Valley Agricultural Society’s 2012 fall fair in Emo was a total success! “We had an attendance of close to 8,000 this year. Not bad for our little fair!” enthused RRVAS second vice-president Robin Payeur. One of the new […]
Staff Widespread rain has reduced the forest fire hazard to “low” across the entire Northwest Region and is keeping the fire situation quiet, the Ministry of Natural Resources reported late yesterday. Still, there remained 53 active fires in Northwestern Ontario as of press time today. Of those, 51 were listed […]
Staff Just one new fire was confirmed yesterday in the Northwest Region—Thunder Bay Fire #56. The 0.1-hectare blaze, the cause of which remains unknown, was classified as “not under control” as of this morning. As widespread rain moved into the region late yesterday, the fire situation was expected to become […]
Staff An outdoor shelter and its contents were lost in a fire yesterday at a residence on the 1300 block of Minnie Avenue. The Fort Frances Fire and Rescue Service responded shortly after noon to a neighbour’s report that a roofed open storage area on nearby residential property was on […]
