Dave Ogilvie More than 200 people gathered at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo on Saturday (Nov. 5) for the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program’s annual fall harvest supper and silent auction, organized by the Christian Parents Association. With the prospect of moving their school from Stratton to a new facility […]
District News
Robin McCormick Several Remembrance Day services will be held across the district on Friday (Nov. 11) to honour our war dead. Here in Devlin, a cenotaph service is slated for 2:30 p.m., followed by one in Emo at 3 p.m. As always, Emo Legion Br. #99 is holding special events […]
Peggy Revell As the race for gold continues across the region, Coventry Resources is moving onto a preliminary economic assessment of its Cameron Gold Project site near Sioux Narrows. “We’ve essentially completed an extensive drilling program,” explained Nick Walker, country manager with Coventry Resources, with the next phase being the […]
Ken Johnston Members of the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture learned more about a program that will see them get more compensation from the provincial government when wildlife damages their livestock. The new and improved Ontario Wildlife Damage Compensation Program (OWDCP) took effect July 1 of this year, noted Ontario […]
Ken Johnston As with so many organizations, declining numbers has forced the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture to make changes to its constitution. The RRFA held their 35th-annual meeting in Stratton on Saturday night and topping the agenda were three changes to its governing doctrine, with the biggest change made […]
Robin McCormick I’m sure everyone recalls reading about the MNR employee who was brutally attacked by a black bear in the Thunder Bay area in early October. Well, not everyone may know the victim was Devlin native Laura Darby, who fortunately is doing very well after surgery and intense medical […]
Dave Ogilvie The Rainy River Federation of Agriculture will be holding its 35th-annual dinner and general meeting this Saturday (Nov. 5) at the Millennium Hall in Stratton. A social hour will begin at 6 p.m., with dinner at 7 p.m. and then presentations. Guest speaker for the evening will be […]
Heather Latter Mark Mast of Rainy River has travelled to Guatemala 12 times since 2005 to help build houses, serve at orphanages, and spread the word of God through villages there. And he’s spearheading another mission trip there later this month, with 22 district residents, including a number of teenagers, […]
Staff With the forest fire season officially ending today (Oct. 31), the numbers show this one has been much busier than recent years. Since April 1, there’s been a total of 908 fires to date in the West Fire Region, having burned 629,391.4 hectares in all. By comparison, the 2010 […]
Press Release 2011 marks the 10th year for “Project Safe Hallowe’en!” Family and Children’s Services once again has partnered with Safe Communities Rainy River District, previously known as Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition, in the preparation and delivery of the project. A total of 4,000 glow sticks were ordered this […]
Robin McCormick The student council and volunteer club at Crossroads School in Devlin yesterday kicked off their annual “Hunger for Hallowe’en” food drive. Students and their families are being asked to donate non-perishable food items while they are out trick-or-treating next Monday (Oct. 31). Food items can be delivered to […]
Dave Ogilvie The Rainy River District Women’s Institute Museum staff will be at the Clover Valley Farmers’ Market in Fort Frances this Saturday (Oct. 29) from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. They will be serving a chili/bun lunch and slices of pie. There also will be a variety of baking for sale […]
